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Civil Society

An Interview with William Carter, Sudan Country Director for the Norwegian Refugee Council
Volunteers cook food for free distribution in Omdurman, Sudan, Feb. 5, 2024. Mohamed Khidir/Xinhua via Getty Images.Graphic for the Sudan Humanitarian Crisis Conference in Cairo, November, 2023.
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An Interview with William Carter, Sudan Country Director for the Norwegian Refugee Council

The war in Sudan that began in April 2023 has led to a reckoning among humanitarian aid organizations. As international organizations have struggled to alleviate the diverse, complex crises facing people across the country, locally led initiatives and mutual aid organizations have sprung up at the grassroots level. To speak
William Carter, Nisrin Elamin, Deen Sharp • 10 min read
“We Don’t Have the Luxury to Stop”—An Interview with Syrian Civil Society Activist Oula Ramadan
Syrian refugee women attend a workshop in the offices of the Syrian civil society organization Zenobia in Gaziantep, Turkey, 2017. Mary Turner/Panos Pictures/Redux
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“We Don’t Have the Luxury to Stop”—An Interview with Syrian Civil Society Activist Oula Ramadan

Observers often summarize the past ten years in Syria in numbers: more than 500,000 killed, 100,000 disappeared, half the population of 22 million displaced, hundreds of billions of dollars of property destroyed and 90 percent of the population currently living in poverty. These shocking figures lay
Oula Ramadan, Wendy Pearlman • 14 min read