Meetings & Workshops

 
1
Mar
2022

Muslim Cemeteries in Jerusalem – Issues and Threats

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: Legacy Hotel, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Mustafa Abu Zahra, Chairman of Cemeteries Committee in Jerusalem; Dania Abu ElHaj, Lawyer, The International Center of Justice for Palestinians.
Participants: Office of the European Union Representative (West Bank & Gaza Strip, UNRWA): Samah Jaouny, Programme Manager, East Jerusalem Programme; Patrice Budry, Attaché, Programme Manager - East Jerusalem Team; Muna Nur Mohammad, Project Management; Wilfried Pfeffer, Consul General, Belgian Consulate Consul General; Théodore Martin-Labiche, Political Chancellery, French Consulate General; Georgina Woodhouse-Hills, Political Consul, British Consulate General; Nevin Jamal Eddin, First Secretary, Representative Office of Egypt; Moataz Dawabsheh, Project Manager, UNDP; Rania Nubani, Project Manager, UNDP; Jumana Jaouni, Head of Mission Advisor, ICRC; Shifa Jayousi, Project Coordinator, UNSCO; Terry Bullata, Senior Program Manager, Swiss Development Cooperation; Rasmus Brandt, Program Manager, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); Omar Haramy, Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center; Sheikh Mohammed Hussein, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem & Palestine, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Sheikh Mohammad Mustafa Sarandah, Judge in Jerusalem’s Islamic Courts, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Adv. Nabil Izhiman, Lawyer; Mohannad Gbara, Lawyer; Eng. Alaa Salhab, Engineer and Businessman, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Eng. Naser Abu Al-Leil; Eng. Adnan Husseini, PLO Executive Committee Member, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Dr. Munir Nuseibah, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, Director, Al-Quds Human Rights Clinic and Community Action Center, Al-Quds University; Community Work Center, Al-Quds University: Reema Rezeq; Elham Shaheen; Munir Marjeieh; Ratebeh Aladin Natsheh, FIDA; Jamal Al-Natsheh, Real Estate Agent; Adnan Joulani, Executive Director, Saraya Center for Community Services; Waad Qannam, Project Coordinator, Palestinian Vision Organization (PalVision); Mohammad Abu Khdeir, Journalist, Al-Quds Newspaper; Zakaria Odeh, Executive Director, Civic Coalition for Jerusalem; Suhaib Sharabati, Head, Media and Public Relations Department, Jerusalem Governorate; Haifa Siyam, Translator; PASSIA: Deniz Altayli, Program Director; Wala' Abu Ghannam, Program Coordinator; Imad Farrah; Hind Husseini; Omar Farrah, Intern; Alyssa Bivins, Ph.D. Candidate, Volunteer; Floraine van der Meer, Volunteer.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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2
Feb
2022

Lecture by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi on "Jerusalem and the Holy Places: Empowering Authorities and Modernizing the Discourse"

  • Organizer: Arab Thought Forum (ATF), Amman.
  • Location: Arab Thought Forum Zoom Meeting.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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10
Jan
2022

Islamic Waqf Council Meeting

  • Organizer: Islamic Waqf Council, Jerusalem.
  • Location: The Grammarian Dome, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem.
Participants: Head & Members, Islamic Waqf Council, Jerusalem.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
9
Jan
2022

Re-printing "A Guide To Al-Aqsa Mosque (Al-Haram Ash-Sharif)"

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Dr. Wasfi Kilani, Hashemite Fund for the Restoration of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib, Director of the Islamic Waqf Department, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Dr. Mohammed I. Nasser Eddin, Vice & Financial General Director, the Administration Department of Awqaf and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Eng. Alaa Salhab, Engineer and Businessman, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Muhannad Jaouni, Program Coordinator, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
8
Jan
2022

Muslim Cemeteries in Jerusalem

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Haj Mustafa Abu Zahra, Engineer, Head, Islamic Cemeteries Care Committee.
Participants: Sheikh Abdul Azim Salhab, Head of the Islamic Waqf Council, Jerusalem; Sheikh Jamil Hamami, Secretary General, the Islamic Higher Committee; Sheikh Mohammad Mustafa Sarandah, Judge in Jerusalem’s Islamic Courts, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Adv. Fahd Al-Shweiki, Attorney, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Eng. Alaa Salhab, Engineer and Businessman, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Dr. Wasfi Kilani, Hashemite Fund for the Restoration of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Mazen Sinokrot, Businessman, Head, Al-Quds Holding, Former Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Yousef Dajani, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Khalil Al-Asali, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Muhannad Jaouni, Program Coordinator, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
16
Dec
2021

