May Kadow || ميّ

🇮🇶🇯🇴 || currently M.A. Candidate @Georgetown; previously @RHCJO; alum: @GeorgeMasonU || all views mine

[Bilal A. Wahab, PhD @BilalWahab]

Pleased to participate at @AtlanticCouncil Iraq Dialogue, discussing not the Iraq in headlines, but that of students, entrepreneurs, civil society, and resilience. Proud to share how young Iraqis and institutions like AUIS are building a more open, capable, and connected future.

[Jeremy Konyndyk @JeremyKonyndyk]

A year has passed since @elonmusk began the wood-chipper-ing of @USAID.

Since then, global humanitarian funding has collapsed by almost 1/3, mostly due to the Trump/Elon cuts.

Vast suffering has ensued.

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[UNHCR Jordan @UNHCRJordan]

1/3 High Commissioner for @Refugees, @BarhamSalih, visited @ZaatariCamp Monday morning where he met with Syrian refugees who shared with him their top needs and their hopes to return to Syria. The HC reiterated UNHCR support for voluntary, safe and dignified returns.

[Barham Salih @BarhamSalih]

I am honoured to have been elected as the incoming United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. As a former refugee, I know first-hand how protection and opportunity can change the course of a life. That experience will inform a leadership approach grounded in empathy, pragmatism, and a principled commitment to international law. My foremost responsibility will be to refugees and others forced to flee—upholding their rights and dignity and advancing durable solutions so that displacement remains a temporary situation, not a permanent fate.

At a time of record displacement and severe pressure on humanitarian resources, delivering on UNHCR’s mandate requires a renewed focus on impact, accountability, and efficiency. This is a shared responsibility. UNHCR will build on the important reforms undertaken in recent years to strengthen operational effectiveness and value for money. I will work with Member States and partners across the public, private, and philanthropic sectors to mobilize the capacity, resources, and collective will needed to reach those most in need.

I am grateful to the Secretary-General, António Guterres, and to the General Assembly for their confidence, and to High Commissioner Filippo Grandi for his principled and tireless leadership during a period of extraordinary global challenge.

I look forward to working closely with UNHCR’s dedicated staff, states, partners, host communities, and, most importantly, refugees themselves to advance protection and durable solutions fit for both the promise and the perils of the 21st century.

[Erik Gustafson @epicEKG]

Congratulations to @BarhamSalih! He is uniquely qualified to lead the @Refugees and will bring hard won knowledge and experience, insights, and compassion to the role.
https://t.co/KK1z28ptmq

[Omar Al-Nidawi @omar_nidawi]

Excellent piece by @muhesaleh1 articulating the frustrations and aspirations of Iraq’s youth
https://t.co/FWlVBuKqKT

[Omar Al-Nidawi @omar_nidawi]

NEW REPORT

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As Iraqis prepare to vote on Nov 11, EPIC is proud to release a new report asking a key question:
👉What is the state of Iraq’s pro-reform movement today, and what are its prospects for the future?

🔗Read it here: https://t.co/pjkus4VRQ5

[EPIC @enablingpeace]

The Trump administration has taken an unnecessary and damaging decision to freeze foreign aid. We urge the administration to lift the aid freeze and let humanitarian assistance reach the world's most vulnerable communities.

[Ruth Sherlock @Rsherlock]

Second day reporting in Damascus and it’s amazing to see the way the people I’m interviewing lean into the microphone to give me their full name.

This was impossible under the regime. Syrians are finding their voices.

It’s too soon to know for how long this freedom will last.

[Sarhang Hamasaeed @sarhangsalar]

.@USIP job opportunity in #Iraq: we are looking for a capable Program Officer to join our in-country team and serve as Project Manager. Please APPLY if you have the interest and needed qualifications or SHARE with others whom you think do. Thanks! https://t.co/3HKFvX8FAG

[Chatham House MENA @CH_MENAP]

🚨NEW Paper | Iraq's young agents of change

This #IraqInitiative paper by @HayderSH explores how the Tishreen movement has shaped Iraqi youth civic engagement efforts through political activism, entrepreneurship & youth-led civil society movements 🧵1/8
https://t.co/H9a8ugE7D3

[Hümeyra Pamuk @humeyra_pamuk]

SCOOP: I reviewed three sets of internal email exchanges between senior Biden administration officials who were warned just DAYS after Oct. 7 that Israel was risking committing war crimes by ordering more than a million Palestinians in northern Gaza to evacuate. There’s more: 1/X

[Jordan Embassy in Washington D.C. @JorEmbUS]

In a crucial time for unity, HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal's latest article in @MDiplomacyWORLD proposes the creation of robust regional institutions to address the gridlock that hinders progress towards lasting peace.

Read the full article here👉 https://t.co/VmFSxLzM9J

[World Refugee & Migration Council @wrmcouncil]

WRMC Chair @lloydaxworthy and @majliselhassan statement on countering efforts to dismantle @UNRWA:

"We must renew our commitment to protecting the integrity and effectiveness of the humanitarian system, of which UNRWA is an essential component."

https://t.co/xhI9BD5pj7

[May Kadow || ميّ @may_kadow]

Well deserved kaka 👏🏻@BilalWahab. Delighted to have worked for you and I look forward to the change that your tenure will undoubtedly bring to @auisofficial. Alf mabrouk and piroza!!

[American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) @auisofficial]

We are honored to announce Dr. @BilalWahab as the incoming president of the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani. Dr. Wahab's distinguished career and commitment to academic excellence embody our institution's values.

[American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) @auisofficial]

We are honored to announce Dr. @BilalWahab as the incoming president of the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani. Dr. Wahab's distinguished career and commitment to academic excellence embody our institution's values.

[Winthrop Rodgers @wrodgers2]

Dr. Bilal Wahab (@BilalWahab) announced as the new president of the American University of Iraq - Sulaimani (AUIS) @auisofficial. Will take over this summer.

[Modern Diplomacy @MDiplomacyWORLD]

Article by HRH PRINCE EL HASSAN BIN TALAL OF JORDAN -A Creative Minilateral Approach https://t.co/XvPVpkb7i2 via @MDiplomacyWORLD

[Dana Zureikat Daoud دانا زريقات @DanaZkat]

His Majesty @KingAbdullahII penned an op-ed for @washingtonpost, urging concerted int'l efforts to develop a regional architecture of peace, based on on the two-state solution for Palestinian-Israeli peace. Read the full op-ed: https://t.co/UiUx0J0m9q

[May Kadow || ميّ @may_kadow]

@Hanar_Marouf Congratulations Dr. Hanar! 👏🏻👏🏻