Meetings & Workshops
13
Aug
2009
The Dome of the Rock and Al-Haram Al-Sharif: Restoration, Archaeology, Religion and Politics
Speakers: Dr. Beatrice St. Laurent, Professor of Islamic Art, Chair of the Art Department, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA, NEH Senior Fellow, ACOR, Amman
Participants: Khalil Assali, Al-Quds TV; Katharina Galor, Professor; Ziad Zughayar, Architect; Meejeon Hong; Khaled Abu Nafeh; Azzam Abu Saoud, Director, Chamber of Commerce; Darwish Hijazi, Engineer; Ghaleb Mashni; Mazen Sinoqrot; Nabil Al-Jabari; Fouad Dakkak, Engineer; Helana Elusfeder, Assistant to the Director Albright Institute; Diana Steigler, Albright Library; Sarah Sussmal; Albright Library; Ligia Maria Scherer, Head of the Brazilian Representative office, Ramallah; Felipe Losta, Brazilian Representative office, Ramallah; Itidal Al-Ashhab, Deputy for Jerusalem office, Ministry of Education and Higher Education; Lina Masrouji, Pharmacist; Dr. Arafat Hidmi, Chairman, Board of Directors Makassed Society; Sami Sockol, Journalist; Hani Abdeen; Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib, Director of Waqf; Osama Kanaan, Chief of Mission, IMF - International Monetary Fund; Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway, Al-Quds University; Ola Skuterud, International and Federation of the Red Cross; Giancarlo de Picciotto, Head, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation; Laila Sheikh, Deputy Head, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation; Rima Barakat
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
23
Jun
2009
Planning and Zoning in Jerusalem – Israeli vs. Palestinian Reading
Speakers: Senan Abdul Qader and Yousef Jabareen.
Participants: Mazen Sinokrot, CEO Sinokrot Group; Ahmad Zugaiar, Chairman, Federation of CET Industry; Azzam Abu-Saud, Director, Jerusalem Arab Chamber of Commerce; Ehab Dweik, Architect; Darweesh Suleiman Hijazi, Civil Engineer ; Samir Kirrish, Mech. Engineer; Ziad Zughayar, Architect; Ibrahim A. Younan, Architect; Muezz Nashashibi, Civil Engineer; Hani Abu Diab, Architect; Samer Nusseibeh, Engineer; Usama Halabi, Lawyer; Adel Ruished, Al-Quds University; Hani Abdeen, Doctor; Jawad Naji, Advisor; Samih Abid, PIF; Khaled Abu-Arafeh, Businessman; Ibrahim H. Al-Joulani , Private Sector Real Estate Agent; Mohsen Ghosheh, Engineer; Areej Daibas, Sector Coordinator Jerusalem Unit; Mohammed Nuseibeh, Higher Islamic Council; Mazen Nuseibeh, Teacher; Ahmad Siam; Khaled Qawasmeh, Minister of Local Government (PA).
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
11
Jun
2009
Meeting with Civil Society in Jerusalem
Participants: The Delegation of Members of the EU National Parliaments, Czech Republic.
Miloslav Vlcek, Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic; Ivan Prikryl, Chief of Staff of the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic; Petr Kynstetr, Chanceller of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic; Jan Kavan, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic, Former Foreign Minister and President of the UN General Assembly; Vladimir Lastuvka, Advisor to the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic, Former Chariman of the Foreign Affairs Committee; Karel Simana, Advisor to the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic; Helena Opolecka, Advisor to the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic, Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Luisa Morgantini, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Italy; Petar Beron, Vice-Chairman of the Parliament, Bulgaria; Averof Neophytou, Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Parliament of Cyprus; Gert Weisskirchen, Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Germany (Bundestag); Andreas Loverdos, Member of the Parliament, Greece, Foreign Affairs Committee, Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, PASOK, Greece; Vaira Peagle, Parliament of Latvia, President of the Foreign Affairs Committee; Michael Frendo, Parliament of Malta, Chairman of the Foreign and European Affairs Committee, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs; Martijn Van Dam, Member of Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Netherlands, Bogdan Borusewicz, President of the Senat of the Republic of Poland; Anna Zielinska-Glebocka, Member of the Parliament, Poland (SEJM), Member of EMPA; Witold Smidowski, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland; Leszek Biera, Chancellery f the Senate of Poland; Fernando Negrao, Member of the Parliament of Portugal, Member of the EMPA Portugees Group; Juraj Horvath, Parliament of the Slovak Republic, Foreign Affairs Committee; Abdullah Abdullah, EMPA Representative, Palestine; Zeynep Dagi, Deputy of Ankara, Head of EMPA Turkish Group; Abdullah Caliskan, Deputy of Kersehir, Turkey; Akif Akkus, Deputy of Mersin, Turkey.
Miloslav Vlcek, Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic; Ivan Prikryl, Chief of Staff of the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic; Petr Kynstetr, Chanceller of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic; Jan Kavan, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic, Former Foreign Minister and President of the UN General Assembly; Vladimir Lastuvka, Advisor to the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic, Former Chariman of the Foreign Affairs Committee; Karel Simana, Advisor to the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic; Helena Opolecka, Advisor to the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic, Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Luisa Morgantini, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Italy; Petar Beron, Vice-Chairman of the Parliament, Bulgaria; Averof Neophytou, Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Parliament of Cyprus; Gert Weisskirchen, Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Germany (Bundestag); Andreas Loverdos, Member of the Parliament, Greece, Foreign Affairs Committee, Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, PASOK, Greece; Vaira Peagle, Parliament of Latvia, President of the Foreign Affairs Committee; Michael Frendo, Parliament of Malta, Chairman of the Foreign and European Affairs Committee, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs; Martijn Van Dam, Member of Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Netherlands, Bogdan Borusewicz, President of the Senat of the Republic of Poland; Anna Zielinska-Glebocka, Member of the Parliament, Poland (SEJM), Member of EMPA; Witold Smidowski, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland; Leszek Biera, Chancellery f the Senate of Poland; Fernando Negrao, Member of the Parliament of Portugal, Member of the EMPA Portugees Group; Juraj Horvath, Parliament of the Slovak Republic, Foreign Affairs Committee; Abdullah Abdullah, EMPA Representative, Palestine; Zeynep Dagi, Deputy of Ankara, Head of EMPA Turkish Group; Abdullah Caliskan, Deputy of Kersehir, Turkey; Akif Akkus, Deputy of Mersin, Turkey.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
28
May
2009
Hamas - From Resistance to Political Movement?
Speakers: Dr. Mahmoud Ramahi, Secretary General of the PLC (Change and Reform); Paola Caridi, Historian, Journalist and Author (“Hamas - Che cos'è e cosa vuole il movimento radicale palestinese”), Rome; Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Chairman of PASSIA.
