Meetings & Workshops

Speakers: Dr. Rosemary Hollis, Director of the Olive Tree Scholarship Programme, and Visiting Professor at City University London.

Participants: Discussant: Rizeq Zu’bi, Lecturer, The Arab Academic College, Haifa
Participants: Guy Bustun, Researcher; Dr. T. Jayasinghe; Head, Representative Office of Sri Lanka; Sophie Allen; Jack Twiss Quarles Van Ufford, Head, Representative Office of Netherlands; Nabih Asal, Professor; Terry Boullata, SDC; Star Shatfir, Student; Omar Quqas, Sales Engineer; Sam Mcbratney; Ana Coclho, Representative Office of Portugal; Mazen Nuseibeh, Teacher; Juht Dryden, OCHA; Sam Rose, UNRWA; Steven Rosenbos, BBC; Jose Miguel De La Cruz, Head, Representative Office of Chile; Tal Kubin; Dr. Arafat Hidmi, Chairman, Board of Directors, Makassed Charitable Islamic Society; Fouad Abu Ghosh, BBC; Nora Carmi, Sabeel Coordinator; Dr. Bernard Sabella, PLC, Jerusalem.

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

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.

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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.

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

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

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.

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Participants: Ross Allen, Political Consul; David Hallam, Head DFID; Janet Rogan, DHM, British Embassy Tel Aviv; Nlgel Milverton, European Union, Border Assistance Mission, Rafah; Alexandre Diebolt, French Consulate of Jerusalem; Ramadan Battah, Fateh; Baker Abu Baker, Fateh; M. Beirute, Fateh; Mohammed Heniheh, Fateh; Nisreen El Aref, FES; Omar Fouad, Fateh; Ahmed Soboh, MOFA; Khalil Nakhleh, Mu'assasat; Samia Bamieh; Conor O'Riordan, Ireland; Francesco Mascini, Netherlands; Osama Al Basal, General Director; Amal Jadou, Director General International Department Office of the President; Abdel Jaber Barghouti, Fateh; Lucien Vermeir, Deputy Head of Mission EUCOPPS; Haitham Arar, MOI; Qais Abdul Karim, PLC Member; Sabri Saidam, Birzeit University, Jorge Torres Pereira, Representative of Portugal; Lance Domm, UK Representation to the EU; Awvus Lapsley, UK Representation to the EU; Knut Dethlefsen, FES; Hani Al Masri, Badael Center.

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Participants: Knut Dethlefsen, Resident Representative of Fredrich-Ebert Foundation (FES, Jerusalem); Sabri Saidam, Academic; Jorg Ranau, Representative of Germany, Ramallah; Nassir Al Kidwa, Former Foreign Minister; Jamil Rabah, Near East Consulting; Ghassan Khatib, Director of the Jerusalem Media & Communication Center (JMCC); Dr. Mohammed Al Tharf; Katja France, FES; Usama Antar, FES; Roland Friedrich, Fellow DCAF; Rima Tarazi, GUPW; Asem Khalil, Head of research (IOL); Fadwa El Sh’ar, Ministery Of Interior ; Rahmeh Mansour, Bisan Center Community Development; Dr. Fasial Awartani, CEO, Alpha International for Polling, Research and Informatics; Ghazaleh Arar, GUPT; Samir Hulileh, Former General Secretary for the PA Government; Samira Fahham, FES.

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Participants: Visiting delegation of Social-Democratic Party members of the German Bundestag (parliament)
Christian Lange, Member of the German Bundestag (MdB), Social Democratic Party (SPD); Kerstin Griese, MdB, SPD; Andreas Weigel, MdB, SPD; Thomas Oppermann, MdB, SPD; Issam Akel, Director of Planning & Democratic Governance, Community Habitat Finance International (CHF); Ali Saifi, General Consulting & Training; Jamal Al-Aref, Deputy Middle East Rep., ANERA; Hussein Al-Araj, Al-Najah National University, Nablus; Khaled Nabris, Independent Consultant; Rose Shomali, WATC General Director; Jamal Al-Shobaki, former Minister, Ministry of Local Government; Muzna Shihabi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ramallah; Frank Samol, GTZ, Ramallah; Marouf Zahran, Ministry of Civil Affairs; Jamil Hamami, Lecturer, Al-Quds University; Samir Abdullah, Director of MAS; Mahmoud Abdullah, Deputy Mayor, Beitunia; Salem Balatieh, City Engineer; Samah Abuoun Hamad, Capacity Building Department, Municipal Development & Lending Fund; Ohood Enaia, Ministry of Local Government; Wesam Ahmad, Legal Advisor, Al-Mustakbal; Ghazaleh Arar, Member, GUPT; Faisal Awartani, Professor, Birzeit University; Nadia Hajal, Independent Trainer-Researcher; Bassam Qatanani, General Manager, PAFA; Inas Abu Shilbayeh, Consultant; Knut Dethlefsen, Resident Representative of Fredrich-Ebert Foundation; Katja Franke, Friedrich-Ebert Foundation; Elisabeth Schumann-Braune, Friedrich-Ebert Foundation; Jennifer Mansey, Fredrich-Ebert Foundation; Kainat Dweik, Director, Palestinian Student Center; Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Chairman of PASSIA; Francesca Gilli, Mahdis Azarmandi, Sophie Shiber, PASSIA.

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Speakers: Jan de Jong, Geographer, on: The Geographic & Demographic Aspects of Kadima’s “Convergence Plan”, Dr. George Giacaman, Professor at Birzeit University, Director, The Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy, MUWATIN, on:
The Future of Palestinian Politics: How to save Hamas from its “Victory” and Fateh from its “Defeat”

Participants: Feras Milhem, Lecturer in Law, Birzeit University; Wafe Masoud, Coordinator, Cultural Activities, Franco-German Institute; Mirvat Hasan, Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ghazaleh Arar, Member, General Union of Palestinian Teachers; Mansour Gharabeh, Director, PARC; Luay Shabaneh, Director, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics; Dr. Khalil Nakleh, Team Leader, Mu’assasat (Civil Societies Institutions); Dr.Mustafa Abu Sway, Professor, Al-Quds University; Ohood Anaya, Ministry of Local Government; Jamil Hamami, Lecturer, Al-Quds University; Mohammad Ishtayyeh, Director, PECDAR; Bassam Qatanani, Palestinian Agency for Food and Agriculture; Sam Bahour, Applied Information Management; Wesam Ahmad, Al-Mustakbal; Maha Jaber, Event Management Al-Arabi Multimedia; Dr. Mohammad Altherf, Lawyer; Neda’ Hnaiti, Project Coordinator, Aman-Palestine; Kainat Dweik, Director, Palestinian Student Center; Muzna Shihabi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Washington,DC; Gabi Baramki, Head of Palestinian Council for Peace & Justice; Walter Reich, Professor of Psychiatry, Elliott School of International Affairs; Tova Reich, Writer; Maher Awawdeh Ministry of Culture; Francesca Gilli, Mahdis Azarmandi, Sophie Shiber, PASSIA.

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Participants: Inas Abu Shilbayeh, Engineer; Angele Khasho, Local Programme Officer; Samer Nusseibeh, Engineer; Jamal Al-Aref; Deputy M.E Representative; Terry Bullata, Lobbying & Advocacy Coordinator, PARL; Ibrahim Dajani, Operation Officer, Transport Engineer, World Bank; Sawsan Aranki, National Health Consultant; Lana Abu Hijleh, Country Director, CHF; Gabi Batato, Information Technology Manager, British Council; Fadia Daibes; Consultant; Elise Aghazarian, PASSIA.

