Abu-Nimer,
Prof. Mohammed
PERSONAL
BACKGROUND
Date of Birth:
June 12, 1962;
Legal Status:
US Citizen;
Address: SIS, American
University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave,
Washington DC 20016
Tel.
202 885 1656, Fax 202 885 1661, E-Mail: abunimer@american.edu
EDUCATION
YEAR
INSTITUTE
SUBJECT
DEGREE
1989-1993
George Mason University
Conflict Resolution Ph.D.
Fairfax, VA
1984-1987
Hebrew University
Education
Master
Jerusalem
1981-1984
Hebrew University
Sociology
and Edu.
Bachelor
Jerusalem
1983-1984
Wahat Al/Salam
Facilitation
training
Certificate
Jerusalem
Neve
Shalom
2007-present
Full Professor, School of International Service (SIS), International
Peace and
Conflict Resolution, American University, Washington DC.
1997-2007
Assistant
and Associate Professor,
School of International Service (SIS), International Peace and Conflict
Resolution, American University, Washington DC.
1997-present
Associate Faculty, Conflict
Transformation Program, Summer Institute, Eastern Mennonite University,
Harisonburg, VA.
2003-present
Senior
Fellow, United Nations Peace University, Costa Rica
1993-1997
Assistant Professor in Sociology,
Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina.
1996-1997
Associate Faculty, Conflict
Resolution Program, McGregor School of Antioch University, Yellow
Spring, Ohio.
OTHER
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2000- present
Director of Peacebuilding and
Development Institute, School of International Service, American
University.
1997-present
Director of The Conflict
Resolution Skills Institutes, School of International Service,
International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program, American
University.
2002- Present
Director and Founder of Salam: Peacebuilding
and Justice Institute
1995-1997
Director, Conflict Resolution
Resource Center, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC.
1995
Coordinator
of the Peace and Conflict Studies, Guilford College.
1989-1992
Research Assistant, Center
for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, VA.
1992-1993
Curriculum Developer (with Macro
International), Silver Spring, MD.
1987-1989
Program Coordinator:
Arab-Jewish Relations in Arab Schools, Van Leer Institution, Jerusalem.
1984-1988
Senior Counselor and Trainer,
Institute for Arab-Jewish Education for Co-Existence.
HONORS
AND FELLOWSHIPS
2007-2008
Jennings
Randolph Senior Peace Fellow –USIP
2007
IDRC Second Grant for Journal of Peacebuilding and
Development, Center for Global peace.
2007-2008
Smith
Richardson grant for evaluation of Madarasa in Pakistan
2007
Promoted to Full Professor at SIS/AU
2007
The Reconciliation and Justice Book was selected as the Berghof
Foundation's
100 essential books for conflict transformation.
2006- 2005
Principal
investigator. Democracy, Good Governance, and Leadership
(Georgia-Abkhazia).
World Learning
2005
Principal investigator for Learning Each Other Historical
Narrative. Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Citizen Exchange office (USA).
Partnership
with PRIME.
2005
Co Principal investigator for IDRC grant for Journal of
Peacebuilding and Development (JPD). Center for Global Peace
2005
Morton Deutsch Award 2005, from the Society for the Study
of Peace, Conflict, and Violence, Division 48 of the American
Psychological
Association, for contribution to the field of peacebuilding and
conflict
resolution.
2005
Principal investigator for Wilson Center Grant for
Training for Trainers in Conflict Resolution. PBDI.
2004
Faculty Research Award for summer
2004, for interfaith project in
the Middle East.
2004
Principal investigator for Cypriots Youth Community
Leadership and Peace. AMIDEAST (Summer Peacebuilding and Development,
American
University).
2004
Awarded as the principal
investigator a research grant on School for Peace,
Neveshalom/Wahat
Al Salam, Friends of Neve Shalom/Wahat Al Salam
Switzerland.
2003
Outstanding
Teaching Award in Full Time Appointment for 2002-2003
2003
Teaching
Excellence Award, American Political Science Association.
2002-2003
Visiting
Fellowship at the Joan B. Kroc Institute, Notre Dame University.
2001-2003
Principal investigator for a grant
provided by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Citizen
Exchange
office (USA), on: Uneasy Partners: Amalgamating Human Rights and Peace
in
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
2001-2002
United
States Institute for Peace (USIP). Solicited. A research grant on
Peacebuilding and Islam.
1999-2000
Visiting
Research Fellow, Harry Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace.
2001
American
University, Faculty Development Funds, Developed new course on
Reconciliation, Summer
2001.
2000
SIS,
Faculty Development Funds, Field Research on Conflict Resolution and
Culture.
1995-97
Annual Kenan Grant for Faculty
Development, Guilford College, NC
1996
Fellowship
from the American Research Center in Egypt, New York, 1996-97.
1991
Dissertation
Grant, The Ford Foundation: The Middle East Division of Individual
Grants, New
York, 1991-93.
1991
A
"Peace Scholar" Award-USIP (United States Institute for Peace),
Washington, D.C, September 1991-September 1992.
1990
Graduate
Fellowship, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 1990-1992.
1989
Fellowship
from USIFE (United States-Israel Foundation for Education), Tel-Aviv,
July 1989-July
1991.
1987
Cum
Laude, Hebrew University
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:
DISSERTATION
Conflict
Resolution Between Arabs and Jews in Israel: A Study of Six Intervention
Models,
George Mason
University, VA,
May 1993.
Journal
Editor
2001-
present. Cofounder and Co editor of Journal of Peace building and
Development
Volume 1. No.
1and 2, 2003
Volume
2, No. 3 2006
Volume 2. No.
1 and 2, 2004
Volume
3. No. 1, 2005
Volume 3. No.
2, 2006
Volume 4.1, 2007
BOOKS
Peace-Building
By,
Between and Beyond Muslims and Evangelical Christians, Mohammed
Abu-Nimer and
David Augsburger, eds. (Rowman and Little Field).
Unity
in Diversity: Interfaith Dialogue in the Middle East.
Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Amal Khoury, and Emily
Welty Washington DC: USIP, 2007.
Interfaith
Dialogue:
A Guide For Muslims. (with Muhammad Shafiq) Herendon, Virginia:
International
Institute for Islamic Thought (IIT), 2007.
A Shared
Future: Local
Capacities for Peace in Community Development. Michelle
Garred. (Ed)
with Mohammed Abu-Nimer. CA: World Vision. 2006.
Modern
Islamic Thought: Dynamic, Not Static. (Eds.) Said
Abdul
Aziz, Mohammed Abu-Nimer, and Meena Sharify-Funk. New York. Routledge
Press. 2006.
Nonviolence
and
Peacebuilding in Islamic: Theory and Practice.
Gainesville, FL.: University Press of
Florida, 2003.
Positive
Approaches for
Peace.
(Eds.) Cynthia Sampson. Mohammed
Abu-Nimer. Claudia
Liebler. Washington
DC: PACT publications, 2003.
Reconciliation,
Coexistence, and Justice: Theory and Practice. (Ed.) New
York: Rowman & Little
Field, 2001.
Traditions
and
Transitions in Israel Studies: (Books on Israel, Volume 6), edited by
Laura
Zittrain Eisenberg, Neil Caplan, Naomi B. Sokoloff and Mohammed
Abu-Nimer.
2002.
Dialogue,
Conflict
Resolution and Change: Arab-Jewish Encounters in Israel, SUNY Press,
Spring
1999
ARTICLES
IN REFEREED JOURNALS:
Abu-Nimer,
Mohammed and Ayse Kadayifci. Muslim Peace Building Actors in Africa and
the
Balkans.
(Peace and
Change Journal, forthcoming July 2008).
“Religious
Contribution to Dialogue and Nonviolence
Actions in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict:
Possibilities
and
Obstacles.” Palestinian Society and
History Review. Vol. 2. Spring 2007 (Arabic).
“We make
Friends with Our Enemies.” Yale Israel
Journal, Special Issue on Israel
Palestine Elections,
2006
“Religion,
Dialogue,
and Nonviolence Actions in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” International
Journal of
Politics, Culture and Society Vol. 17, No.
3 (Spring
2004).
“Change
Through Dialogue: The Case of Arab-Jewish Encounters in Israel.”
Journal of
Social Issues
(Special Issue on:
Improving
Arab-Jewish Relations in Israel: Theory and Practice in Coexistence
Education
Programs, 60 (2) 2004.
“Israeli-Palestinian
Dialogue in the Second
Intifada: between Despair and Hope.” Global Dialogue. vol.
4, no. 3,
summer 2002,
130-1143.
“Another
Voice Against the War” The Arab World Geographer Vol. 4, no.2,
2001 (pp.
15-18).
“Conflict
Resolution, Culture, and Religion: Toward a Training Model of
Interreligious
Peacebuilding.”
Journal of
Peace Research, 38. 6 (Nov.
2001):
685-704.
“A
Framework for Nonviolence and
Peacebuilding in Islam.” Journal of Law and Religion. (Vol. 15
nos.1 and
2, 2001).
“Peace-Building
in Postsettlement: Challenges for Israeli and Palestinian Peace
Education. Peace
and
Conflict:
Journal of Peace Psychology, Vol. 6 No.
1, 2000 (1-21).
“Conflict
Resolution
Training in The Middle East: Lessons To Be Learned. International
Negotiation: A Journal of Theory and Practice, Special Issue on
International Training of Conflict Resolution, 3:99-116, 1998.
“Conflict
Resolution and Islam: Some Conceptual Questions”. Peace and Change,
Vol.
21, January,
1996 (22-40).
“Conflict
Resolution Approaches: Western and Middle Eastern Lessons and
Possibilities.”
American
Journal of
Economics and Sociology, Vol. 55,
No. 1.
January, 1996 (pp.35-52).
ARTICLES
IN EDITED BOOKS
“Taking
Responsibility for Reconciliation.” In; No Peace without Forgiveness?
By: Michael
Henderson
London:
Baylor University Press, 2008
(Forthcoming).
“The
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. ” (With Simona Sharoni). In: Understanding
the
Contemporary Middle
East, 3nd
edition, Ed. Jillian Schwedler, Boulder,
CO: Lynne Rienner Press, (Forthcoming 2008).