Participants: Emilio Dabed, PhD Student; Wardeh Tamim, FES; Bishwadip Dey, Indian Representative; Dr. Ercan Ozer, Turkish Consul; Nadia El-Quargui, Adviser to EUSR; Jimela Saidem, Palestinian Union of Women; Laura Maritano, Researcher; Sami Bahour; Sam Bahour, Applied Information Management, Ramallah; Fajr Harb, Carter Center; Abraham Kruijf, IDA Innovatie, Netherlands; Yasser Khellef, Sciences- PO, Paris; Mazen Sinokrot, Sinokrot Group; Daoud Talhami, Writer; Daniel Magrizos, Ignacio Garcia, Maria Corral, Humanitarian Workers; Victoria Sjolander, Political Adviser, EUPOL COPPS; Roberta Pasini, Raffaele Spiga, Regione Emilia Romagna Decentralized Cooperation Unit; Jaroslav Petrik, PhD Student; Bassem Al-Khalidi, Political Advisor, UN; Mads Mayerhofer, DHOM (Denmark); Henrik Meyer, FES; Dr.Sabri Saidam, Presidential Advisor, Ramallah; Abu Alaa Mansour; David Jackson, FAO; Mohammad Masrouji, Chairman, Palestinian Businessman Association; Katharina Konarek, FES; Omar Shehadeh, Researcher; Cristina Grazlani, Carlos Diaz, FAO; Mounir Kleibo, ILO; Ghassan Abdullah; Amani Sarsour, Al-Bireh Council; Imad Amar; Khalid Naseef, Nicolas Masse, Roland Friedrich, DCAF; Roger Heacock, Birzeit University; Joel Cohen, Student; Ilaria De Banis, Journalist; Najwa Najjar, Filmmaker; Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway, Al-Quds University; Veronique Maussarone, Casa Della Toscana – Representative of the Region Tuscany.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
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13
May
2009
The Change of the Political Landscape in Palestine
Participants: Swedish Theological Institute visiting Delegation-Church of Sweden in Jerusalem: Sasa Farkas, Student; Bernice Magnusson, Student; Johanna Risenfors, Student; Christina Packalén, Student counselor; Kenan Habul, Journalist student; Puneet Acharya; Stefan Adolfsson, Student; Marie Korner, Pastor; Jeppelina Schoug, Student; Attilla Palcso, Priest; Annika Wenemark, Teacher; Jessica Tranlander, Student; Kim Lofqvist, Student; Helena Eriksson, Student; Christina Roeser, Student; Lars Michael VS Adrian, Head of Education in a Town in Sweden; Tobias Rydqvist, Student; Maria Widermark, Priest; Jennie Forsberg, Student; Hakan Bengtsson, Director, Swedish Theological Institute.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
30
Mar
2009
Palestinian National Dialogue in Cairo March 2009
Participants: Bishwadip Dey, Head, Indian Representative ; Dr. Ercan Ozer, Turkish Consul; Sam Bahour; Abdullah Abdullah; Hassan Abu Libdeh; Pia Rantala-Engberg, Finnish Representative; Dr. Subhi Al-Aref, Physician; Royce Kuzwayo, South Africa Deputy Representative; Nasser Al Qudwa; Dr. Sabri Saidam ; Dr. Mamdouh Al-Iker; Victoria Sjolander, Political Advisor, EUPOL COPPS; Hani Al-Masri; Mounir Kleibo, ILO Representative; Abdel Majed Sweilem, Ministry of Labor; Lehlohonolo Shadrack Ted Pekane, South African Ambassador; Rolf Holmboe, Danish Representative; Dr.T. Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan Representative; Mahmud Kittana;YPIA; Rosimar Suzano, Brazilian Deputy Representative; Maher Al-Masri, Chairman of the Board, Palestinian Capital Market Authority; Penguilly Francois, Deputy Consul, French Consulate; Munib Masri; Mohammed Nusseibeh; Ghassan Khatib, Birzeit University ; Jamal Al-Aref, Deputy Middle East Representative, ANERA; Khaled Naseef; Saleh Hakawati; Wafa’ Abdel Rahman; Piotr Puchta, Polish Representative; Roland Friedrich, DCAF; Nicolas Masson, DCAF; Ana Coelho, Portuguese Deputy Representative.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
28
Mar
2009
Palestine and International Relations
Participants: Delegation of Middle East Officers of the German Federal Foreign Office
Friederike Hellner, Amman; Michael Ohnmacht, Beirut; Stefan Bantle, Berlin; Judit Goldstein, Berlin; Sonja Jelineck, Berlin; Andreas Peschke, Berlin; Rainer Breul, Brüssel; Tobias Tunkel, Brüssel; Petra Drexler, Damascus; Hans-Werner Bussmann, Cairo; Rainer Lassig, London; Thorsten Hutter, Moskau; Achim Fabig, New York; Helmut Rausch, Paris; Philip Holzapfel, Ramallah; Gerhard Schlaudraff, Ramallah; Anne Wagner, Ramallah; Gregory Bledjian, Tel Aviv; Mathias Licharz, Tel Aviv; Uwe Schmalz, Tel Aviv; Andreas Prothmann, Washington; Sibylle Sorg, Berlin; Miriam Lenz, Berlin.
Friederike Hellner, Amman; Michael Ohnmacht, Beirut; Stefan Bantle, Berlin; Judit Goldstein, Berlin; Sonja Jelineck, Berlin; Andreas Peschke, Berlin; Rainer Breul, Brüssel; Tobias Tunkel, Brüssel; Petra Drexler, Damascus; Hans-Werner Bussmann, Cairo; Rainer Lassig, London; Thorsten Hutter, Moskau; Achim Fabig, New York; Helmut Rausch, Paris; Philip Holzapfel, Ramallah; Gerhard Schlaudraff, Ramallah; Anne Wagner, Ramallah; Gregory Bledjian, Tel Aviv; Mathias Licharz, Tel Aviv; Uwe Schmalz, Tel Aviv; Andreas Prothmann, Washington; Sibylle Sorg, Berlin; Miriam Lenz, Berlin.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
27
Mar
2009
Jerusalem, The Capital of Arab Culture
Participants: Sami Haddad, Al-Jazeera TV; Hafez Alkarmi, Director of Mayfair Islamic Centre; Sa'eb Ariqat, Chief Palestinian negotiator.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
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26
Mar
2009
Palestinians in Regional Political Dynamics
Participants: British Embassy -Tel Aviv: Mel McNulty; Alan Stewart; Karen Kaufman; Shachar Mordechai; Lisa Farrington; Dean Hurlock; Natalie Singer.
British Consulate General - Jerusalem: John Edwards; Chris Merritt; Karen McLuskie; Jude Muxworthy; Jumana Jaouoni; Fadi Adeeb; Michael Jilleh; Michael Sansour.
Amman: Michael Cockle, Political Section Chief.
British Consulate General - Jerusalem: John Edwards; Chris Merritt; Karen McLuskie; Jude Muxworthy; Jumana Jaouoni; Fadi Adeeb; Michael Jilleh; Michael Sansour.
Amman: Michael Cockle, Political Section Chief.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
26
Feb
2009
Analysis of the Israeli Elections and the Future of Palestine
Speakers: Dr. Ahmed Tibi, MK (Ra’am- Ta’al); Mohammad Said Naffa, MK (National Democratic Assembly)
Participants: Mazen Nusseibeh; Darwish Hijazi, Engineer; Dr. Nafez Nazzal; Laila Nazzal; Shihab Amjad, Lecturer, Al-Quds University; Terry Bullata, National Program Officer, Swiss Development Cooperation; Azzam Abu-Saud, Director, Jerusalem Arab Chamber of Commerce, Industry; Khaled Abu-Arafeh; Sami Sockol, Journalist; Lehlohonolo Shadrack Ted Pekane, South African Ambassador; Ishaq Budeiri, Arab Studies Society; Khalil Assali, Al-Quds TV Director; Wafaa Hasan, Ph.D. Candidate, Mc Master University; Fajr Harb, Program Coordinator, The Carter Center; Timothy Rothermel, Director, The Carter Center; Dr. Mustafa Abu-Sway, Lecturer, Al Quds University; Jamal Al-Aref, Deputy Middle East Representative, ANERA; Rep.; Dr. Ercan Ozer, Turkish Consul; Jean-Paul Ghoneim, Cultural Counselor, French Consulate; Helena Cobban, Writer; Adnan Husseini, Governor, Governorate Jerusalem; Nisreen Al-Aref, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); Tim Petschulat, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); James J. Carroll, Representative of Ireland; Pia Rantala-Engberg, Representative of Finland; Claudia De Martino, Ph.D. Student; Jamil Hammami, Lecturer, Al-Quds University; Yusef Azazmeh; Omar Dessouki, Physician.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
18
Nov
2008
The Nakba and Palestinian Identity
Speakers: Dr. Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
16
Nov
2008
A Meeting with a German Group of Journalists Representing Different Media Sectors & Institutions from the German Federal Agency for Civic Education
Speakers: Dr Mahdi Abdul Hadi.
Participants: Ballereau Dominiqu; Bakhti Malika; Beaudeau -Riviere Marie-Claude; Benhabyles -Ben Salem Sabiha; Bertin Monique; Bertrand-Jacquemont Dominique Bidard-Reydet Danielle; Bricout Arlette; Bricout Serge; Buttin Maurice; Champenois Lucien; Fost Paulette; Fournier Jacques; Grassullo -Odille Andree; Hocquard Jean-Jacques; Hugo Bernard; Hugo -Baumgarten Monique; Hunt Pierre; Korzec - Raynaud Simone; Lacreuse Marc; Lechopier Patrick; Lechopier Michele; Maalouf-Monneau May; Morvan- Duclos Marie- François; Naudan -Pomarede Claudie; Pietruszynski Marie Jeanine; Rodriguez Francisca; Sylvestre-Galinier Arlette.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
25
Oct
2008
The Holy Land: Views on Israeli-Palestinian Relations
Speakers: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi
Participants: A group of Harvard Alumni: Dore Ellen Kallman, retired education executive; Andrew Hertig, teacher; Jane Carr, R.E. broker; Bill and Fay Windle, retired; Tabitha Huber; Susan Young, retired executive; Peter A. Danelo, retired attorney; Steven J. Zwick, Attorney; Sandra Napolitan, retired; Everett Mendelsohn, University Professor; James Napolitan, retired Psychologist, Commodity Trader; Nina Moriarty, Professor of Art History; Marshall Moriarty, Lawyer; Ron Waltor, retired; Carolyn Levy; Steven Levy, retired.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
29
Jun
2008
The Fatah Movement and its Role in the Palestinian National Movement حركة فتح ودورها في الحركة الوطنية الفلسطينية
Participants: Dr. Arafat Hidmi, Chairman of Board of Directors, Makassed Society; Yahia Yakhlef, Bureau of Ideological Affairs and Studies Department; Loay Shabaneh, Head, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics; Itedal Ashhab; Adnan Husseini, Architect; Mohammed Nuseibeh; Omar Shehadeh; Dr. Tarek Barakat, Director, Makassed Society; Dr. Leila Farsakh, Senior Researcher, Birzeit University; Varsen Aghabekian, Director of Development and Projects, President’s Office, Ramallah; Othman Abu Gharbieh, Member of Fateh Revolutionary Council; Ghada Karmi; Omar Karmi, Journalist; Dr. Haitham Al-Hassan; Ahmed Soboh, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Rushdi Ashhab, Makassed Hospital; Najat Abu Baker, Dir, Palestinian Legislative Council; Mahmoud Al-Aloul, Palestinian Legislative Council; Hatem Abdel Qader, Advisor, Prime Minister;Dr. Nabeel Shaath, Member of Fateh Central Committee; Rabiha Diab, Palestinian Legislative Council; Raed Abu Ghazaleh, Director, Dr. Nabeel Shaath Office; Abdel Qader Hussini, Chairperson, Faisal Husseini Foundation; Ghassan Shak’a, PLO Executive Committee; Mahfouz Abu Turk, Photo journalist.
Program:
I. Statistical Review on Fatah 2008
II. Evaluation of Fatah: Perspectives of Strengths and Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges, and Political Problems
III. The Draft Political Program of Fateh Movement.
Program:
I. Statistical Review on Fatah 2008
II. Evaluation of Fatah: Perspectives of Strengths and Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges, and Political Problems
III. The Draft Political Program of Fateh Movement.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
2
Apr
2008
Inter-Communal Relations in Jerusalem: Relief Organizations during World War One
Participants: Abigail Jacobson, Department of Middle East and African Studies, Tel Aviv University and Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya
Participants: Dr. Arafat Hidmi, Chairman, Board of Directors, Makassed Society and Hospital; Fouad Dakkak, Engineer; Khalil Assali, Journalist, Radio Sawa.
Participants: Dr. Arafat Hidmi, Chairman, Board of Directors, Makassed Society and Hospital; Fouad Dakkak, Engineer; Khalil Assali, Journalist, Radio Sawa.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA