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April 11, 2022

IIE-SRF Director featured in new Christian Science Monitor article on Ukraine

Christian Science Monitor
By Chelsea Sheasley

In The Christian Science Monitor, IIE-SRF Director James Robin King discusses the importance of supporting threatened and displaced scholars.

April 5, 2022

IIE-SRF alumnus from Liberia featured in podcast

BBC’s The Comb

IIE-SRF alumnus Alfred Brownell of Liberia shares about his life and work as an environmental lawyer and activist in a podcast interview with BBC’s The Comb.

March 9, 2022

Ecologist Eulogio Chacón Moreno of Venezuela shares the impact of his IIE-SRF fellowship

Nature
By Virginia Gewin

Faced with instability in Venezuela, ecologist Eulogio Chacón Moreno shares how his IIE-SRF fellowship made it possible for him to continue his work in Spain.

March 2, 2022

Fellow Shahla Farid of Afghanistan shares her journey to the U.S.

Rutgers Today
By Robin Lally

In a Rutgers Today article, IIE-SRF fellow Shahla Farid shares her family’s harrowing journey from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to the US. A lawyer and human rights activist, Farid is undertaking her IIE-SRF fellowship appointment at Rutgers University.

February 25, 2022

Fellow Mahir Hazim of Afghanistan makes the case for expediting the ICC’s investigations of the Taliban in op-ed

The Diplomat
By Mahir Hazim

In an op-ed in The Diplomat, IIE-SRF fellow Mahir Hazim of Afghanistan details that the Taliban has been accused of committing numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity. He makes the case for expediting the International Criminal Court’s investigations of the Taliban.

December 16, 2021

IIE-SRF fellow from Afghanistan arrives at University of Pittsburgh

Pittwire
By Nichole Faina

The University of Pittsburgh announces the arrival of IIE-SRF fellow Dr. Omar Sadr from Afghanistan and shares its efforts to support additional scholars from the country.