“The
Role of Religious Peacebuilding in Traumatized Societies: From
Withdrawal to
Forgiveness.”
Peacebuilding
in Traumatized Societies. In Barry
Hart (University
Press of America, forthcoming
2008).
“Peace
Education in a
Bilingual and Bi-ethnic School for Palestinians and Jews in Israel:
Lessons and
Challenges” Ilham Nasser and
Mohammed Abu-Nimer . In: Educational
Response to Conflict:
Systemic
issues. Edited by Zvi
Bekerman
and Claire McGlynn Palgrave Mcmillan, 2007
Mohammed
Abu Nimer and Ned Lazarus. “The Peacebuilder’s Paradox and the Dynamics
of
Dialogue:
Psychosocial
Approaches to Israeli/Palestinian
Peacebuilding.” In: "Beyond Bullets and Bombs:
Grassroots
Peacebuilding between Palestinians
and Israelis.. J. Kuriansky ed. Greenwood Press,
2007.
“Bridging
Conflict Resolution and Human Rights: Promises and Challenges.” In: Human Rights and
Conflict. (Eds.).
Julie Mertus and Jeff Helsing (Eds.)
Washington DC: USIP April 2006.
“Nonviolent
Action in Israel and Palestine: A
Growing Force.” In: Bridging the
Divide: Peacebuilding
in
Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict. (Eds.). Edy
Kaufman, Walid Salem, and Juliette
Verhoeven. New
York: Lynne Rienner,
2006. (Also Translated into Italian)
"Pax
Americana and
the Bush Doctrine in the Middle East: An Arab Post-Iraq War
Perspective" in
War
and Border Crossings. (ed.) Peter
French
Rowman and Littlefield , MD. 2005.
“Federalism
in Islam:
Principles and Values.” In: Federalism Tool for Conflict Management in
multicultural societies with regard to the conflicts
in the Middle East Thomas Fleiner. The
Institute of
Federalism Fribourg, Switzerland. (Forthcoming)
(With
Amal Khoury) “September 11 and the Palestinian Reaction: No Win.” In
Multiple Voices. Notre
Dame
University.
Scott Appleby and Abdul
Rasheid Omar (Forthcoming).
“Toward
the Theory and Practice of Positive Approaches to Peacebuilding.” In: Positive
Approaches for
Peace. (Eds.)
Cynthia Sampson. Mohammed Abu-Nimer.
Claudia Liebler. Washington DC: PACT publications, 2003.
(With
Amal Khoury and Lynn Kunkle). The Muslim World Reacts to September 11.
History
Behind The
Headlines.
The Origins of Conflicts Worldwide.
Vol. 5. (Ed) Nancy Matuzak. New York:
Thompson Gale.
(pp. 209-244)
“Seeking
Justice and Reconciliation through
Arab-Jewish Coexistence Encounters in Israel.” In
Reconciliation
in Global Perspective: Theory and
Practice.
(Ed.) Alice Akermann.
(Washington, DC: USIP, Forthcoming 2004).
“The
Miracles of Transformation through Interfaith Dialogue: Are you a
Believer?”
in: Interfaith
Dialogue. (Ed)
David Smock. Washington DC.: USIP, 2002.
“Reconciliation
and
Justice in Arab-Jewish Dialogue in Israel: Potential and Challenges”. Reconciliation,
Justice, and Coexistence: Theory and Practice. Mohammed Abu-Nimer
(Ed.) New
York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2001.
“Conflict
Resolution in Islamic context.” Conflict
Resolution in Islam. Abdul
Aziz Said, Nathan Funk
and Ayse
Kadayifici
(Eds.), Lanham and New York: University Press of America, 2001.
“Contrasts in
Conflict
Management in Cleveland and Palestine.” Traditional Cures For
Modern
Conflicts: African Conflict “Medicine”. William Zartman (ed.),
Boulder,
CO.: Lynne Rienners, 2000.
Abu-Nimer, M.
and
Sharoni, Shimona. “The
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” Understanding The Contemporary
Middle East.
(Ed.) Deborah Gerner, Boulder, CO.: Lynne Rienners, (2000 and 2004 .
“Dialogue and
National
Consensus: Israeli and Palestinian Peace Activists Pre-Madrid
Conference:
Dilemmas of Israeli and Palestinian
Peace Activists.” Books on Israel,
K. Avruch (Ed.), New York: SUNY Press, 1997.
“Conflict
Resolution Between Arabs and Jews in Israel: A Case of Change and
Control.” in Education
in
Divided Societies (Ed.) Peter Lemish, Haifa,
Israel, 1996.
BOOK
REVIEWS AND FOREWORDS
A
book review of Peacemakers in Action: Profiles of Religion in Conflict
Resolution,
by David Little
(ed.) For Journal of Law and Religion
(2008 Forthcoming).
“Introduction”
for Stories of Peace from
Philippines. Edited by: Antoinette Hildering. CIDSE
Asia
Forum
in Brussels
(forthcoming April 2007).
A foreword
for Michelle
Le Baron. Bridging Cultural Conflicts. Jossy-Bass, San
Francisco 2003.
Palestinian
Citizens in
an Ethnic Jewish State: Identities in Conflict. Nadim Rouhana (New
Haven: Yale
University Press, 1997). A book review
for the Journal of Palestinian Studies, Spring 2001.
A foreword
for Women
and Interethnic Dialogue. Special series on dialogue by
International
Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR). 2001.
Culture and
Conflict
Resolution. Kevin Avruch (Washington, DC.: USIP, 1998). A book review
for Peace
and Change, Vol. 26, No.1, January 2000, 106-108.
On the
Margin: The Arab
Population in Israel’s Economy, By Aziz Haider (New York St. Martin’s
Press,
1995) A book review for the Journal of Middle East Studies,
Vol. 4. No.
3, 1998.
Building
Peace in the Middle East: Challenges for States and Civil Societies. By
Elise
Boulding. A book
Review in DOMES
(Digest of Middle East
Studies), Volume 3, No. 2 Spring 1994 (pp. 29-36).
GENERAL
PUBLICATIONS: REPORTS, MANUALS, ETC.
Strategic
Assessment for Muslim Peace Secretary. Sri Lanka, September 2007.
Final
Assessment Report of People Forum in Sri Lanka. AED. June, 2007.
Final
Assessment of OTI (Office of Transitional Initiative) Peacebuilding and
Development Project in
Sri Lanka: 2003-2007. Social Impact
May, 2007.
Principles
and strategies of Peacebuilding Training. In Leadership and Building
state
Capacity:
Combining the
skills of Diplomats and Trainers.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholar. Washington DC. 2006.
Muslim-Christian
Conversations For Peace. Fuller Theological Seminary & Salam
Institute of
Peace
and Justice.
David Augsburger and Mohammed
Abu-Nimer. August 2006.
Interfaith
Dialogue: A Guide For Muslims (With Dr.
Muhammad Shafiq), Center for Interfaith
Studies
and Dialogue
(CISD) Salam: Peace and Justice
Institute, Nov. 2006
Forum for
Intercultural Dialogue in Egypt: A Five
Years Assessment. A Report compiled for CEOSS
(Coptic
Evangelical Social Service), 2006.
Role
of Religion in Peace Processes: Christian and Muslim Interfaith and
Peacebuilding Organizations
in Balkan and
Great Lakes. (With Ayse Kadayfci and
Tsjard) report
presented to Netherlands Foreign Ministry and Clingendale Institute).
January,
2006.
Muslim
Peace and Interfaith organizations in Balkan and Great Lakes: An
Assessment. (with Ayse
Kadayfci) Prsented to Netherlands
Foreign Ministry and Clingendale Institute. November, 2005.
Arab Jewish
public Library Project: An Evaluation
Report. Doroub Center for Leadership and training
Galilee,
Israel. November, 2005. (with Ilham Nasser)
Neve
Shalom/Wahat Al Salam, School for Peace: An Evaluation
Report on Bilingual Education and
Peace,
1994-2004) (A Grant administered by Center for Global Peace-SIS, AU),
2005.
Ten Years of
Seeds of Peace: An Evaluation Report (1993-2005). (Social Impact
Washington DC.
2005).
“Integrating
Peacebuilding and Development in Area
Development Program of Sarangani, Mindanao.”
An Evaluation
report
for World Vision Foundation, Philippines. 2004.
“We
the
Peacemakers: Teach-In to Congress for Middle East Peace.” In Tikkon
Magazine: A
critique
of Politics, Culture, and Society. July/August 2004.
Interfaith
Peacebuilding Guide. A Training Manual sponsored by URI: United
Religious Initiative. 2004
(with Claudia Leibler, Barbara
Hartford, and Susana McIIwaine Cynthia Sampson .www.uri.org)
“Interfaith Dialogue in Israel-Palestine: Why It matters.” In: Waging Peace A Two-Part Discussion of Religion-Based Peacemaking. National Cathedral and USIP. 2003.
“Tolerance
and Pluralism in Palestinian School Text Books.” A report for Israeli
Palestinian Center for
Research and
Information (IPCRI). 2003. (With
Salem Awaies).
“Graduate
Peace Education Curriculum.” Designed (with Mary King) a proposed peace
education
graduate
program, United Nations Peace
University. Costa Rica. April, 2003.
“Values
of peacebuilding and nonviolence in
Islam.” The American Muslim (Online
Journal)
www.theamericanmuslim.org
2002.
“Peacebuilding
in Development Context: CRS in Morocco.” A feasibility study, August
2000.
“Intercommunity
and Intracommunity
Peacebuilding Projects in Sri Lanka.”A special report for CARE and
IMTD, 1999.
Mohammed
Abu-Nimer and
Tala’t Kaisi. Introduction to
Conflict Resolution, Lebanese Center for Public Policy Studies,
1999
(Arabic). (A manual and edited book: translated and compiled)
“Peacebuilding
and Justice in Islamic Context.” A special paper for Catholic Relief
Services,
1999.
“Muslim,
Christian, and
Jewish Youth Summer Camp.” A Report on including Muslim youth in
interreligious
summer camp, for E Pluribus Unum Project, 1999.
