1. Clone of Sports Diplomacy for test

   Sports Diplomacy helps transcend cultural differences and bring people together.

2. Conflict Antiquities: Forging a Public/Private Response to Save the Endangered Patrimony of Iraq and Syria

   In the context of ongoing destruction and looting of cultural heritage in the Middle East, an event titled “Conflict Antiquities: Forging a Public/Private Response to Save the Endangered Patrimony of Iraq and Syria” was held by the U.S. Department of State and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

3. Deputy Secretary Blinken's Remarks

   

   Deputy Secretary Blinken speaks on the extension of the "Rewards for Justice Program" at “Conflict Antiquities: Forging a Public/Private Response to Save the Endangered Patrimony of Iraq and Syria,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Sept. 29, 2015.

4. Historic Church Bells Return to the Philippines: Photo Gallery

   

   Historic Church Bells Return to the Philippines: Photo Gallery

5. May Al Mahayni

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   May

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   Content created by Virtual Intern Nora Moest

   The Syrian civil war has resulted in suboptimal oncology care in most of Syria, but Dr. May Al Mahayni, a Syrian doctor and co-founder of the Breast Cancer Protection Society is passionate about her mission to raise awareness of breast cancer and encourage early detection.

   She participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) in October 2007 and during her program she learned about current cancer research from other participants and doctors and staff at cancer centers throughout the United States. She brought what she learned back to Syria and applied it to workshops and events organized by the Breast Cancer Protection Society. She organized a walk through the streets of Damascus imitating the walk she saw in San Diego where everyone was wearing a pink shirt with the Breast Cancer logo to bring attention to the disease and call for early detection.

   Through the society, Dr. Al Mahayni and other doctors collected donations and took a mammogram machine to rural areas in Syria to test women for breast cancer. Thanks to her knowledge and networking, Dr. May Al Mahayni is spreading the word in Syria about early detection of breast cancer.

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   Home Country

   Syria

   Last name

   Al Mahayni

   IVLP Alumni

6. Speeches

   Speeches from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' senior leadership.

7. Archived Speeches

   Archived speeches from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' senior leadership.

8. timeline6

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   Division of Cultural Exchanges Relations established in the U.S. Department of State

9. About the Bureau

   Learn more about what the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

10. Senior Leadership

    Information about the senior leaders of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

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