{"id":233,"date":"2010-02-04T16:02:08","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T16:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.sussex.ac.uk\/intranet\/index.php\/2010\/02\/04\/news-from-syria\/"},"modified":"2016-07-06T08:58:22","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T08:58:22","slug":"news-from-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/libsocial\/2010\/02\/04\/news-from-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"News from Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi everyone,\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n

How’re you? How’s work and study going? Hope you’re all doing fine.\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n

My life and study in Syria is getting quite intense.\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n

When I arrived in Damascus, last month, I felt a bit unsafe doing research without having formal authorisation from the Syrian authorities. Hence, I decided to seek assistance from the Italian embassy, IOM and UNHCR Syria. This week, I started working as an intern in the UNHCR registration unit in Douma, Damascus. As you may imagine, the collaboration with UNHCR entails a number of opportunities and limits research wise and plenty of responsabilities.\u00a0\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n

Conducting research outside the UN sphere is more adventurous but tiring. I became a member of the AIKIDO club in Jermana, where I made friends with some Iraqi young men who introduced me to their families and friends and the story goes on…..\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n

Today I was at the Iraqi Cultural Forum, where someone showed me proudly a photo taken during a meeting with President Bashar Al-Asad.\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n

Tomorrow I have to report to the Syrian Immigration and Passports Department to obtain a residence permit. I hope they will allow me to stay without problems.\u00a0I’m enjoying fieldwork and I would love to tell you more details, but I have too much work to do.\u00a0\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n

Take good care and let’s keep in touch.\u00a0\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n

Vanessa<\/font><\/p>\n

V.Iaria@sussex.ac.uk<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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