J. Rife, M.
Abu-Nimer,
And R. Bailey. Americorps Cross Cultural Education Service System: An
Annual
Report Program, Greensboro, NC 1996 and 1997.
“Non-Western
Approaches
to Conflict Resolution: Lessons from A Workshop in Gaza.” COPRED
Peace
Chronicle, Vol. 20, NO. 1, March 1995.
Conflict
Resolution
Skills: A Training Manual, Part 1 and 2. Developed
for the U.S. Center for Substance
Abuse Prevention (CSAP) Under the: Community Partnership Training
Program,
Silver Spring, Maryland, 1993. (Community Partnership in Office for
Substance
Abuse and Prevention).
J.
Montville, J. Winkler, A. Marshal, D. Garner, M. Wihelm, M. Abu-Nimer,
and H.
Merwe.
Assessment of Opportunities and
Considerations for Palestinian-Israeli Cooperation DAI
(Development Alternative
Incorporation), Bethesda, Maryland, 1992.
Abu-Nimer, M.
and
Robinson Victor. “Who Are these Crazy People who Support Saddam?” Capitol
Area Peace
Studies Chronicle Vo. 2, No.
8. Jan. 1991.
Ilham
Nasser and Mohammed Abu-Nimer Masuliaty (My Responsibility),
The
Institute for Education
for Co-Existence Between Arabs and
Jews in Israel, Jerusalem, 1986. (Arabic)
Abu-Nimer,
M. and Nasser, I., A Handbook For Social Education Activities.
(Translated from Hebrew
to Arabic) (By: Abraham Himo,
1985),1988.
NEWSPAPER
AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES
"Solution
without Muslims will backfire", Daily Mirror Sri Lnka Newspaper. Also
appeared in
Community Portal of Sri Lanka
Muslims. 9.17/2007
http://www.slmuslims.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=634&Itemid=1
“Israelis,
Palestinians
must promote peace culture” News Day. July 1, 2007
“Americans
glimpse the 'real' Iran.” by
Qamar-ul Huda, Mohammed Abu-Nimer and Ayse Kadayifci
Common Ground
News Service. 18 December 2007
“We Make
Peace With Our Enemies.” Al Ahram Weekly,
16-22, 2006, Issue No. 786;
“Islam and
the West: can interfaith dialogue perform
a miracle?”, Al Arab Online February 21, 2006;
Search
For Common Ground News, February , 14,
2006;
“Viewpoint:
Let go of CPT peace workers in Iraq!” Middle East Times. December 9,
2005;
Al Quds Newspaper. December 10, 2005. Al-Hayat Newspaper, 12, 10, 2005.
"Speak
and act before it is too late." Appeared in Alhayat 12/5/2005);
Associate
Press; Middle East
Times,
(12/9/2005 and 12/15/2005); Al Quds
Newspaper (12/12/2005); Search For Common Ground News.
“Islam
Fighting the Darkness within.” Peace
& Conflict
Monitor, UN-University for Peace. December
15,
2005
“Nonviolence
Values and Principles in Islam.”
Fellowship Reconciliation Magazine, September-
October,2004
“Nonviolence
is in Sync with Islam” Al-Hayat
newspaper (Arabic and English). August 29, 2003.
(Also Middle
East Times, Sept. 5, 2003)
International
Peace Studies at the University of
Notre Dame
“Genug
ist genug!” Konflikte und Friedensarbeit, No. 20, July 2002
(German
Magazine).
“Where
are all the Moderates?” Newsday, April 14, 2002.
“Islam:
el mensaje mal descrito” La Vanguardia,
December 2001.
“Another
Voice Against the War” International Studies Association,
Newsletter
December 2001.
“A
Time For Change” Cauxmunique, December 2001.
“Otra
voz contra la guerra” La Vanguardia, No.43,
September 22, 2001 (Major
Newspaper in Spain-
500,000
Copies Circulation).
“Attacks
Could be Long Term Mistake” American Weekly, Vol. 5, no. 5,
September 25,
2001
“Islamic
Principles and Values of Peacemaking” Cantilevers, Vol. 7,
Winter
1999-2000
“Another
Voice Against the War” International
Studies Association, Newsletter December 2001
“Islamic
Approaches to Dialogue: Challenges and Possibilities.”
(with Muhammad Sahfiq). Annual
Conference of AMSS (Association of
Muslim Scientist of North America. University of
Maryland, October 27-28, 2007.
“Peace
Education Under Occupation.” Paper presented at George Mason
University.
Human
Development Program on: Education under
Occupation. November 2006.
“Islamic
Model of Conflict Resolution: Principles And Challenges.” Conference
on: Islamic
Reform
Relating to
Conflict and Peace. USIP, Carter
Hall, VA, August 2006.
Discussant on
the
Panel: Islamic-Western
Relationships:
Challenges and Implications for National and
Global Securities. International Studies Association
(ISA). Hawaii, March 3, 2005.
“Interfaith
Peacebuilding
in Israel-Palestine: From Sacred to Political.” International
Studies
Association (ISA). Hawaii, March 4, 2005.
Discussant on
the
Panel: New Challenges in Linking
Peacebuilding and Development. International
Studies Association (ISA). Hawaii, March 4, 2005.
“Federalism
in Islam:
Principles and Values.” A paper presented at: Federalism Tool for
Conflict
Management in Multicultural Societies With Regard to
the Conflicts in the Middle East
Organized by the Institute of Federalism Fribourg,
Switzerland. March 2004.
“Islam, Democracy and Conflict Resolution.” A paper presented at Islamic Synthesis Conference.
Alexandria, Egypt. October 2003.
“Islamic Source of Nonviolence and Peace.” George Mason University. ICAR. Doctoral Alumni
Conference. Sept 2002.
“Islam, Non-violence, and Pacifism.” Religious Traditions of Pacifism in Times of War New York The
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. New York. Oct 2002.
“Sources
of Peacemaking in Islamic Cultural and Religious Context.” AMSS.
International
Seminar on
Peace, Jihad
and Conflict Resolution held Nov 2
– 3, 2002, in Washington, DC
“Reconciliation
and Justice: Arab-Jewish Relations in Israel.” Annual Conference of
International
Studies
Association, New Orleans, March 2002.
“Islamic
Resources for Peacebuilding” Kroc Institute for International Peace
Studies, In
Multiple Voices
Conference,
April 2002.
“Palestine:
USA Policy towards Palestinian Authority in Post September 11.” Kroc
Institute for
International
Peace Studies, In Multiple
Voices Conference, April 2002.
“Reconciliation
and Coexistence Between Arabs
and Jews in Israel: Challenges and Possibilities.”
Annual Conference of the Association
of Israeli Studies, American University, Washington DC.
May 2001.
“Conflict
Resolution and
Democracy: The Missing Link.” Annual Conference of World Movement for
Democracy. Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 2000.
“Peacebuilding
in Islam:
Challenges and Potential.” A paper presented at MSSA (Muslim Social
Science
Association) Annual Conference, Georgetown, DC, October 2000.
“Palestinians
in Israel:
Between Separation and Assimilation.” A paper presented at: Middle East
Studies
Association (MESA) annual conference in Orlando, Florida, November,
2000.
“Arabs and
Jews in
Israel in a Crossroad: Assimilation, Separation, or Pluralism.” A
poster
session paper at the American Political Science Association Annual
Conference
(APSA), DC, 2000.
“Arab-Jewish
Dialogue In Israel.” Special Forum for Truman Institute Fellows,
Jerusalem, May
2000.
Abu-Nimer,
M. and Davis V. “Culture in Conflict
Resolution Training.” Annual Conference of
COPRED and Peace Study Association,
Siena College, Albany, New York, April 1999.
“Peacebuilding
in
Islamic Context.” National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict
Resolution
(NCPCR), Phoenix, Arizona, May 1999.
“Diversity
and Conflict
Resolution Training.” A paper presented at the annual conference of
COPRED and
Peace Studies Association, North Newton, Kansas, April, 1998. (with
Victor
Robinson).
“Israeli-Palestinian
Education for Peace: New Challenges in New Century.” A paper presented
at the
annual conference Middle East Studies Association (MESA), San
Francisco,
November, 1997.
“Conflict
Resolution
Training Workshops in the Middle East: Lessons to be Learned.” A Paper
presented at the Washington Negotiation Group, SAIS, John Hopkins
University,
1997.
“Islam
and Non Violence: A Practitioner Perspective.” A paper presented at the
conference on Islam and
Non Violence.
Washington, DC 1997. Sponsored by
the Peace and Conflict Resolution Program
and Non
Violence International Center at
American University.
“Arab-Jewish
Relations in Israel: The Coexistence Field.” A paper presented at the
annual
meeting of
The National
Jewish Community Relations Advisory
Council, New York, June 1995. (Invited and Published in the NJCRAC
report).
“North
American Model of Conflict Resolution: Critique and Adaptation.” Chair
of panel
in NCPCR
(National
conference for Peace Making and
Conflict Resolution), St. Paul Minnesota, June 1995.
“Can Western Conflict Resolution Approach be Applied in A Middle Eastern Context?” Presented at the ASA (American Sociology Association), annual meeting, Los Angeles, August 1994.
“Arab-Jewish
Relations in Israel in the Aftermath of an Israeli-Palestinian
Settlement.” Presented
at the
IAS (Israeli Association Studies)
Annual meeting, Gratz College, Philadelphia, June 1994.
“Conflict
Resolution and Intergroup Relations.” A paper presented at the Second
Conflict
Resolution
Conference in
the Middle East, Antalya, Turkey,
November 1993. (Sponsored by Search for Common Ground). (Invited and a
summary
of the paper appeared in SCG newsletter).
“Conflict
Resolution and
Islam: Some Conceptual Questions.” A
paper presented at the Fundamentalism Project Conference (sponsored by
the
American Academy of Art and Science in Washington D.C., February 1993)
(Invited
and used to publish a working paper on the subject).
“Eastern
and Western Models of Negotiation.” A paper presented at the Washington
Interest in
Negotiation
(WIN), SAIS (School of Advance
International Studies, at John Hopkins University, 1993 (Invited).
“Conflict
Resolution Models between Arabs and Jews in Israel a Case of Control or
Change?” A paper
presented at MESA (Middle East Studies Association),
Portland, October 1992.
