Photo: Tayybeh (Nihal Elwan third from right)
In 2015, when Nihal Elwan saw Syrian families fleeing to Vancouver to start new lives, she felt impelled to do something to help out.
Elwan saw a need that she wanted to address. “The need was to help Syrian newcomers, specifically what was, in my opinion, the most vulnerable group: Syrian newcomer women who don’t speak the [English] language and who might not have avenues to access a social life or employment opportunities,” Elwan explains. With her native fluency in Arabic and her professional background in gender empowerment and international development, she was uniquely suited to support recently arrived Syrian women.
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