@ckalu13 @PollaGarmiany We are doing work now with LLMs and Kurdish dialects (Sorani, Behdini, and Kurmanji). Would love to compare notes/collaborate.
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Jeremy P. Barker
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Jeremy P. Barker
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Director, Middle East @RFInstitute | PhD researcher @IDS_UK | cofounder @EDGEInstitute | Husband & Father | Seeking a city to come, working for impact here
Washington, DC เข้าร่วม Ekim 2010
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We are excited! One of the goals of this is LLM’s in the local languages so that accurate AI services can be built out for the area, but also for the historical preservation of the many different beautiful and distinct dialects in the area. Another we hope to preserve is Neo-Aramaic.
Polla Garmiany ☀️@PollaGarmiany
AI lab opens in Slemani. It will start in Central Kurdish and later include other Kurdish dialects, as well.
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The most encouraging work are local efforts addressing these threats and working to build a society that embraces human dignity and the rights and freedoms of all citizens, including religious and ethnic communities.
Read the article @vvanwilgenburg:
kurdistanchronicle.com/babat/3526
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The threats are not just from ISIS, "but the loss of property, erasure of religious cultural heritage, and exploitation of political representation that has led many to struggle to envision a future in the lands that their communities have called home for hundreds of years.”
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Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bi-partisan resolution reaffirming support for religious minorities in Iraq.
The effort was led by @RepSlotkin @RepJames @RepMoolenaar + advocacy from @indefchristians @IrfRoundtable and more.
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🚨 USCIRF released a new contracted report by @RFInstitute that assesses the US government’s use of #CPC designations over the 25 years since #IRFA was enacted & makes recommendations to improve the effectiveness of these designations. uscirf.gov/news-room/rele…
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@ShivanFazil @BU_Tweets Excellent! So excited for you, Shivan.
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I’m delighted to share that I’ve started my PhD @BU_Tweets. This has been something that I’ve worked for tirelessly over a decade. Special thanks to my academic referees for their unwavering support. I hope to successfully complete it & follow their footsteps to pay that forward.
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With an election coming in the UK, religious freedom policy should be a priority issue.
At its core, religious freedom is about liberty and human dignity. It is an important foundation for flourishing societies.
Miles Windsor (@RFInstitute) @Newsweek:
newsweek.com/importance-rel…
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Today, attorneys acting on behalf of Ryan filed urgent petitions before the @UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, @DrAliceJEdwards, and the UN Working Group for Arbitrary Detention, seeking the UN's help in securing Ryan's immediate release from Taliban custody.
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Dr. Bilal Wahab (@BilalWahab) announced as the new president of the American University of Iraq - Sulaimani (AUIS) @auisofficial. Will take over this summer.
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"The Bruce Bill, if passed, represents a significant victory for those who’ve been fighting this cause throughout many years," Miles Windsor writing on the International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill in debate @UKParliament today. | @UK_FoRBEnvoy
thecritic.co.uk/religious-free…
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@pmandaville Congratulations, @pmandaville! A great addition to push forward such vital work.
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Excited to join the Biden-Harris administration today and swear in as the Senior Advisor for Faith Engagement at USAID! linkedin.com/posts/peter-ma…
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030 | Findings from @pewresearch 14th annual Global Restrictions on Religion research with Samirah Majumdar @PewReligion and @jaybark7 @RFInstitute
Listen here and most major podcast platforms:
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/middl…
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Happy to announce that I'll be joining the law faculty at American University this summer, where I'll be teaching courses in Constitutional Law, Law & Religion, and Federal Courts.
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🎧 Listen to @RFIMiddleEast's latest podcast with Mairéad Smith (@maireadnigabhan) and @jaybark7, on the Coalition for Just Reparations (#C4JR)’s recent More Than "Ink on Paper" report, Taking Stock Three Years After Adoption of the #YazidiSurvivorsLaw. ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/0RbCmW…
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029 | More than “Ink on Paper”: Taking Stock Three Years After the Adoption of the Yazidi [Female] Survivors Law | Mairéad Smith (@c4jrOrg) Listen here to the latest episode of the Middle East File w/ @jaybark7 podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/middl… #Iraq #Yazidi #genocide #ReligiousFreedom
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“Where do we want to take freedom of religion or belief in Lebanon? What is the current state? We realized we don’t have a founding document, a Lebanon produced report covering these topics”
Hear more about the National Working Group on FoRB with @fadi_hachem
RFI Middle East@RFIMiddleEast
026 | National Report on Freedom of Religion or Belief: Lebanon | @fadi_hachem with @jaybark7 @RFInstitute The Middle East File is back and this episode is looking at a report on the status and opportunities for religious freedom in Lebanon: open.spotify.com/episode/5Dqiib…
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Honored to have our work recognized in this way & appreciate the opportunity to bring more attention to the challenges (i.e., #religiousdiscrimination) faced by minority groups during #regimechange - challenges that now loom in even more places than when we began this study.
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This year’s Nils Petter Gleditsch @JPR_journal Article of the Year has been awarded to @jaklocek, Hyun Jeong Ha & @nathanaeldotid for their article entitled “Regime change and religious discrimination after the Arab uprisings.”🏅 prio.org/news/3501
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THREAD: Video of discussion "Nobody’s Listening: Supporting the #Ezidi/#Yazidi Community 10 Years After Genocide" co-hosted by @USIP and @CPG_USHMM. #Iraq #Ezidi #Yezidi #ISIS #Sinjar
youtube.com/live/oThOlY-P0…
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🚨🚨On Religious Freedom 🚨🚨
I’ve done something of a deep dive on religious freedom this year. I’m convinced it’s among the most important issues in our world today. I’d argue it’s a Top Five issue with regard to global flourishing.
A few reasons why it matters a great deal:
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