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Q: Can you introduce yourself?
A: A: I am Abduselam Abdella, one of the founders of the Faysal Community School. We opened in the academic year 2018-2019. Our school has three regular school branches and one technical school. Our main branch is Kafr Thazmos branch. This is where everything started...
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I am Yassir, I am Eritrean and an engineer by profession, and I am the primary director of the Al-Tani branch. I also designed the website for the school, and I am in charge of another branch that we have, the Faysal Sudanese Technical school in Cairo which was opened in the year 2021-2022. The...
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Q: Can you give me some information about the origins of this school?
A: The school was founded in September 2016 and the founder is Mrs. Cecilia and her husband. The school used to be in South Sudan, and due to the war in 2016, they were forced to move to Cairo. So in December 2016, they came...
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Alfred Nadu: We actually wanted to locate the school in Maadi but the location was not really good. Here it is close to Ain Shams metro station so they are safe from Sudanese gangs, and here there is also a very big South-Sudanese refugee community, so we have community members around here.
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AN refers to Answer James Natalie and AB refers to Answer Boutrous. Father Claude introduced me to them.
Q: The Sakakini school is the first refugee school in Egypt?
AN: Yes, it is the first one, officially founded in 1989 together with African Hope and Saint Andrews Refugee Services (StARS). The...
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Q: What is the school fee you charge?
A: We charge 2,600 Egp per year, but that does not cover the expenses. The total costs are around 7,500 EgP per student per month.
Q: Is the demand higher than the places offered?
A: Of course, the school is full, and we already do shifts. Since COVID-19 we...
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Q: Can you explain a little bit about yourself and your role in StARS?
A: In the summer of 2021 I worked with StARS giving support to the development of the curriculum. I came back for two more months, and now I am giving voluntary support with registration and legal issues. I designed the...
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I came to Egypt in 2016. During that time, there was a widespread belief that if you speak about your problems to the UNHCR and its branches or other humanitarian organizations that would present you with a chance to move to a better place like Canada or Europe. We were naive. My mother and I...
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Q: How do you feel about the Sudanese curriculum and the exams?
Edna: If you are from Sudan or South Sudan and you do the Sudanese exams, you can enter an Egyptian university, but if you are from another country, you cannot. They won’t allow you to enter with the Sudanese certificate. If you are...
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Q: How do you feel about wearing uniforms at school? Many schools do so but this is not done at the CAWU Learning Center
Leila: This is an old discussion. For me, when I was a child I used to wear a uniform at school. For me, it is better because before coming to school I was never having to think...
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.