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Abstract: WASHINGTON, DC – Hours after his handover ceremony, the new Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told the Ha’aretz newspaper that...
Abstract: WASHINGTON, DC – In his landmark speech at the Grand Hall of Cairo University, US President Barack Obama set out to change Muslim and Arab...
Abstract: Washington, DC - An argument could be made that the Middle East, as the birthplace of the Abrahamic religions, is a centre of dialogue between...
Abstract: WASHINGTON, DC - A few days ago, the world commemorated Holocaust Day with memorials, moments of silence, and time taken to remember the lives of...
Abstract: WASHINGTON, DC – In June 2006, I led a series of workshops for Palestinian journalists in Ramallah, West Bank. I was shocked to discover how...
Abstract: Washington, DC - The world deserves a supranational and neutral international court in which political interests and stakeholders are unable to...
Abstract: WASHINGTON, DC – In June 2006, I led a series of workshops for Palestinian journalists in Ramallah, West Bank. I was shocked to discover how...
Abstract: A basic fact of conflict is that people’s perceptions of each other matter. Viewing someone as subhuman or demonic, for example, reduces people...
Abstract: Brussels - On 1 December 2009 the Treaty of Lisbon–the agreement reforming European Union institutions–was ratified, making the European...
Abstract: During her recent visit to Pakistan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emphasised the need to foster a relationship of respect ...
Abstract: Washington, DC - In the hours following Michael Jackson’s death, people around the globe shared common pain, resuscitated old vinyl records...
Abstract: Washington, DC - On 18 April, the Somali parliament unanimously passed a bill to adopt Islamic law as national legislation. The real issue is not the...
Abstract: Hours after his handover ceremony, the new Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told the Ha’aretz newspaper that “Israel is not...
Abstract: This year, which marks the 8th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has prompted many conversations on how the world has changed since. Many of...
Abstract: Jerusalem - Jerusalem, home to Christianity, Judaism and Islam – and highly significant to Palestinians and Israelis alike – continues to...
Abstract: Washington, DC - The United States has been involved in Somalia since the early 1980s, first during the Cold War and then in 1992 during the country...
Abstract: Washington DC/Tbilisi/Tskhinvali - The Caucasus war this summer pitted predominantly Christian Orthodox Georgia against predominantly Christian...
Abstract: The 9/11 attacks traumatised America. I grieved for those killed and those who lost loved ones. My heart broke at the hatred directed at my country...
Abstract: Islamabad - People power and the use of mass nonviolent action are not new to Muslims. Even before Gandhi, political and spiritual leader Abdul...
Abstract: Jerusalem - On 15 July a small bit of history was made in Jerusalem. Around 3,000 Jews and Arabs marched together from the Jaffa Gate in the Old City...
Abstract: Bonn, Germany - Bonn’s Beethoven Hall usually hosts violin, cello and bass players. From 2-3 December the stage supported Afghan engineers,...
Abstract: President Barack Obama nominated diplomat Robert Ford to become the first US ambassador to Syria since 2005. The step is a clear indication of a...
Abstract: Jerusalem - Shira Nesher, an Israeli, stands alongside Fakhira Halloun, a Palestinian, as Nesher tells her story about life in a conflict zone to a...
Abstract: In June, at the latest loya jirga (a grand assembly comprised of tribal leaders) meeting in Kabul, 1,600 local Afghan leaders endorsed a social...
Abstract: Sometimes change happens in the most unlikely ways, fostered by the most unlikely of people. In the last few years, while Israel’s relationship...
Abstract: Washington, DC - Now that the scare over the “swine flu” virus (H1N1) has subsided around the world, governments, international...
Abstract: Washington, DC - Millions of Muslims across India decided to temper or even cancel festivities on their most cherished week of holy yearly...
Abstract: JERUSALEM - Jerusalem made me who I am today. I’ve spent half of my life here, 18 years of searching and trying to belong, still without any...
Abstract: Kuala Lumpur - Muslim women’s rights. These three words— whether uttered by religious fundamentalists, progressives, politicians,...