Notices

• Many thanks to Hussein and Ali Matar for donating the proceeds from their fund raising event on the 13th August to the IAC to help Lebanon - £7010 was raised from the social gathering evening at Cavendish Square! The money was added to our own contribution of £10,000 and a total of £17,010 was sent to the Lebanese Red Cross.
• The IAC are please to announce that Mrs. Didi Khalil will have a fund-raising lunch on 20th September to raise money for Gaza and Lebanon. Mr. Bari Abdel Atwan will be speaking and we will be contributing an additional sum towards food parcels for Gaza.
• We would also like to inform all our friends and members of an Eid Al-Fitr dinner on the 23rd of October. Details of the event will be posted on the web-site and circulated as soon as the details are confirmed.

The International Arab Women's Council Charities Fund (AWC) was established in 1967 by Dr.Esmat Al-Said, to help with the plight of Arabs after the six-day war. It was registered officially as a charity in 1978 in the UK, where it was active within the Arab community in the UK and abroad for over twenty years. In May 2004 the charity was re-launched under the working title of The International Arab Charity (IAC) in order to continue to put into effect the charity's objectives.

The charity's basic aims are simple - to help those in need, to promote cultural awareness and to further educational pursuits. The IAC is a Pan-Arab charity which helps to alleviate suffering in any Arab country and which helps to promote the standing of Arabs in the West. Our membership is open equally to women, men and non-Arabs. We welcome your support and contribution, not only in financial terms, but also in any input of ideas for events or projects.