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Participants: Fadia Daibes, Water Policy Consultant; Hani Ghosheh, Engineer; Jamal El-Aref, Deputy Middle East Representative, Anera; Nassim Nour, Deputy Head of Mission, DFID; Mitzi Weddell, SOAS, University of London; Ercan Ozer, Ambassador, Turkish Consulate; Mahira Dajani, President Board of Trustees, Dar AL-Tifl Al Arabi; Leonard Moll, Austrian Representative Office; Sam Bahour, ICT Consultant; Karene Sanchez, Assistant Leader University; Sisa Nicwana, South African Representative; Naomi Nobel; Inas Abu Shilbayeh, Consultant; Sawsan Batato, Consultant, National Health; Zahra Khalidi, Welfare Association; Azzam Abu Sa’ud, Director, Jerusalem Chamber of Commerce; Muhannad Jaouni, Economic Specialist, US Consulate; Terry Bullata; Maureen Marroun, US Consulate; Pamela Mills, US Consulate.

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Speakers: Mr. Vasu Gounden and Mr. Senzo Ngubaners (The African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)

Participants: Amneh Badran, Director, Jerusalem Center for Women; Hanna Hasan; Benjamin Pogrund, Director, Yakar’s Center for Social Concern; Abed Abu Diab, Member of Labor Union; Hanlie Booysen, Deputy, South African Representative Office; Maher Daoudi, Program Manager, Swedish Consulate General; Khuloud Dajani, Executive Vice President, Dean of Public Health, Al-Quds University; Tom Neu, Economist; Ian Lustick, Professor, University of Pennsylvania; Fadia Daibes, Water Law and Policy Consultant; Lilian Peters, Consultant; Elizabeth Jadon, Student; Abdul Aziz Bukhari, Sheikh; Muhammed Desai; Ishaq Budeiri, Director, Arab Studies Center; Anne M?ve, Councilor, Political Affairs, Swedish Consulate General; Khader Shihabi, Islamic Waqf; Michèle Auga, Director, Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung (FES); Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Sana’ Shannak, Mahmoud Abu Rmeileh, Nick Kardahji, Fadi Kiblawi, PASSIA.

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Speakers: Abigail Jacobson, PhD Candidate, University of Chicago

Participants: Subhi El-Aref, Medical Student; Jamal El-Aref, ANERA; Albert Aghazerian, Lecturer and Consultant, Jerusalem; Khalil Tufakji, Orient House; Dimitri Diliani, Al-Quds University; Walid Assali, Lawyer; Maha Abu Samra, Job Creation Manager, UNRWA; Dan Jacobson, Organizational and Political Psychologist; Terry Bullata, New Generation School; Tally Gur, Activist; Sami Sockol, Journalist; Khalil Assali, Voice of America (VOA); Lily Feidy, Deputy Secretary General, MIFTAH; Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Nick Kardahji, Fadi Kiblawi, PASSIA

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Speakers: Ali Safarini, Lawyer; Mahmoud Hammad, Lawyer

Participants: Lubna Hammad, Lawyer; Gabi Baramki, Consultant; Taleb Awad, Muwatin; Khalil Nakhleh, Ministry of Education and Higher Education; Baha' Bakri, Electoral Affairs, PR Department, Central Election Committee.

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Speakers: Dr. Nazmi Al-J'ubeh, RIWAQ, Center For Architectural Conservation, Ramallah

Participants: Fatima Abdo, Student; Ibrahim Sha’aban, Lecturer; Mohammed Nuseibeh, Addar Hotel; Hanlie Booysen, South African Representative Office, Ramallah; Khalil Assali, Voice of America; Elisabeth Petersen, Project Coordinator, FES; Sarah Albrecut, FES Intern; Peter Schäfer, FES; Jamal Al-‘Aref, Deputy, Middle East Representative, ANERA; Hatem Abdul Qader, PLC Member; Elias Zananiri, RFI; Ishaq Budeiri, Arab Studies Society; Andrew Whittaker, British Consulate General, Jerusalem; Maha Abu Samra, Field Training Officer, UNRWA; Rafiq Husseini, Welfare Association; Saman Khoury, Media Advisor; Christian Sterzing, Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation; Sari Hanafi, Shaml; Catherine Nichols, Sabeel; Nick Kardahji, PASSIA, Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA