by Kiran Ansari Chicago - Frustrated by the news of the Syrian humanitarian crisis, Liza Hoover, a paediatric nurse from Seabrook Island, South Carolina, wanted to use her medical training to make a...
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Washington and Kabul: time to partner for peace
by David Cortright 02 April 2013 Notre Dame, Indiana – At a press conference in Kabul on 11 March 2013, Afghan President Hamid Karzai charged that the United States was working with the Taliban to...
Yemeni youth tackle terror with non-violent campaign
by Bassam Ghabar 12 March 2013 Sana’a - While counterterrorism efforts in Yemen generally fall within the domain of the Yemeni security forces, Yemeni youth have also joined in the challenge to...
Muslims seek lost harmony in Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan - Shortly after a bomb went off in Dera Ismael Khan, a city in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, on 23 November killing seven people, Hasan Zaidi desperately attempted...
In the midst of combat, Israelis and Palestinian march for ceasefire
by Yonathan Listik Jerusalem - Ten days ago the impossible become reality. While the world was watching Palestinians and Israelis trading fire and hatred through every possible means, there was a...
Civil society may hold key to peace in Pakistan
by Mehreen Farooq 13 November 2012 Washington, DC - Less than two years after the Pakistani military drew down its counter-insurgency operations in the picturesque Swat valley, Pakistan’s frontier...
Israel + 1 more
Israeli NGOs moblise to meet needs of non-Jewish immigrants
by Jean-Marc Liling 30 October 2012 Jerusalem - For the past few years, thousands of non-Jewish Africans have enacted a modern-day Exodus out of Egypt, making their way from their countries of origin...
Egyptian women continue the struggle
by Randa El Tahawy Cairo - One of the iconic images of Egypt’s revolution was that of men and women standing together, united for positive change. But since then, women have struggled with sexual...
Preserving the gains of Afghan women as troops withdraw
by David Cortright Notre Dame, Indiana - The Obama administration is under mounting pressure to accelerate the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. The US-led coalition plans to hand over...
Using dialogue to boost Yemen's economy
by Abubakr Al-Shamahi 13 March 2012 London - On 21 February, Yemenis went to the polls to vote for their new transitional president. This election, however, was different. There was only one...
Virtual Arab-Israeli peace conference offers hope
by Ruth Eglash 07 February 2012 Jerusalem - Just days after long-time Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiators Yitzhak Molcho and Saeb Erekat clashed yet again at a meeting in Jordan, thousands of young...
One-of-a-kind debate on women’s rights in Palestine
by Nida’ Tuma 20 December 2011 Ramallah, West Bank - A Facebook page with nearly 2000 members has recently attracted the attention of the Palestinian public and media. “Puzzled young women” is...
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
Bonn, Germany - Bonn’s Beethoven Hall usually hosts violin, cello and bass players. From 2-3 December the stage supported Afghan engineers, university professors, media professionals and leaders from...
Will a united government lead Yemen to peace?
by Abubakr Al-Shamahi 13 December 2011 London - In the presidential palace in Sana’a, a new Yemeni cabinet has just been sworn in. For the first time in 33 years, however, President Ali Abdullah...
Bahrain + 2 more
The women of the Arab spring: from protesters to parliamentarians?
by Natana J. DeLong-Bas 14 June 2011 Boston, Massachusetts – What do Asmaa Mahfouz, Munira Fakhro and Tawakul Karman all have in common? They are all strong, capable women defying the popular Western...
Finally, a law protecting Iraq’s journalists
by Ahmed K. Fahad Nasiriyah, Iraq - Since the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003, Iraq has slowly begun transitioning from a dictatorship into a democracy. Although most of the media...
Breaking down barriers in the South Hebron Hills
by Michael Omer-Man 05 April 2011 West Bank/Jaffa - On an otherwise serene Saturday morning in late March, in the southern Hebron Hills, over 30 activists – mostly Jews – non-violently confronted a...
oPt + 1 more
Can the Arab Awakening bring peace to the Middle East?
by Ghassan Michel Rubeiz 08 March 2011 Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - Israel has been monitoring the storm sweeping the Arab world with anxiety. For decades, the peace with Egypt has been governed by...
Higher education: a beacon of hope for Iraqis
by Ahmed Kadhum Fahad 08 March 2011 Nasiriyah, Iraq - The level of education in Iraq has been declining as a result of 30 years of war and UN sanctions. Once renowned in the region for its advanced...
In Sudan, civil society helps implement the law
by Osman Hassan Khartoum - Khartoum (which is the name of a state in Sudan, as well as the name of the country and state's capital) is witnessing the flow of large quantities of illegal weapons. A...