Arafat Jamal is the son of Dr Vali Jamal (contributor, reader, at Ismailimail, search past archives here). Arafat is currently helping his father write a book about the expulsion of Asians from Uganda. Arafat recently visited Vancouver in relation to the project.
UNHCR Jordan serves a community under canvas during Ramadan
AMMAN, Jordan, September 17 (UNHCR) – Each day at sunset in the Jordanian capital this month, 200 needy people have been gathering in a UNHCR tent for the iftar meal that ends the daily fast during the Islamic month of Ramadan.
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“The refugees we serve are needy and exiled,” said Arafat Jamal, UNHCR’s deputy representative in Jordan. “The extra cash we grant them during Ramadan provides additional support to the vulnerable, while the iftar dinners help bring together communities in a convivial environment.”
In cooperation with the Jordanian charitable organization, Tikeyet Um Ali, UNHCR sponsored an iftar tent in an area of Amman with the highest concentration of Iraqi refugees in the country.
http://www.unhcr.org/4ab25b1f6.html – http://www.alertnet.org – http://wahindi.wordpress.com
Ismailimail 
Yes, that’s my son – Arafat V I V Jamal, except he doesn’t go in for the full ancestry. Has a knack for choosing high-risk assignments – Herat, Congo, Beirut, where he stayed at his post under intense bombardment during the 2006 Lebanon War, because – well, because that’s what a UNHCR person has to do. Now in relatively tranquil Amman but tending to refugees from Iraq and how heart-warming that he participated in the iftaar. Not for him surreptitious eating during the holy month. Was in YVR to be with sister (Mina Farah: see, Arafat and Mina, at hajj?) and Mom, actually. Only two blemishes – went to Cornell and Oxford, rivals in a reverse sequence to my places. 2G UN, though. Blessings be.
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1. Beirut’s Real Refugees – TIME
18 Jul 2006 … While thousands of Westerners flee Lebanon, many of the poor and stateless are stranded. … He fled the nascent civil war in Baghdad in 2004, … Arafat Jamal, the senior regional officer for the UNHCR, tells me that in …
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1216115,00.html – Similar
2. Iraqi Refugees in Jordan – an undeniable truth | Three Monkeys Online
Differently from Syria and Lebanon, states Arafat Jamal, the “Jordanian government has opened its doors.” The U.N.H.C.R. deputy representative acknowledge …
http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/als/iraqi_refugees_jordan.html – Cached – Similar
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Ya ali madad Dr. Jamal
I was wondering if you could provide me with your son’s email address by any chance as I was going to do work in refugee camps in Jordan in the next 6 months and it would be nice to work with Arafat. My email address is smohamm3@gmail.com
Thank you Dr. Jamal
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Hi,
Nice to know such achievements by our fellow Ismailis.
Is there any JamatKhana in Jordan?
Regards,
Tariq Ali
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