On Sunday 20th June 2021, the students of Harpur Memorial Nursing School in Menouf, Egypt, celebrated their graduation, adding twelve highly-trained nurses to Menouf’s medical arsenal. We would like to wish them a warm congratulations and the very best of luck for the future.

On 23 March 2021 Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party won more Israeli Parliament (also known as the Knesset) seats (30) than any other party.

On 30 June Egyptians marked the anniversary of the ‘30 June revolution’ first declared a public holiday in 2015. The holiday recalls the protests that took place in 2013, a year after President Morsi’s inauguration.

In this video, our friends and partners at Tahaddi tell us how they keep going in the face of so many community needs, with such profoundly limited resources. It is a tale of absolute resilience, courage, and faith in the face of adversity.

Embrace friend and writer Patrick Page, who lives in Beirut, tells us of life in Lebanon through the eyes of his elderly neighbour, ‘Claudette’. This is part two of her story.

Embrace friend and writer Patrick Page, who lives in Beirut, tells us of life in Lebanon through the eyes of his elderly neighbour, ‘Claudette’. This is part one of her story.

Embrace’s very own Matt Adcock reviews ‘Once Upon a Time in Iraq’ - an account of the war told by civilians and soldiers from both sides of the conflict.

Bashar al-Assad is serving a fourth term as President of Syria after winning the election which took place on Wednesday 26th May.

Whilst we are encouraged by the declaration of a ceasefire, the long-term effects of the violence that we have seen over recent weeks will be devastating.