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Syrian refugee and poet, Amineh Abou Kerech, (16) left her war-torn country at the age of seven.

First Person: Poetry and the pain of loss and leaving; a voice from Syria

14 March 2021
Culture and Education
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A resident walks past Djingareyber Mosque in Timbuktu, Mali, once a legendary city with a large collection of treasured manuscripts, now an endangered UNESCO World Heritage Site.

UNESCO urges caution over fraudulent African artefacts, sold in its name

1 July 2020
Culture and Education
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Children at a refugee center in Athens (file photo)

Greece: COVID-19 pandemic a further risk to refugee child education

27 April 2020
Culture and Education
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Children take part in an emergency attack simulation, at a primary school in Dori, Burkina Faso in 26 June 2019.

School closures triple in Central and Western Africa as education comes under fire

23 August 2019
Culture and Education
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Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem

UN cultural agency removes birthplace of Jesus from its list of heritage sites in danger

2 July 2019
Culture and Education
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Cate Blanchett (right), a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, at "Capernaum" film screening with director Nadine Labaki (left), in London, UK.

Social justice, human rights feature prominently at this year's Oscars in Hollywood

23 February 2019
Culture and Education
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Afghanistan’s education system has been devastated by more than three decades of sustained conflict. For many of the country’s children, completing primary school remains a distant dream. Here, 10-year-old Fatima is on the board to solve a math question, at the ALC in Baghe Mellat, Herat.

UN global education envoy urges new funding for ‘lost generation’ of children forced out of classrooms by conflict

19 February 2019
Culture and Education
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Destruction at the World Heritage site of Palmyra in Syria.

Building peace requires culture, education – message of historic UN Security Council resolution

24 March 2017
Culture and Education
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