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Noor in the News · February 17, 2018

Finding Our Common Humanity And Stepping Beyond False Barriers

Imagine walking out your door, not knowing if you will be attacked that day simply because you were born with non-white skin, or because you are devoted to your non-Christian religion, or you love someone the same sex as you. Try to imagine the level of your life-anxiety if you were hated simply …

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Noor in the News · February 16, 2017

Resettlement experts to give ‘Refugee 101’ talk at Or Chadash

Jeffrey Cornish wants to dispel the myth that refugees in the United States are a threat and a burden to society. “We need … to change the conversation about refugees,” says Cornish, the director of the International Rescue Committee in Tucson. “These people have fled oppression and the terror …

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Noor in the News · December 30, 2009

Retired teacher helps refugees

Noor group work is just part of her charitable deeds Shama Qureshi finds helping others to be her solace. Public service has almost always been part of her life, first as a teacher and then - after she retired in 1996 - as an advocate and tutor to children and refugees. Her volunteer work became …

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