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...Relatives of those living in the camp fear repeat violence, and say the camp's food, water and medical supplies have recently become severely limited. Samer Muscati, a researcher at Human Rights Watch, hopes the bloodshed is not a sign of things to come in Iraq: "Civilians have to be given basic human rights considerations, whether or not they're protected under an agreement...
...doesn’t take music as an end itself but rather as a means for other more human-related goals,” said Samer M. Haidar ’08-’09, a friend of Koh’s. “He believes it’s his duty as a musician to use music as this kind of conduit—dialogue between people...
...Samer M. Haidar ’08, who attended the concert, said he was impressed with the concert’s atmosphere and HRiNK as a whole...
...said. Koh’s friends speak to his passion. “He’s concerned with many things in the world and there’s a human aspect to him—it’s not only music,” said Samer M. Haidar ’08. World-class cello skills would be enough to fill most students’ plates, but not Koh’s. The son of a pianist and a research scientist, Koh, a biochemical sciences concentrator, tries to strike a balance between his artistic interests and his academics...
Even those skills are unlikely to yield jobs in Gaza's crushed economy, so graduates are instead promised posts in nearby countries with Consolidated Contractors Co., an Athens-based multinational that is among the largest builders in the Middle East. The program appealed instantly to CCC director Samer Khoury when he was approached by his friend Telhami on behalf of the foundation. "Eventually," says Khoury, a Palestinian who resides in Athens, "this new generation of skilled workers will return" to build the economy from within, but for now, their remittances from abroad are invaluable. So far, CCC has placed...