On the eve of World Refugee Day 2017, UNHCR Egypt hosted a major film event at the Zamalek Cinema, under the theme "Refugee Voices in Film. Guests showedtheir support to the refugee cause by signing the #WithRefugees and sharing messages about #RefugeeDay on social media. UNHCR Egypt was supported by Arab Cinema Center

On 18 June UNHCR Egypt in cooperation with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Egyptian Association of Friends of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, launched the "BigRead" program The three months program aims at bringing together local cultural institutions and citizens and forging partnerships among several stakeholders (e.g. Alexandria University, young artists, social clubs, cultural centers, etc.) to enrich cultural dialogue. It includes a series of writing competitions and theatre workshops, during which famous novels will be turned into scripts, and participants get to act the plays at the final event in September. The program allows talented refugees and asylum seekers to participate in the various activities, perform and be part of the cultural life in Alexandria. A "Think and Express" workshop for people with hearing and speaking difficulties will also be part of the program.

Turkish version of the “Searching for Syria” website was launched in cooperation with Google.

UNHCR supported Istanbul Culture and Art Foundation in organizing a workshop entitled “Your Voice to Mine” as part of the 15th Istanbul Biennial.

The second round of UNHCR’s training series for the staff of the provincial directorates of ISKUR was held in Ankara during.

World Refugee Day was marked by UNHCR’s Istanbul office with an organization bringing together refugees and host community in cooperation with partners.

UNHCR annual HAUS: The survey will cover:Syrian, Iraqi, Non-Iraq Non-Syrian Data collection will start by Nov.By end of 2017 the follow up survey will be ready

LENS launches an improved legal mechanism for home-based businesses which will help businesses become a part of the formal economy.

WFP resumed its support to the national school meals programme reaching over 310,000 schoolchildren via date bars and around 25,000 via healthy meals in host communities. In addition, WFP reached around 28,000 Syrian schoolchildren attending formal education in Zaatari and Azraq camps via date bar and healthy meal distribution.

UNHCR released a report on sexual violence against men and boys in the Syrian crisis, report is available on the UNHCR data portal - Protection and SGBV page.