St. Olaf College: Political Theology Course in 2023

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA Zoom Meeting.
Participants: Dr. Theresa Heath, Associate Director, International and Off-Campus Studies, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, USA; Dr. Jason J Ripley, Associate Professor of Religion, St. Olaf College; Dr. Bernard Sabella, Executive Secretary, Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (DSPR); Dr. Usama Salman, Researcher on Christian Waqf & Christian Affairs; Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Muhannad Jaouni, Program Coordinator, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
8
Nov
2021

EUREP Culture and Education Partner Coordination Workshop

  • Organizer: Office of the European Union Representative (West Bank & Gaza Strip, UNRWA).
  • Location: Legacy Hotel, Jerusalem.
Participants: DanChurchAid-Norwegian Church Aid (DCA-NCA); Terre des Hommes Italia; Enabel - Belgian Development Agency; Pro Terra Sancta; Comitato Internazionale per lo Sviluppodei Popoli - CISP; Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA); Ru’ya (Palestinian Vision); Palestinian Heritage Trail; Burj Al-Luqluq Social Center Society; Sabreen Association for Artistic Development; AFKAR for Educational & Cultural Development (AECD); ACT for Alternative Dispute Resolution and Studies; Nakhleh Esheber Institute; Frères College for Boys & Girls (De la Salle); Al-Wifaq School; Terra Sancta High School; Bab Al-Silsila.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
6
Nov
2021

Moroccan Reward for Serving the Cause of Jerusalem

  • Organizer: Bayt Mal Al-Quds Agency, Morocco.
  • Location: Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
6
Oct
2021

Palestinian Properties in Jerusalem in Light of Recent Israeli Planning and What Lies ahead?"

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: Legacy Hotel, Jerusalem & Zoom.
Speakers: Adv. Fahd Al-Shweiki, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Dr. Rami Nasrallah, Chairman, International Peace and Cooperation Center (IPCC).
Participants: Pedro Blanco Pérez, Head, Representative Office of México; Pierre Bigard, Political Division, French Consulate; Amb. Ahmet Riza Demirer, Acting Head, Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey in Jerusalem; Erling Hoem, Minister Counsellor / Deputy Representative, Representative Office of Norway; South African Representative Office: Lesiba Machaba, Chargé d’Affaires; Khomotso Maake, First Secretary, Political; Ghada Arouri, Projects Officer, British Consulate General; Hannes Alpen, Director, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); Rasmus Brandt, Program Manager, FES; Islam Abdul Jabbar, Team Assistant, FES; Jumana Jaouni, Head of Mission Advisor, ICRC; Fayez Al-Akra, ICRC, Gaza; Dr. Anja Zorob, DAAD Long Term Lecturer and Associate Professor of Political Science at Birzeit University; Marie-Claire Klassen, PhD Student, University of Notre Dame, Volunteer, Sabeel - Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center; Hanadi Adameh, Grassroots Al-Quds; Asma Odetallah, Grassroots Al-Quds; Yousef Daher; Bishop Dr. Munib A.Younan; Mustafa Abu Zahra, Engineer; Ibrahim Matar, Palestinian Economist and Researcher; Moatasem Daoudi; Dr. Amjad Shihab, Al-Maqdisi College; Adv. Mohammad Abu Sneineh, Lawyer; Yousef Dajani, Businessman, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Ahmad Rwaidy, Head, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation; Eng. Mohammad Al-Masri; Toufic Haddad, Academic; Khalil Assali, Journalist and Analyst; Majdoleen Jibril, Social Media, PCBS; Adv. Mohammad Abbasi, Lawyer, JLAC; Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Adnan Joulani, Project Director, PASSIA; Imad Farrah, PASSIA; Omar Farrah, Intern, PASSIA; Alyssa Bivins, Ph.D. Candidate, Volunteer, PASSIA; Hind Husseini, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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28
Sep
2021

Waqf Properties and Real Estate in Jerusalem - In Light of the Israeli Planning and Organization Challenges - The Objections of Arab Jerusalemites, and What’s Next?”

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: Legacy Hotel, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Adv. Fahd Al-Shweiki, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Dr. Rami Nasrallah, Chairman, International Peace and Cooperation Center (IPCC).
Participants: Royal Hashemite Court, Jordan: Dr. Wasfi Kailani (Executive Director of the Hashemite Fund for the Restoration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque) & Others; Sheikh Mohammad Mustafa Sarandah, Judge in Jerusalem’s Islamic Courts, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Eng. Alaa Salhab, Engineer and Businessman, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Eng. Adnan Husseini, PLO Executive Committee Member, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Dr. Hani Abdeen, Member, Islamic Waqf Council, Dean of Medical School, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem; Khalil Assali, Journalist and Analyst, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Eng. Fouad Dakkak, Consultant Engineer, former member of the Islamic Waqf Council; Eng. Mohammad Al-Masri; Eng. Abdallah Abu Qteish; Eng. Darwish Hijazi; Adv. Bashir Muhtaseb, Lawyer; Adv. Usama Halabi, Lawyer; Sufian Mushasha, UNDP; Majdoleen Jibril, Social Media, PCBS; Shifa Jayousi, Project Coordinator, UNSCO; Khaled Kaloti, Businessman; Kamal Kaddourah; Sana' Hasna, Researcher, Jerusalem File, Palestinian Negotiation Support Project, Negotiations Affairs Department, Ramallah; Dr. Mohammad Dajani, Professor; Mohammad Hadieh, Executive Director, ACT for Alternative Dispute Resolution and Studies; Imad Khatib, PR, Al-Quds University; Hind Khoury, Secretary-General, Kairos Palestine; Fouad Hallak, Policy Advisor, PLO Negotiations Affairs Department, Ramallah; Lamis Alami, former Minister of Education; Palestinian Vision Organization (PalVision): Rami Nasser, Executive Director; Waad Qannam, Project Director; Walid Salem, Director, Center for Democracy and Community Development; Samer Nusseibeh, CEO and Vice President, Mohammed Zaki Nuseibeh & Sons Group; Mohammad Abu Khdeir, Journalist, Al-Quds Newspaper; Maher Daoudi, Senior Programme Manager, Humanitarian Assistance, Consulate General of Sweden, Jerusalem; Lucy Nusseibeh, Chair/Founder, Middle East Nonviolence and Democracy (MEND) Jerusalem, Chair, Nonviolent Peaceforce International, Geneva; Ismail Tazziz, Pharmacist; Hania Al-Bitar, Director General, Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation - PYALARA; Hani Joulani Real-Estate Developer; Adnan Joulani, Project Director, PASSIA; Imad Farrah, PASSIA; Omar Farrah, Intern, PASSIA; Hind Husseini, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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31
Jul
2021

Arab Islamic and Christian Properties in Jerusalem in the Face of Israeli Planning Challenges

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: Jerusalem.
Speakers: Eng. Fouad Dakkak, Consultant Engineer, Former Member of the Islamic Waqf Council.
Participants: Sheikh Abdul Azim Salhab, Head of the Islamic Waqf Council, Jerusalem; Dr. Usama Salman, Researcher on Christian Waqf & Christian Affairs; Shifa Jayousi, Project Coordinator, UNSCO; Ibrahim Matar, Researcher, Jerusalem, PalVision Team; Adnan Joulani, Project Manager, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
1
Jul
2021

Jerusalem & Security Concerns

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Brigadier-General Jeannot Boucher, Deputy Coordinator-USSC, Task Force Commander, Operation PROTEUS, Jerusalem; Jamie Pennell, Political Counsellor, Representative of Canada, Ramallah; Caitlin Mounce, Advisor, Task Force Jerusalem, Op PROTEUS; Lynn Hastings, Deputy Special Coordinator, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, UNSCO; Shifa Jayousi, UNSCO; Els Debuf, Head of Mission, International Committee of the Red Cross – ICRC; Jumana Jaouni, Head of Mission Advisor, ICRC; Hannes Alpen, Director, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); Dr. Bernard Sabella, Executive Secretary, Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (DSPR); Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Adnan Joulani, Project Manager, PASSIA; Leonie Martiny, Intern, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
24
Jun
2021

The Present State of Palestinian Political Representa­tion and Options for Its Revival

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA Zoom Meeting.
Speakers: Salem Barahmeh, Executive Director, Palestine In­stitute for Public Diplomacy, Ramallah.
Participants: Hannes Alpen, Representative, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); Lydia Tabtab, Deputy Consul of France, Media & Political Advisor; Brigadier-General Jeannot Boucher, Dep­uty Coordinator-USSC, Task Force Commander, Operation PRO­TEUS, Jerusalem; Osama Wazwaz, Cultural Advisor, Op­erations Proteus, Representative Office of Can­ada, Ramallah; Samer Nusseibeh, CEO and Vice President, Mohammed Zaki Nuseibeh & Sons Group; Samer Daoudi; Mahmoud Khweis; Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Adnan Joulani, Pro­ject Manager, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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18
Jun
2021

OP PROTEUS Annual Mess Dinner

  • Organizer: OP PROTEUS, Canadian Armed Forces.
  • Location: Legacy Hotel, Jerusalem.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
10
May
2021

Jerusalem, the Holy Places and Recent Developments

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: Islamic Waqf Council Office, Jerusalem.
Participants: EU Diplomatic Representatives, members of the Waqf Council.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA