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  • This house believes that the world should not be introduced to the contrasting narrative of the First Eyewitness

    Infoslide

    In August 2013 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad launched a massive chemical attack on the rebel stronghold of Al Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus. More than 1400 civilians were killed that day. Thousands of dying patients flooded into makeshift hospitals—one of them underground known to locals simply as “the Cave.” In the dark tunnels of that subterranean hospital a 29-year-old paediatrician worked tirelessly to save children’s lives. Her name is Dr. Amani Ballour and she would risk her life to work in the Cave for five years. In 2018 she was forcibly evacuated to Turkey. Three months later at an international humanitarian conference she would be called to give official testimony as a witness to the war crimes committed by the Assad regime in Eastern Ghouta. Dr. Ballour and her medical staff are the subjects of Feras Fayyad’s Oscar-nominated documentary The Cave a harrowing account of one of the last bastions of emergency services in war-torn Ghouta. 'When I was young no one tried to tell me that I had rights that I can be something important. All the people around me said 'You'll get married and have children'' Ballour said in an interview by phone. 'I wanted strongly to change this image to tell young girls that you have rights that you can be very important that you are no different than the boys.' It would be hard to fathom a more sorrowful place than the hospital of 'The Cave.' But it would be equally difficult to imagine a more inspiring figure than Ballour. 'I wanted to bring all of the struggle against the sadness the depression the death the daily attacks on the hospital where we can see the most courageous people and a woman who is fighting to make a space for hope' says Fayyad. 'We own the narrative here completely proudly.' However in Fayyad’s follow-up short documentary First Eyewitness Dr. Ballour struggles to adjust to life in Turkey while establishing her new role as an advocate for Syria on the international stage. She hopes to return to practicing medicine someday but for now she is haunted by her years in the Cave where she treated many children with severe head injuries including one child who was suffering so much his mother asked Dr. Ballour to put him out of his misery. “All medical work has become suffering” Dr. Ballour says in the film. “I can’t work like I used to. Before I had a desire to help people … now I’m broken unstable and not able to integrate into society.”

    8th Justice V. M. Tarkunde National Parliamentary Debate · 4 · 2020-02-07

  • This house supports the public offering of Saudi Aramco

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    As part of agenda 2030 (cutting oil reliance by boosting private sector investment), the Saudi government has issued an Initial Public Offer (IPO) for the Saudi Arabia oil company popularly known as Saudi Aramco. Note: An IPO is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and the public.

    PAUDC Akofena 2019 · 7 · 2019-12-09

  • This house believes that the West should focus on pushing the Taliban to be more progressive rather than attempting to overthrow them from governance.

    Infoslide

    After the US withdrew their troops from Afghanistan Taliban took control over major cities and unofficially become the country's government. Although they promised to uphold human rights people were concerned that they would still rule by Islamic law.

    Phyxius English Debating Championship · Open Quarters · 2019-12-03

  • This house believes that it was against the interest of Syrian Kurds to align themselves with the West in the Syrian Civil War.

    Ljubljana IV 2019 · 4 · 2019-10-11

  • This house believes that the United States, when confronting organizations designated as terrorist groups, should pursue a strategy of engaging with perceived moderates within the group’s leadership in an attempt to exact concessions (e.g., prisoner exchanges, cease-fires, or political freedoms for minorities under their control) rather than pursuing a policy of explicit non-engagement.

    Bard IV · Open Quarters · 2019-09-21

  • This house as the remaining signatories of the Iran Nuclear Deal will stand with Iran.

    Infoslide

    The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was signed by P5+1 (the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council- the United States the United Kingdom Russia France and China-plus Germany) and the European Union. With growing pressure from Hardliners in Iran on President Rouhani to pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (Popularly called the Iran Nuclear Deal) especially with the withdrawal of the US Rouhani has called on Europe to deliver a plan that lessens the burden on Iran due to the reinstated US Sanctions. this call has come with a 60 day ultimatum with a veiled threat of pulling out of the JCPOA.

    2019 Accra Open Debate · 3 · 2019-08-22

  • This house regrets the Trump administration's decision to end arming Syrian rebels against the Assad regime

    14th EU in Thailand National Intervarsity Debate Championship 2019 · Open Semis · 2019-08-09

  • This house regrets the Trump administration's decision to end arming Syrian rebels against the Assad regime

    14th EU in Thailand National Intervarsity Debate Championship 2019 · Open Semis · 2019-08-09

  • This house, as the Iranian government, would fulfill its obligations under the JCPOA

    Infoslide

    The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known commonly as the Iran nuclear deal, is an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program between Iran, the US, the European Union, China, and Russia. The agreement imposed a set of restrictions aimed at prohibiting Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons for 15 years in exchange for lifting international sanctions. Iran has breached the limit set for uranium enrichment under the JCPOA in light of US sanctions imposed after the US withdrew from the agreement.

    European Round Robin 2019 · 5 · 2019-07-05

  • This house regrets the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood government in Egypt

    Infoslide

    The Muslim Brotherhood was a democratically elected party in Egypt voted in power after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in the 2011 Arab Spring. However after being elected to power they pivoted the country towards increased religious conservatism concentration of power in the hands of the head of state and disruption of existing military and geopolitical alliances in the region. Within a year of elections the citizens rioted against the government leading to a takeover and crackdown of the Muslim Brotherhood by the military-backed regime of Fattah Al Sisi which has been in power ever since.

    Vietnam UADC 2019 · 5 · 2019-06-24