Refugees Int’l: Queen Noor Gives White Helmets of Syria Top Prize
By • May 24, 2017 0 709
The Refugees International Annual Gala, held April 25 at the Mellon Auditorium, was emceed by RI board member Matt Dillon and included remarks by Ambassador Vlora Çitaku of Kosovo, RI board chair Eileen Shields-West, gala benefit chairs Maria and Fabio Trabocchi and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, among others. The top humanitarian award was presented to the White Helmets of Syria by Queen Noor Al-Hussein of Jordan.
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- Kati Marton presents the Richard C. Holbrooke Leadership Award to Hassan Shire, executive director of the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project.
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- Photos courtesy Refugees International.
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- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Ambassador of Kosovo Vlora Çitaku and RI board member Matt Dillon.
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- Princess Yasmine Pahlavi, Shamim Jawad and Mariella Trager.
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- RI board chair Eileen Shields-West, RI board member Queen Noor Al-Hussein.