“Dispute
Resolution in a Middle Eastern Community.” Annual Meeting of Middle
East
Studies
Association
(MESA) Portland, Oregon, October
1992.
“Intervention
Models of Conflict Resolution in Arab Jewish Relations.” A paper
presented at
IAS
(Israeli Association Studies).
University of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 1992.
“Cross
Cultural Conflict Resolution: Exploring Preliminary Steps.”(With
Rebecca
Edelson)
Presentation
at the Society Of Professionals In
Dispute Resolution (SPIDER), Washington D.C.
November 1991.
“The
Non Violent Aspects of the Uprising.” A paper presented at the Society
for the
Study of Social
Problems
Conference (SSSP), Washington, D.C.,
August 1990.
“The Intifada as a Step Toward Conflict Resolution.” (with S. Sharoni). Conference of the Consortium for Peace Research, Education, and Development (COPRED), Denver, Colorado, Sept. 1989.
“Impacts
of the Palestinian Uprising on Women.” Institute for Conflict Analysis
and
Resolution, George
Mason, 1989.
CONFERENCE
PANELS / CHAIR / KEY NOTE SPEAKER (selected)
2007 State of the Field: A Research
Agenda for
Conflict Resolution, at Point of View: The Center for
Advanced
Studies in Conflict Dynamics and
Intervention Workshop Program, 30, 2007.
2007
Reconciliation and Justice: What
Might Guilford Do Now. A keynote speaker at Guilford
College. Greensboro, NC April 2,
2007.
2007
"Understanding Mideast Tensions
and Hopes." Loyola University of Chicago, a conference on Peacemaking
in
an Age of Terror" March 20-22, 2007.
2007
Nonviolence and Peace in Islam.
Residential Institute Keynote, Conflict Resolution Program at
Nova Southeastern University (NSU),
October 2007.
2007 Religion and Peace:
Interfaith Dialogue in the Middle East. A Keynote for the Goldstein
Chair at
Washington College, November 10,
2007.
2007
Alternatives to War and Violence: An
Islamic Perspective. (with Jamal Badawi). A conference on Abrahamic
Perspectives on Alternatives to War" Sponsored by: Churches’ Center for
Theology and Public Policy, June 13-15, 2007
2006 New Orleans. The
Morton
Deutsch
Award
Keynote lecture for Division 48. American
Psychology
Association Annual
Conference meeting. August 8
2006
Religious
Peacebuilding and Faith-Based Mediation:
The Challenge of Jerusalem.
Tantur
Ecumenical Institute, Jerusalem. A
Conference and Dialogue sponsored by,
The Program in Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding, The Joan B.
Kroc
Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame.
March
14-16, 2006
2006 Chaired First Annual Conference
on: Muslim
Peacebuilding: Approaches and Practices. Salam
Institute and Islamic Society of North American (ISANA ) April 2006.
2006 Co-chaired a conference on:
Christian- Muslim Dialogue. Fuller
Seminary and Salam Institute. Passadena, California. April 2006.
2006
Moderated a Panel on : How the
Tsunami Affected the Conflicts in Aceh and Sri Lanka, A Symposium on
Lessons of
Recovery Aid After the 2004 Tsunami. Peacebuilding and Development
Institute.
(PBDI). American University.
2005 Chaired a Panel on “Religion
and Nonviolence.” In: Celebrating Nonviolence and International
Conference in
Palestine. Sponsored by Nonviolence
International. 12/27-30/ 2005.
2005
Presented on “Islam
and Nonviolence” In: Celebrating Nonviolence and International
Conference in
Palestine. Sponsored by Nonviolence
International. 12/27-30/ 2005.
2005
Keynote speaker on:
Interfaith Dialogue and Nonviolence resistance in Israel Palestine. At
conference: Ending the Silence: Working for Just Peace in Palestine and
Israel.
Denver. Friends of Sabeel in North America. October 21-22, 2005
2005
Facilitated a panel with Vise
President of Sudan (Kiri)
on Sudanese Peace Process. (Sponsored by Peacebuilding Institute,
American
University.
2005
Netherlands. Hague International
Conference on Role of Religion in Peace Processes.
Chaired opening session and presented report findings on Muslim
Peace and Interfaith organizations. Hosted
by Netherlands Foreign Ministry and Clingendale Institute.
2004
Keynote
speaker on: The Arab
American and
Muslim Experience After September 11 at Racial
Legacies & Learning xii: How To
Talk About Race, The Twelfth Town
Meeting With Higher
Education
and Its Community Partners, Harry T. Wilks Conference Center,
Miami
University Hamilton.
2004
Keynote
speaker at the Friends Committee on National Legislation Annual Meeting
“Challenges
and Possibilities in Interfaith Peacebuilding: A Muslim Perspective.”
Georgetown
University
Conference Center
2004
Keynote
speaker for Pendle Hell Peace Network. Conference on Walking the Way of
Peace:
“Reconciliation
in the Face of Horror”
2004
Keynote speaker Israel-Palestine
2004: From Despair and
Violence to Advocacy and Activism for Peace, Olympia, Washington,
Evergreen
College, Peace and Justice Studies.
2004 Lecture on Human Rights and Peace
in Israel
Palestine, University of Maryland Center for Conflict Management.
2003 Key note speaker: Appreciating
Diversity: A
Foundation for Peace and Justice.
Cultural Diversity conference. Middle Tennessee State University October 30.
2003 Chaired a Panel on Islam, Nonviolence and Reconciliation. Islamic Synthesis Conference, Alexandria, Egypt October 2-4. A closed conference sponsored by Alexandria Library and American University.
2003 Chaired a Panel on Pax Americana and the Bush Doctrine: What is Peace When is Peace?
Panel was part of a larger conference on Ethics When
Cultures Clash. Sponsored by: The Joan and David Lincoln Center for
Applied
Ethics, Arizona State University, February 27-28.
2003 Respondent in a panel on: Resisting Terror: Women, Agency, and the Micro Politics of the Sri Lanka Every Day Life. The panel was part of Joan Kroc conference on: Women and the Contested State: Religion, Violence and Agency in South Asia. April 11-12, 2003, University of Notre Dame. (A Conference by the Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding Program).
2002
Embracing Cultural Diversity and
Religions as Peace-Building Forces. Conference of the Global Network of
Religions for Children (GNRC). NY, Mary Knoll Arigatou Foundation. May13.
2002 Chaired a panel on Evaluation of
Peacebuilding Intervention. Annual Conference of International Studies
Association, New Orleans, March
2002.
2001 Co-Chaired (with Cynthia Sampson)
an
international conference on: Positive Approaches to Peacebuilding.
American
University, Washington DC.
2001 Chaired a Panel on: Conflict,
Peace, and
Integration. International Studies Association (ISA). Chicago, February
2001.
2000 Chaired and organized a panel on:
Conflict
Resolution. Pluralism and Democracy: The Promise and Challenge. Annual
Conference of World Movement for Democracy, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
(Sponsored by
National Endowment for Democracy).
1999
Organized and chaired an
international conference on: Justice and Peace through Reconciliation,
and
Coexistence Alternatives, American
University, Washington DC.
1999
Participated in a working group
discussion on Future of Interreligious Cooperation in Bosnia and
Hertzegovina,
USIP, Washington DC (organized by David Little).
1999
Discussant in a panel with Saadia
Toval. “Arab Citizens in Israel: National to Multicultural Options.”
Association for Israeli Studies (AIS), American University, Washington,
DC.
1998 Chaired a panel on: “Alternative
Models of
Coexistence.” In Cultural Diversity in Islam
Conference,
Sponsored by Islamic Said Farsi
Chair of Islamic Peace, at the American University.
1998 Panel on the Middle East Peace and
Iraq
Crises, Moral Rearmament, Vermont College,
Washington,
DC, 1998.
1997
Moderated a panel on “Sharing
Jerusalem: Two Capitals for Two Nations,” at American University,
sponsored by
Middle East Task Force, Center for Global Peace and AU Movement for
Global
Justice.
ACADEMIC
COMMITTEES
2006 - Pres.
Faculty Chair of SIS Ph.D.
Committee
2004-2005
And
(1998-2002) SIS, Ph.D. Student Committee
2000-2002
AU
Undergraduate committee
2000-2003
Middle-State
University Review Committee
1998-1999
AU Graduate Students Senate
Committee.
1998
IPCR
Curriculum Committee, American University
1998
IPCR
Internship Coordinator, American University
1995-1997
Intercultural Studies Committee,
Guilford College
1994-1997
Peace and Conflict Studies
Committee, Guilford College
1995
Chair
of the Peace and Conflict Studies Committee, Guilford College.
1994
The
Judicial Board Committee, Guilford College
ACADEMIC
AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP (Selected)
2007
Advisory Board of Arab Center for
Law and Policy
2007 Review Panel for World Peace Index
2007 Review Board of Standard Research
Grants
program of the Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council of
Canada
2007 Review Board of The
Research Council of Norway
2006-Present
Coexistence
International Advisory Board, Brandies University.
2006-Present
Editorial
Board of International
Journal of Transitional Justice. Oxford
University Press.
2006-Present
Steering
Committee for the Alternatives to War Consultation
2007-present
International Board of American
Israel
Palestine MIDI Music Program
2006-Present
Mosaica: The
Jerusalem
Center for Inter-religious Cooperation
2006-Present
Review Board for of Grants from the Research Council of Norway (RCN)
2006-Prsent
Governing
Board of World Dialogue
2005-Present
SIS, Ph.D.
Committee Chair
2005-Prsent
Advisory
Board for Hand Along the Nile.
2005
Steering committee, International Conference on Nonviolence
(Nonviolence International)
2005-Prsent
Advisory
Board of Abraham’s Vision
2005-present `
Advisory
Board for Friends of Galilee society in USA.
2004-Present
Board of
Trustees of
Israeli Palestinian Research and Information Center, (IPCRI) USA.
2004
International Advisory Board for
Palestinian Review Journal
2004-Prsesent
Advisory Review Board Just Vision:
Middle Eastern Peace Initiative
2004-2006
Advisory Board for Conflict
Transformation Project, Fuller Seminary, CA
2004-2005
Advisory Board for the film Promises
2004-Present
Faculty Advisory Committee, the
Center for Democracy and Election Management, AU.
2003
Advisory
Board Educators for Social Responsibility
2003-2004
Advisory Committee for Islamic
Conflict Resolution Conference.
2003-Present Advisory Committee for Center for Election and Democracy, American University.
2003-Present
Member of Advisory Committee of
Kumarian Press
2002-Present
Member of the Honorary Advisory
Board peace and Justice studies (PJSA)
2001- Present
Editorial board of OJPCR: The Online
Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution.
2000-2004
Member of the International Academy
for Intercultural Research.
1996-2000
National Conference on Peacemaking
and Conflict Resolution. (NCPCR).
2000-1
Reviewing
board, Grant Program of the United States Institute for Peace (USIP).
2001-2003
Member of the Advisory Committee for
Middle East Network for Democracy (MEND)
2000-
Present
Board member of Center
for Global Peace, American University, Washington DC.
2000- 2002
Executive Committee of Peace Studies
at International Association Studies (ISA).
2000- Present
Co-Editor of Journal of Development
and Peacebuilding (Co-Founder of the Journal)
1999- 2000
Board of Cantilevers: Building
Bridges for Peace. A Quarterly
International Magazine
1997-1999
Board Member of the Association for
Israeli Studies (AIS)
1997-
1999
Member of the Editorial
Board of the Peace and Change Journal
1996-1998
Co-Chair of the Section on
University Peace Study Programs (COPRED)
1999 - 2000
Co-Chair, Multicultural Network,
Consortium Peace, Research and Education- COPRED
1997-1999
Board Member of the Middle East Task
Force (METF)
1999-2000
Advisory Council of Collaborative
for Leadership for Social Change, Washington DC.
1996-1998
Abraham Fund Reviewing Board for
grant proposals on Arab-Jewish Coexistence.
1994
Member
of Middle East Studies Association (MESA).
Yale Press
DOMES
(Journal on Middle East Affairs)
Columbia Press
Journal of Peace and Change
Journal
of Palestine Studies
Rutgers
University Press
International
Negotiation Journal
Book Partners Inc.
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis USIP
(IIASA) United Nation Peace University
Kumarian Press Syracuse University Press
Palgrave Macmillan
OTHER
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007
Alexandria, Egypt. Led a workshop
with Forum for Intercultural Dialogue (FID) on Arabic
Manual for Interfaith Dialogue, June
2007.
2007 Led an American Muslim Peace and
Justice
Delegation to Iran. Conducted seven lectures and
seminars with Iranian civil society
and academicians. . November 2007
2007
Approaches to Multi-Track Diplomacy.
Defense Information School. Maryland May 2, 2007.
2007 Multi-Track Peace Process Support:
Comparative Perspectives from the Field-CMM. For
USAID, Office of Conflict Management
and Mitigation. June 12, 2007
2007
Interfaith Dialogue: Limitations and
Possibilities in the Middle East. Conflict Resolution Program at Nova
Southeastern University (NSU), October 2007.
2007
Presented on: Interfaith Dialogue in
the Middle East. A Panel on Interfaith Crisis in the Middle East. USIP.
Washington DC.
2007 EMU (Conflict Transformation
Program).
Multiculturalism, Religion, and Conflict Resolution (with Vernie
Davis).
2006 Led an official delegation
to the Imam ibn Saud University in Saudia Arabia (Sponsored by Center
for
Global Peace, American University).
2006
Virginia. Co
facilitated Muslim Evangelical Interfaith training. (Adam Center,
Leasburg).
Sponsored by ISNA, Fuller Seminary, and Salam Institute. 7/2006
2006
Canada. Co Led a
conference-workshop on: Islamic Education for Peace Curriculum. United
Nation
Peace University (UPEACE) and Salam
Institute for Peace and Justice. May 2006.
2006
Washington
DC. Led a workshop for Muslim Community leaders and Imams on Islamic
Approaches of
Conflict
Resolution. Salam Institute and Center
for Leadership, ISNA. April 2006
2006 Sri
Lanka, Advisor to Muslim Peace Secretariat.
Lecture on Islamic Peace, Jaic Hilton
Colombo.
Lecture to
Journalist on Media and Peacebuilding; Lecture on Conflict
Resolution at
Bandarganika Center for International Studies (BCIS)
March 2006.
2006
American
University, Workshop on Basic Facilitation Skills for Dialogue.
2006
Maryland,
Training on Iraq and Israeli Palestinian conflict dynamics (Arabic),
Titan
Corp. 2005
Nepal, Katmandu. Co-led a workshop
on Conflict Resolution and Change in Conflict and
Development.
(CARE senior mangers), 5-8, 2005.
2005
Thailand, Bangkok. Led a Workshop on
Managing Relationship and Change: Role of Culture and Conflict
Resolution
(Regional CARE Managers ILCA Project), June 2-4, 2005.
2005 Sri Lanka. Colombo. Lectured on Inclusion in Negotiation: Lessons from
Israel and Palestine. Sponsored by Muslim Peace Secretariat. (PSM). (8,
21,
2005); Sri Lanka, Colombo. Lectured on Management of Radical Militancy
–Palestinian Israeli Context.
Bandaranaike Center for International Studies (SCIS). 8, 24,
2005.
Islam, Peace, and Nonviolence. Hilton Hotel Colombo. Sponsored by
Muslim Peace
Secretariat. (PSM). (8, 23, 2005).Led a workshop conference on
interfaith
religious peacemaking: Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, and Christian religious
leaders
(Trioncomali area) sponsored by AED and Interreligious Peace Foundation. 8, 25-26, 2005
2007
Switzerland, Caux. Scholars Program,
a summer training course on Culture and Conflict Resolution (Initiative
for
Change program) (since 2005, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1994, 1993).
2005 Sabanci University, Turkey. Taught
course,
Culture and Conflict Resolution. 4-7 April 2005
2005
Mindanao, Philippines. Solu, Jolo. Led
a two day regional conference on
peacebuilding and religion. Sponsored by Catholic Relief Services and
Notre
Dame University
2005
Mindanao, Philippines. Taught
courses on: Inter-religious Peacebuilding, Mindanao Peacebuilding
Institute
(MPI). Davao, May 2005.
2005 Denver, CO. Led a workshop
on: Nonviolence Resistance in Palestine and Israel: Lessons and
Challenges. At
the conference: ending the Silence: Working for Just peace in Palestine
and
Israel. Denver. Friends of Sabeel in North Maerica.10, 21-22, 2005
2000-2004
Mindanao, Philippines. Taught
courses on Inter-religious Peacebuilding, and Intercultural Conflict
Resolution
Skills, Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute (MPI).
2001-2007
Peacebuilding and Development
Institute (PDI) American University. Culture, Religion, and Conflict
Resolution
(2001 co-taught with Mitchell Hammer).
2001-2006
Peacebuilding and Development
Institute (PDI) American University. Training for Trainers in
Peacebuilding and
Development. (2001 co-taught with Mary-Hope Schwoebel).
2003-2006
United Nations Peace University.
Costa Rica. Facilitated course on: Culture of Violence: Towards Culture
of
Peace.
2001-2004
EMU (Conflict Transformation
Program). Multiculturalism, Religion, and Conflict Resolution.
(Dialogue,
Summer 2004).
2004 Atlanta,
a workshop for Senior World Vision Management: Peacebuilding and
Interfaith
2004
Nazareth, Israel. A
workshop for 75 NGO leaders on: Lessons from Conflict Areas: Mindanao,
Sri
Lanka, and Israel. Sponsored by: Network
for Arab-Jewish Coexistence Organizations.
2004 Israel,
Negev. Conflict Assessment project with Bedouin with Consensus Building
International
(CBI-
Harvard group).
2004
Gettysburg
College, PA. Lectured on Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies
2004
Mindanao, Philippines. Zambuanga
City. Led a two day regional conference on Role of religious leaders in
peacemaking. Sponsored by Catholic Relief Services and Inter-religious
Solidarity.
2004
Jerusalem. Led a workshop: Israeli
Palestinian Women for Nonviolent Action. Sponsored by Search for Common
Ground
and Middle East Nonviolent and Democracy (MEND).
2004 United Religious Initiative (URI), San
Francisco, led a one day workshop for the Board of Directors on
Interfaith
Peacebuilding.
2003 United Nations Peace University,
Costa Rica.
Workshop: Graduate Peace Education Curriculum.
2003
Washington . One-day workshop for
Iraq Foundation Staff on Dialogue and Peacebuilding for Post Iraq
context: Role
of Local and International NGOs.
2003 Israel. Furedies. Facilitated a one-day
workshop on Interfaith Peace Encounter. Sponsored by Interfaith
Encounter
association, Women Interfaith group.
2003 Israel- Palestine. Member of
facilitation
team (with Congressman Solarez, president of American University, and
American
University Vise President for International Affairs). Conducted
meetings with
Palestinian and Israeli officials and NGOs on the Obstacles and
Potentials for
conducting Elections in the Palestinian Occupied Territories. The meeting was sponsored by the center for
Election and Democracy, January 5-11, 2003.
2003 Israeli-Palestine. Led a workshop
on Human
Rights and Conflict Resolution for Palestinian and Israeli NGO leaders.
26
Palestinians and Israelis met in north Israel to discuss ways to
improve their
work in both fields of human rights and conflict resolution. January 30 - February 3, 2003.
2002
Mindanao. Philippines. Peacebuilding
and development in Social Funds II Project. World Bank, Led a team of
experts
on integrating peace and Development in Social Funds II.
2002
Portland, Main. Facilitated a meeting
between Arab and Jewish Americans and Israeli
and
Palestinian leaders, on Peace and Dialogue
in USA policy. (Clapboard Island Retreat)
2002 Brazil, Rio. Co-led the URI Global
Assembly:
Religious Source of Peace and Conflict.
2002
Mindanao, Philippines. World Bank
Social Funds II. Peace and Development.
2002 Training coordinator for Americorp
Project
for Refugees and Immigrant Services, Lutheran Social Services,
Washington DC.
(Since 1999)
2002 Sri Lanka. Conducted workshops for
VOICE
Project at CARE in Evaluation of Peacebuilding and Development
Intervention
(Interethnic Dialogue in organizational context), as well as a workshop
for Tea
Estates managers on Conflict Management Tea Plantations (CARE Project).
2001 Costa Rica. United Nations
University for
Peace in Costa Rica. Designing Peace program.
2001 Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue:
Pitfalls and
Potentials. Meeting with Israeli and Palestinian delegations to the
USA, at
American University. (Sponsored by CRS and IFOR).
2001 Bosnia. Training in Interfaith
Dialogue for
a group of Bosnian Muslim Imams. Sponsored by the Grand Mufti of Bosnia
and the
Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS).
2001 School of International Training
(Contact
program). Taught a course on: Culture, Religion, and Conflict
Resolution, to
international students. (Also in summer 2000).
2001 EMU (Conflict Transformation
program). A
one-day lecture and discussion on “Peacebuilding in Islamic
Communities.” (A
summer course on Religion and Peacebuilding).
2001 Conflict Resolution Program,
Antioch
University. Conflict Resolution and Multiculturalism.
2000 Sri Lanka. Conducted workshops for
CARE
staff in peacebuilding and development (Interethnic Dialogue in
organizational
context) and community conflict resolution for NGOs.
2000 EMU (Conflict Transformation
program)
Co-taught with Cynthia Sampson a summer course on Skills for
Interreligious
Peacebuilding.
2000 Conflict Resolution and
Intercultural
Training. A workshop co-conducted for the Annual conference of National
Institute for Multiculturalism. October, (with Vernie Davis- also in
1999).
2000
Conservation International, White
Fish, Montana. Presentation for international development officers on:
Peacebuilding and Development: Basic Applications.
2000
Columbia University. The Program for
Conflict Resolution Training, Institution and Capacity Building for
Kurds in
Northern Iraq. Presentation on: Conflict Resolution Concepts and Middle
Eastern
Culture.
1999 Carter Center, Atlanta. A presentation
for
Interreligious Friendship Group and ex-president Carter on
Interreligious
Peacebuilding (the group created by the Dalai Lama).
1999
Mauritius. Facilitated a workshop in
peacebuilding and interethnic conflict for community leaders,
politicians, and
media experts, first workshop on the Island (Mauritius Peace
Initiative).
1999 Sri Lanka. A workshop for CARE staff on
Tamil and Sinhalese interethnic dialogue (IMTD)
1999 Sri Lanka. Conducted a series of
interviews
and seminars on peacebuilding (CARE and
IMTD).
1999 Bonn, Germany. Conducted a two-day
seminar
on Religion and Peacebuilding in Development, workshop for EZE
(Protestant
Foundation for Relief and Aid programs).
1999
Switzerland. A summer course for
Moral Rearmament on Culture and Conflict Resolution.
1999 Boston, Harvard University.
Co-facilitated
an Israeli-Palestinian Problem Solving Workshop with Herbert Kelman.
1999
Northern Ireland. Resource person
for American, British, and German Parliament members in the Oxford
Forum annual
meeting. Forum focused on conflict resolution.
1999 Sri Lanka. Conflict Resolution in
Relief and
Development Projects. Trained CARE staff and country directors in South
East
Asia. (Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy).
1998
Northern Ireland, Peacebuilding
Training for Diplomats. Trained ambassadors and diplomats in Center for
International Understanding annual conference (CIU).
1998 Gaza, Palestine. Training For
Trainers in
Peace Building. Trained Students’ political party representatives and
NGOs
representatives. Sponsored by Palestinian Center for Conflict
Resolution and
Search for Common Ground, Washington DC.
1998
Amman, Jordan. Development and
Peacebuilding Training for CARE International. Trained CARE staff and
directors
from various Middle East countries in peacebuilding strategies and
tools which
can be applied in both development and relief areas. (Sponsored by
IMTD:
Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy).
1998
Americorp, NC. ACCESS Project. A
training Workshop on Intercultural Conflict Resolution.
1998 Burk, VA, United Methodist Church.
A
training in Conflict Resolution skills. Sponsored by: General Board of
Church
and Society.
1998-1997 Egypt. Conflict Resolution Training for
Trainer, I. and II. Sponsored by NCME (National Center For Middle East
Research, Cairo) and the Search For Common Ground.
1997
Guatemala. Conflict resolution
training for senior managers of CARE (International relief and
development
organization).
1997 West Africa, Sierra Leone.
Conducted
conflict resolution training for CARE (International Relief and
development
agency). Sponsored by IMTD (Institute for MultiTrack Diplomacy).
1997 Gaza. Conducted an advanced
Community
Conflict Resolution Training workshops for Gaza Conflict Resolution
Team,
Sponsored by Search For Common Ground.
1996 Gaza Mental Health Program.
Conducted two
training programs. Conflict Resolution workshop for community
activists, police
force, labor unions, and academicians, and an in service training in
facilitation team building, mediation for Gaza Team For Conflict
Resolution.
1995
Americorps, North Carolina. Training
Coordinator. Led a series of works shops in community building with 30
grassroots leaders from various immigrant communities (Cambodian,
Korean,
Vietnamese, Ethiopian, Latino, Buddhist, and others).
1995 New Garden Friends School. Co-led
(Terry
Austin, AFS) two workshops on: “Education for
Multiculturalism for Parents and
Staff.”
1995 Boston: Led a workshop for multi
cultural
trainers on training Arab-Jewish encounter groups, sponsored by the
Seed Of
Peace.
1994 and 1995 Palestine, Gaza. Led
(with American
and South African trainers) a five-days conflict resolution workshop
for
Palestinian high rank police and military officers, community
organizers, and
professionals (psychologists and social workers).
1994 Egypt, Cairo. Led two workshops
for
high-level Egyptian officials in Conflict Resolution. On: the
application of
western Conflict Resolution in a Middle Eastern community.
1993 New York, Rochester University.
Led a
conflict resolution workshop on: Racial Relations on Campus, sponsored
by the
Students' Union.
1993 Ireland, Dublin. Participated in
facilitating a group of 23 Diplomats (Ambassadors from 14 countries) on
the
Palestinian Israeli conflict, by the Center For International
Understanding.
1993
Switzerland, Geneva. Trained 24
international graduate students in conflict resolution and cross-
cultural programs (Sponsored by
the MRA -Moral Re-Armament).
1992 Boston, Harvard School of
International
Relations. Led a problem solving workshop for Palestinian and Israeli
journalists, academics, and professionals (with Professor Herbert
Kelman).
1991
Virginia, Arly House. Assisted in convening
a problem solving workshop for Parliament and political representatives
of both
Catholic and Protestant leaders from Northern Ireland.
LECTURES
AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
2007
American University. Middle East Peace:
A panel discussion on Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon.
April 4, 2007
Sponsored by SPCR; Center for
Global Peace, and Arab Studies
2007 US Capital. The Role of Religion
in Conflict
Prevention & Peacemaking. The United Nations
Association
(National Capital Area) Young
Professionals for International Cooperation And International
Consortium on
Religion, Culture, and Dialogue Peace
& Security February 28
2007
American University. Lecture on
Islamic Sources of Peace and Intrafaith dialogue. Pakistani
leaders of main Madrasa systems.
Fulbright visitors. Sponsored by ICRD, June 4, 2007.
2007
Washington DC. United Arab Emirate
Embassy. Lecture on Multi-track Diplomacy for Embassy
staff, September, 2007.
2007
Assessment of Israeli Palestinian
conflict Based on Mearsheimer-Walt report. Lecture for :
Network of Spiritual Progressives
and Tikkun members. Sept. 12, 2007
2007
National Defense University Industrial
College of the Armed Forces Human Differences in
Social
Conflict; Cross Cultural Communication. February
and April 2007.
2007 George Washington University.
Elliot School.
Arab Jewish Dialogue Models. Graduate program in Middle east studies.
Nov. 2007
2007
American University. Islamic sources
of Peace. Lecture for 20 Fulbright exchange visitors: Pakistan, India,
and
Bangladesh. 11/6/2007
2007
American University, Center for
Elections and Democracy. Nonviolence, conflict resolution and
Democracy. Conference on Elections
for participants form various Gulf States. December 14.
2007 Emory University, Atlanta. Lecture
on
peacebuilding and Interfaith dialogue in Middle East.
Sponsored by: The Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding Initiative.
2006 George Mason University, ICAR. Point
View
Keynote. Panel Presentation Arab and the West.
(A response to Milton Viorst book).
2006
American University.
Panelist in: Crisis in Lebanon, Israel and Gaza. Arab Studies Program
and
Middle East research and Information Project (MERIP).
2006 Future of Peace in the Holy
Land. A panel presentation at the 8th international
Conference of
Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation. Washington Dc. Oct. 20-21-06
2006
Washington DC. Lecture on
Evaluation of Peacebuilding and
Development program in Conflict and humanitarian crisis areas. Conflict management and Mitigation (CMM).
2006
Washington DC.
Lecture on Peacebuilding and Negotiation. USAID Delegation of political
leaders
from Darfor.
2006
Washington DC.
Lecture on: Lining Peacebuilding and Development in Conflict Zone. AED: American Education and Development
2006
American
University. “Israeli Palestinian Elections and their Implications on
Future of
the
Region.” SIS.
2006
American
University. “The Humanitarian Condition in Palestine and the Potential
Impact
of
Stopping Aid.” Student for Justice in Palestine at American
University.
2005
Washington
DC. Lectured on: “Peacebuilding in Islam”. Fuller Seminary Advisory
Board annual
Meeting. 2/2005
2005 Wilson Center, lectured on:
Peacebuilding
field. Leadership Training at American University. 7/10
2005
Washington DC. Presented: Evaluation
in Peacebuilding and Development. Chemonics.
2005
American University, SIS Faculty
Symposium . Interfaith Dialogue in the Middle East.
2005 Sabanci University, Turkey.
Lectured on
Islam Peacebuilding and Nonviolence, April 5, 2005.
2005
Washington DC, Panel presentation on
Islam and Peace. Fuller Seminary Board of Trustees Meeting. Feb. 2,
2005.
2005
University of Maryland. Center for
Conflict Management. Lectured on Dialogue and Conflict Resolution in
Israel
Palestine (January 7, 2005).
2005
American University. Faculty
Symposium.
2005
American University. Panel on:
Middle East the Prospects for Peace. Sponsored by the office of
University Chaplains.
2004
Abrahamic Traditions; Path to
Reconciliation and Peace. A panel presentation at Interfaith and
Peace. Sponsored by Interfaith
Alliance. (Washington DC.)2004.
2004 A Panel
Discussion: Remembering Arafat: Reflections on the Past, Vision for the
Future,
American
University.
2004 West Virginia. Ezekiel’s Place
Retreat
Center. A Presentation on: “Nonviolence and
Peacebuilding
in Israel Palestine.”
2004
McDaniel College. Lectured on:
Prospects for Peace in the Middle East.
2004
The Road to Peace in
Israel-Palestine:
Challenges and Possibilities. Kay Chapel, AU
2004 Panel participant at CHF/SAIS
workshop on
“Exploring Dynamics between Community-Driven
Development and Conflict
Management.” Presented peacebuilding
and development themes.
2003
American University. Geneva
Declaration: Between Hope and Manipulation. (Sponsored by: Washington
Arab-Jewish Network, 12/9/2003).
2003
Presentation for the Joan Kroc
and Notre Dame Community on: The Road To
Justice and
Peace: Israeli-Palestinian
Reconciliation. (Kroc Institute, ND University, 3/19/03).
2003 Discussant of Film on Israeli Jewish Settlers in Notre Dame. Film was shown for general public and undergraduate class. Professor Katz. March, 2003
2003 Presentation on Jerusalem and History of Israeli Palestinian conflict for Notre Dame University, Dept of History, April 2003.
2003
Presentation on: Interfaith Dialogue
in Israel Palestine, at the United States Capitol. Washington, DC.
April 1,
2003. “The Role of Faith in
Promoting
Peace in the Middle East.” Event sponsored by United States Institute
for Peace
(USIP) and Faith and Politics Institute.
2003 George Washington University. Lecture on Peacebuilding and Development: Necessary linkages. Graduate seminar. 11/12/03.
2003 Presented at the Washington National Cathedral conference Waging Peace. Presentation on: Interfaith Dialogue: Obstacles and Possibilities in the Middle East. April 8, 2003.
2003
Presented with Marc Gopin on
Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue at Principia College, IL, conference of
Public
Affairs Conference: "The Israeli - Palestinian Conflict." April
11-12, 03.
2003 Convocation Ceremony Speaker for George Mason University, The Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. May 17, 2003.
2003 Presented at a panel on “National Security, MulitCulturalism and Peacebuilding.” In the National MultiCultural Institute conference on: Promoting leadership in evolving Multicultural Landscape. May 29, 2003.
2003 Presentation on Interfaith Dialogue: Approaches and Models. At a conference on: Deepening Our Commitment to Interfaith Peacebuilding. Sponsored by United Religious Initiative of Washington DC. June 26, 2003.
2003 Presentation on effectiveness of interethnic dialogue for Neve Shalom Board, June 23, 2003, Cosmos Club. Washington, DC.
2003
Keynote speaker at the
Interreligious Solidarity for Peace Conference. Zambuanga City,
Mindanao,
Philippines. June 15-16, 2003.
2003
Washington, DC. Presentation on:
Conditions for Effective Israeli Palestinian Dialogue, for Israeli and
Palestinian Women and Nonviolent Action Project. July 2003.
2003
Presentation on Israeli Palestinian
Dialogue: Process and Outcome, for Capitol Hill Dialogue Group. July
2003.
2003
American University. Facilitated a
meeting for advocates for Palestinian nonviolence, peace, and
solidarity in DC
area – 22 organizations groups. (Sponsored by Students for Palestine
and
Nonviolence International). 9/17/03.
2002
American University. Lecture on
Conflict Resolution to Political leaders from Mindanao Philippines.
(Organized
by: Phelps Stokes Fund).
2002
Columbia University.
International Conflict Resolution program. On: Islam and Peacebuilding.
2002 Arthur F. Burns Fellowship
Program. Lecture
on “The Muslim World and how it views the West.” Washington, DC.
2002 George Mason University. ICAR. A
Panel on:
Voices Against the War on Iraq. September, 27.
2002 Bethel College. Kansas. “The
Middle East
Conflict: Its Impact on Christian Muslim Relations.”
2002
USAID. The Policy Forum. Lecture
on: Conflict Prevention and AID:
Institutional Aspects.
2002 Peace Café. Lecture on
Reconciliation and
Justice. AJR Theater. Washington DC
2002 Kroc Institute for International
Peace Studies,
“Nonviolence and Peacebuilding in Islam”
2002
International Center for
Journalists, presentation on: “Views of the West in Islamic Societies.”
to
Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program. Washington DC.
2002 Kroc Institute for International
Peace
Studies, presentation to an incoming freshman class on “The Arab-Israel
Conflict” April 25th.
2001 USIP, panel discussion, “Role of
Faith in
Peacemaking: An Islamic Perspective.”
2001 United States Department of State,
panel discussion
for National Press Club, “Muslims and Arabs in America.”
2001
National MultiCultural Institute, panel
discussion, “Diversity within Islam.”
2001 United States Institute of Peace,
panel presentation
on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. for Conference of National Council for
the
Social Studies
2001 United States Department of State,
Digital
Video Conference with American Embassy of South Africa and American
Embassy in
Bangkok on Islam and September 11.
2001 Phelps Stokes Fund. Islam in US.
Presentation for International Visitors from Philippines. AU
2001 Boston Research Center for the 21st
and Thoreau Society. panel presentation
“Redefining Power in the 21st Century: Military, Economic
and
Spiritual Options”
2001
American University, panel discussion,
Town Meeting on Palestinian Intifada.
2001
Hyattsville Mennonite Church, Adult
Sunday School “Islam, Peace and 9/11” Maryland.
2001 Chevy Chase United Methodist
Church, Adult
Sunday School on “Islam and Peace.”
2001 Rotary Club of Bethesda/Chevy
Chase,
Presentation on September 11 Impact on Islam and USA.
2001 AU, class presentation to
Washington
Semester Program on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
2001
American University, Friday Forum
presentation to International Development Program on September 11 and
International Development
2001 AU, Research Seminar Presentation,
“Religion
and Non-Violence: The Case of Islam”
2000 George Mason University, ICAR
Brown Bag
Lecture, “The Collapse of Another Myth”
2001 AU,
Humphrey Fellowship. Lecture on Multiculturalism and Conflict
Resolution.
2001 State Department Open Forum.
Presentation on:
Towards Balance: Even-Handed American Policy to the Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict.
2001 Institute for Multi-Track
Diplomacy.
Discussion of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Second Intifada. (Book
Launching
event).
2001 Halifax Peace Forum. Advisory
member for
Canadian Parliamentary initiative on Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Delegation.
2001 American Friends, Guest House Washington DC.
Presentation on: Conflict Resolution and Culture, for a Korean NGOs
delegation.
2001
National
Student Leadership. A lecture on Conflict Resolution at American
University.
2001
Baltimore, Catholic Relief Services.
On: Peacebuilding and Development: Manual for Trainers.
2000 Melton Foundation Conflict
Resolution Group.
Presentation on: “Principles and Opportunities in the Conflict
Resolution
Field.”
2000 USIP.
Participated in a discussion group on Islam and Peace, by
Religion and
Peace..
2000 Truman Institute, Hebrew
University.
Arab-Jewish Dialogue in Israel and its Relevance for Conflict
Resolution.
2000 John Hopkins University. Arabs and
Jews in
Israel: Recent Events and Alternatives for Coexistence. SAIS and Search
for
Common Ground Lecture Series on Middle East.
2000 World
Bank Lecture Series. Dialogue and Education for Peace in Israel,
Washington
DC.
2000
American
University. Roundtable on Conflict and Peace Studies.
(PhD Seminar).
2000
American University. Participated in
a panel on: Conversation on the Middle East.
2000 Middle East Group, George
Mason
University, ICAR. Presentation
on: Recent Developments in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
2000 George Mason University, ICAR. A panel
presentation on: Career in Conflict Resolution.
1999
American University. Encounters
Between Arabs and Jews in Israel: Dialogue and Control. Panelist in
Arab-Jewish
Encounters conference.
1999
Meridian International House,
Washington DC. A presentation for Arab and Jewish Media delegates on
Conflict
Resolution.
1999 Web-Based Encounter Group for
Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue. Panel presentation on: Dialogue
Limitation and
Potential, American University.
1999 Vision in Action: Volunteer in
International
Development. Presentation on: The Growing Field of Conflict Resolution.
American University.
1999
Marymount University, International
Students Office. Presentation on the Basic principles of Conflict
Resolution.
1998
Harisonburg, Eastern Mennonite
University. Keynote Speaker in the Frontier Luncheon. “Peacebuilding
in
the Middle East: Some Lessons Learned.”
1998
American University, Washington, DC.
Close Up program “Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.”
1997
Belmont, Baltimore, USIP. A lecture
on: “Conflict Resolution Methods and Culture, in Media, Culture and
Conflict
Resolution: A Training Workshop.”
1997
Gainesville, FL. “Arab-Jewish
Conflict: Building Bridges for Peace.” Co-sponsored by Beit Hellel,
Arab
Students’ Association, and VISA: International Student Association.
1997
Washington DC, American University.
Educating for Global Citizenship: “Conflict Resolution and Dialogue: A
Middle
East Case Study.”
1997
Washington DC, Methodist Church
Educational Program. A lecture on: “Middle East Conflict: A Conflict
Resolution
Perspective.”
1997
Greensboro, NC. A presentation on:
“Jerusalem and the Peace Process.” Guilford College.
1997
Durham, NC, Durham Dispute Resolution
Center. Lecture: “Power and Culture in Mediation.”
1997 Greensboro, The Friends Meeting
House.
Guest lecture on: “The Current Challenges in Israeli
Palestinian
Peace Process.”
1997 New York. On: Education for Peace
Among
Arabs and Jews. Sponsored by Abraham Fund.
1996 Fort Lauderdale. “Jews and Arabs
in Israel
the Quest for Coexistence.” A seminar sponsored by: Abraham Fund and
CLAL: The
National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership.
1995
American Friends Committee Services
Meeting Greensboro. Lectured on "Palestinian-Israeli Settlement: What's
Next? "
1995
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro. Lectured on "Intervention Models For the
Improvement
of Racial and Ethnic
Relations." Sponsored by the Committee on Race and Gender.
1995
Greensboro. Led a workshop for The
New Garden Friends School, "Education for Multiculturalism" (with
Terry Austin).
1995 Boston, National Jewish Community
Relations
Advisory Counsel. "Coexistence and Arab-Jewish Relations in Israel."
1994 A Keynote speaker in the opening
ceremony of
the exhibit "Art for Peace." Palestinian and Israeli Children's Art
work for peace. (Sponsored by Giva'at Haviva).
1994 A lecture on "Support and
Opposition to
the Peace Process in the Middle East," at the University of North
Carolina
at Chapel Hill.
1992 Capitol Hill. A keynote speaker in
the
opening ceremony of the exhibit "Art for Peace." Palestinian and
Israeli children's artwork for peace (Sponsored by Giva'at Haviva).
1991 A week of organized lecture series
on
"Current Peace Process in the Middle East." Sponsored by Oregon
Interreligious Committee.
1991 A series of presentations in N.
Virginia and
Washington D.C. : The Gulf War and The Intifada.
1990
Lectures tour in Cleveland Ohio, on
Arab-Jewish Relations, and on Israeli Palestinian Intifada.
1990 A week lectures tour Sponsored by Iowa Peace Institute on: The Gulf War and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
MEDIA
(SELECTED LIST OF RADIO, TV, AND NEWSPAPER INTERVIEWS)
Interview
with CORREIO BRAZILIENSE- A Brazilian newspaper. On Israel Palestine
Negotiation.
January 9, 2008
Interview
with Press TV-Tehran. Bush's visit to
the Middle East. January 7, 2008
Interview
on Israel Palestine. International Affairs Forum (www.ia-forum.org). 2/22/2007
http://www.ia-forum.org/Content/ViewInternalDocument.cfm?ContentID=589
Interview
on Arab Academicians in American Universities. Talk Show: From
Washington. Al
Jazeera
Arabic Satellite Channel- Washington
Bureau. March 12, 2007.
Interview
for new documentary film on Sufi Tradition: “Ambassadors
of Peace.” July 11, 2007
Interview
and Talk Show Inside Iraq. “Conditions of reconciliation in Iraq.” Al
Jazeera English
9/28/07
Interview with Kevin Kim, the Washington correspondent for War News Radio, an internationally
syndicated radio program on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Swathmore College. 12/12/2007
Interview
with Christian Science Monitor. Role of
Religion and Peace. Jane Lapman. December 2007.
Interview Retirement
Living TV hosted by John
Palmer. On Islam And Politics. January 31.2007
Interview
PBS. This is America. Hosted by Dennis
Wholey. Just war Lasting Peace. Nov. 8. 06
Israeli Arab
Radio. Morning Show. Commentary on
American Elections. Nov. 7. 2006
Boston Globe
Religion News. Interviews on Muslim
reactions to the Pope statement. 9/12/2006
Special guest on “Africa Meets Africa WPFW Radio Program.” Hosted by Angelique Shofer
www.wpfw.org. On Israel Lebanon. 8/6/2006
Interview
with
Palestinian-Israeli radio station: "Sawt Al-Salam” (Voice of Peace): on
Hunger Strike and
Lebanon Palestine war. 8/13/2006
Voice of
America.
Interview on Lebanon crisis, 7/16/2006
Interviewed
by: Kolkata-TV
India, on Muslims life in America Post
9/11. on 10 August, 2006
Interviewed
for Eagle Newspaper, American
University, 7/19/2006
Special
Interview, Speaking of Faith. WAMU, March
16, 2006
http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/twonarratives/index.shtml
Sri Lanka
Daily Mirror Interview, Sri Lanka, March
23, 2006
Israeli
Arabic Radio Show. US Foreign Policy . April
10, 2006
Israeli
Arabic Radio News. Iraq and Lebanon.
2/26/2006
Interview
international Affairs Forum. Online Magazine. (1/10/2005)
Voice of
America, discussed Iraq Constitution, 10,
26, 2005
Fox News.
Israeli-Palestinian Negotiation and
Elections, Morning Show, 5/19/ 2005
Arabia News .
Commentator on Palestinian Elections. And Inaugural events January 21,
2005
Washington
Post
Interview , Religion Section.
NPR.
WBUR-Boston. On
Point, a nationally syndicated public radio program. On Arafat Death.
1104/2004.
Interview
in Peace Work Newspaper. American Peace Teacher: Stop Violation of
Dignity,
Denial of
Basic rights to Restore
Harmony. Zamboanga City , Mindanao.
June 2, 2004.
Interview
with Journal News. “Arab Professor Speaks
for Peace.” Hamilton , Cincinnati. 0ctober 22,
2004.
Open
University, UK program on Islamic Conflict Resolution.
A Multimedia Curriculum.
Live radio
talk show :The Other face/Perspective.
Arab Voice in Israel . August 3, 2004; (Elections in
USA)
November 2, 2004
Israeli
Arabic Radio show on Neighbors. August 22,
2004.
Canadian
Broadcast Station (CBS). Interview on
Sharon Plan. April 14, 2004.
WWRL1600 New
York’s Urban Talk. WWRL: Morning Show
Host Sam Greenfield on Post
Arafat Era.
October
26, 2004.
Arabia News
show. United Nations resolution 1559 on
Lebanon. September 2, 2004.
World
T.V-News Show (Iranian Station). Live
Interview on US Foreign Policy in Iraq. 8/30, 2004; on Arab league on
3/28/04;
4/12/2004; on Middle East
democratization 4/17/2004; and 11/02/2003.
Al
Arabia. New program. Interview on Iraq and Suicide Bombing in Israel.
December
14, 2003.
Interview
in Peace Work Newspaper. “Religions Have Powerful Role in Resolving
Peace Work
Conflicts, Says Top Peace
Guru.” Zamboanga City , Mindanao. June
18, 2003.
MBC;
Al-Arabia Satellite . Interview for Arabic News on:
Israel Palestine peace process. , April 4,
2003.
Interview
on the Invasion of Iraq for LA Opinion (Spanish daily Newspaper, Los
Angeles).
April 8,
2003. (Journalist Gabriel Lerner).
Interview Washington Post. Phil McCombs. Iraq Post War Reconstruction. April , 13, 2003
Interview on Dialogue for Intractable Conflict Knowledge Base project. University of Colorado. (with
Guy and Heidi Burgess. May, 2003
“Islamic
Perspectives on Peace and Violence” United States Institute of
Peace Special
Report January
24, 2002, pp.2-3
“US
Should Dare to be Introspective, Muslim Peacemakers Can Inspire the
Way” Rocky
Mountain
Independent
Media Center, December
21, 2001
“Is
It Time to Teach Conflict Resolution in the Schools?” Boston
Research Center
for the 21st Century,
No. 19,
Spring/Summer 2002, pp.10
“Looking
for Answers in Islam’s Holy Book” The Washington Post,
September 29,
2002, B9
Interview.
Is It Time to Teach Conflict Resolution in the Schools? Boston
Research
Center for the 21st
Century, No. 19,
Spring/Summer 2002, pp.10
Interview
Looking for Answers in Islam’s Holy Book” The Washington Post,
September
29, 2002, B9
Arabic
Radio. Israel. Sept. 11, 2003, 2002.
Arabic
Radio Show. Israel. “The Other face”. October 11, 2003
WAI
Chicago (Wally Phillips) News Show. On Islam Post September 11. 2002
WRVA,
Richmond Virginia News, October 2001.
WOL
1450. Washington Dc./Baltimore. Current
Events news. January 2002
BBC,
BBC World News, October 2001.
WAI
Chicago Radio Station, Wally Phillips. September 12, 2001.
NPR,
Talk of the Nation. Response to the Bombing in the USA. September 2001
Channel
9 and 8 Local News Network, September 2001.
WOL
News Network (Washington DC Radio Station). September 2001
BBC
News Program. On Israel-Palestine and Recent Bombing in the USA.
September 2001
Al
Itihad (United Arab Emirates), Arabic newspaper, September 13, 2001.
Kyodo News. (Japanese Press News Agency). Interview on: The need for balanced policy towards the Middle East. February, 2001
“Agence France-Press.” Several interviews on Israeli Palestinian Conflict; Reactions to Sharon’s Policy; Islam and Violence; and Syria and Israel Relations. October, December, 2000, and Feb. 2001.
American
Embassy TV Network, “Post Election 2000” November 2000.
Interview,
Fresh Air (National Public Radio) staff producer: Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict,
Oct. 2000.
Channel
8 News Program. Interview on Palestinian-Israeli Talks, January 19. 2000.
Israel
Arabic Radio. Current events program on Arab-Jewish relations in
Israel, May 5,
2000.
Channel
8 News program, interview on the Syrian and Palestinian-Israeli Talks,
1999.
Union
Times, Albany, Peace Conference at Siena, April 9, 1999.
Arabic
Radio in Detroit on the Results of the Israeli Elections, 1999.
Voice
of America on Israeli-Palestinian Peace process, provided many
interviews for
their news reports
since
1999-2001.
Dialogue
Television. State Department. International Cable TV.
An interview on: “Election 2000 and
Foreign
Policy Implications.” November 2000.
Christian
Science Monitor. “Attacks Raises Stakes for US in the Middle East.”
October 13,
2000.
SunSet,
(Fort Lauderdale, Florida), on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 1998.
Guest
on the Political Dialogue Panel, ANA, National Arabic Radio, USA, 1997.
NPR,
(Local Public Radio), Gainsville, FL. Broadcasted a public
presentation, 1997.
Greensboro,
interview on Conflict Resolution Training in the Middle East. December
26,
1996.
A
series of interview with Voice of America: on Suicidal Bombs (March),
and on:
“Palestinian Islamic
Movement”
(January), 1996.
LANGUAGES:
Arabic,
Hebrew, and
English.