Meetings & Workshops
14
Jun
2003
Palestine, the Road Map and Jerusalem Within the Current Situation
Participants: Peter Janssen, Retired Pastor, Belgium; Tina Blomquist, Swedish Theological Institute, Jerusalem; Håkan Bengtsson, Lecturer, Uppsala University, Sweden; Hendrik Broer, Minister, Protestant Church, the Netherlands; Peter Loov, Pastor, Church of Sweden; Bathos, Lioba klooster, the Netherlands; Marieke den Hartog; Liaison Officer, Jewish-Christian Relations, Protestant Churches, the Netherlands; Wout van der Spek, Minister, the Netherlands; Peter Tomson, Faculty of Protestant Theology, Brussels; Japke van Malde, Teacher, University of Education, the Netherlands; Douwe van der Sluis, COME organization, the Netherlands; Egbert van Veldhuizen, Reverend, the Netherlands; J.C. van Dongen, Minister, Dutch Reformist Church, the Netherlands; J.M. Demarque, Minister and Synodal Counselor of the United Protestant Church of Belgium; A.J. Barnas, Roman Catholic Clergyman, publisher, Belgium.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
14
Jun
2003
The Palestinian Constitution & Women (Introductory paper presented by Lubna Hammad, Legal Advisor, UNICEF)
Participants: Haifa Baramki, Consultant; Khadijeh Abu Ali, Researcher & Consultant on Women’s issues; Shahnaz Jubran, Project Coordinator, Development Studies Program, Birzeit University; Nasser Al-Faqih, PARC; Mamdouh Nofal, writer, columnist, Ramallah; Elise Aghazarian, Researcher and Governance Projects Coordinator, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
4
Jun
2003
The Perception and Role of Youth with Regard to Tackling the Socio-Economic Problems in East Jerusalem: Between Reality & Implementation
Participants: Issa Rabadi, Program Manager, Youth Development Department (YDD), Jerusalem; Sandrine Amer, Y.W.C.A, Jerusalem; Ani Apkarian, Teacher, Terra Sancta High School, Jerusalem; Elise Aghazarian, Governance Projects Coordinator, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
14
May
2003
The Future of Democracy and the Rule of Law in Palestine: Youth Perceptions
Participants: Terry Boullata, Principle, New Generation School, Jerusalem; Issa Rabadi, Program Manager, Youth Development Department, Jerusalem; Labib Nasir, Information Coordinator, Miftah; Jad Qadamani, Palestinian Vision; Hala Amas, Manager, Wadi Al-Joz Community Center, Jerusalem; Jamila Ghoul, Youth Coordinator, Wadi Al-Joz Community Center; Sherene Abdul Hadi, Trade and Industrial Advisor, USAID, Member of Majhoul Youth Group, Jerusalem; Elise Aghazarian, Project Coordinator, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
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13
May
2003
The Role of the Private Sector in Promoting a Secular, Democratic Palestinian State
Participants: Mr. Sam Bahour; Palestinian businessman and writer; Dr. Said Zeedani, Director of the Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights, Ramallah; Dr. Mamdouh Aker, Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights, Ramallah; Dr. Faisal Awartani, General Manager of Alpha International for Polling, Research & Informatics, Ramallah; Dr. Tayseer Arouri, Birzeit University; Mr. Iyad Masrouji, Managing Director, Masrouji Trading Company.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
12
May
2003
Current Challenges Facing Al-Aqsa Mosque
Participants: Sheikh Jamil Hamami, Lecturer, Al-Quds University; Engineer Adnan Husseini, General Director of the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf; Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib, Director of the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf; Sheikh Fathi Ahmad Mansour, Judge, Islamic Shari’a Court; Sheikh Ibrahim Said Sabri, Judge of the Islamic Shari’a Court of Appeals; Sheikh Ekrima Said Sabri, Mufti of Jerusalem; Issam Abdul-Rahman Awwad, Resident Engineer, Committee for the Restoration of Al-Aqsa Mosque; Dr. Mohammed Jadallah, Physical Doctor; Sheikh Mohammed Hussein, Director of the Al-Aqsa Mosque; Dr. Yousef Said Natsheh, Head of the Islamic Archaeological Department, Al-Aqwaf, Jerusalem; Ibrahim Joulani, Private Sector.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
5
May
2003
The Wall: Cantonization and Unilateral Separation By Naser Al-Faqih: (Coordinator, Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees (PARC)
Participants: Chris Choshane, third secretary, South African Representative Office, Ramallah; Alistair Wallbaum, Canadian Representative Office; Saed Abu Farha, Journalist, Al-Ayyam; Elisabeth Peterson, Friedrich Ebert Foundation; Azem Bishara, Advocate; Khaled Islaih, Researcher; Bassam Musleh, Lawyer; Nasser Al-Faqih, Organizational Development Specialist; Jamal Jum'a, PENGON Coordinator; Charles Shammas, Mattin Group; Susan Rockwell, Mattin Group; Martin Siepermann, ICCO (Dutch Interchurch Organization for Development Cooperation); Erik Acherman, ICCO Programs Officer; Jalal Khader, Lawyer.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
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1
May
2003
Palestinian-Israeli discussion: Discourse on Current Affairs
Participants: Dan Dinew, Professor, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; Rafiq Husseini, the Welfare Association, Palestine; Shimshon Zelniker, Director, the Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem; Naim Ateek, Director, Sabeel: Palestinian Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center, East Jerusalem; Rivka Feldhay, Lecturer at the Tel Aviv University and the Van Leer Institute; Albert Aghazarian, Lecturer and Consultant, Jerusalem; Amit Leshem, Coordinator of Projects with Palestinians, the Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem; Michele Auga, Resident Representative, Fredrich Ebert Stiftung, Jerusalem; Avishai Margalit, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Emmanuel Sivan, Hebrew University, Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem; Itzhak Galnoor; Professor of Political Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; Deniz Altayli, Programs Director, PASSIA; Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA.; Elise Aghazarian, Researcher, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
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29
Apr
2003
Muslim Perspective on Jerusalem's Status and Holy Places
Participants: Visit of a group of students from the Swedish Theological Institute
Karin Meijer, Student; Stina Hogman, Student; Marie Nordberg, Student; Asa Perssar, Student; Maria Altsdotler, Student; Martin Lembke, Student; Terese Hillgrund, Student; Aasuhv Hande, Professor; Anders Runesson; Associate Professor; Anders Blomquist, Chaplain at the Swedish Theological Institute.
Karin Meijer, Student; Stina Hogman, Student; Marie Nordberg, Student; Asa Perssar, Student; Maria Altsdotler, Student; Martin Lembke, Student; Terese Hillgrund, Student; Aasuhv Hande, Professor; Anders Runesson; Associate Professor; Anders Blomquist, Chaplain at the Swedish Theological Institute.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
27
Apr
2003
International Labor Organization (ILO) Annual Mission to the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Participants: Philippe Egger, Senior Economist, Bureau of Programming and Management, ILO; Giovanni di Cola, Senior Official Coordinator, Development Cooperation Department, ILO; Catherine Comtet; Official Lawyer, ILO; Samir Radwan, Advisor to Director General on Development Policies and Counselor on Arab Countries, ILO; Fredrich Butler, Assistant Director General, ILO; Khaled Doudine, ILO Representative, Jerusalem.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
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19
Apr
2003
Daily Sociopolitical Problems Related to Palestinian Jerusalemites
Participants: Hatem Abdul Qader, Palestinian Legislative Council; Mahmoud Jaddeh, Director of Nidal Center for Community Development; Terry Bullata, School Principal; Ibrahim Sha'ban, lawyer; Zaki Abu Halawah, Journalist.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
12
Apr
2003
Democracy Development Projects and Programs in Palestine: between Vision & Implementation - Youth perceptions
Participants: Reem Wahdan, The Youth Times Magazine Reporter; Al-Ram; Amjad Ghosheh, Coordinator of the Youth Opportunities Program (YOP), Y.M.C.A, Ramallah; Niveen Shahin, Coordinator of the TV Program, Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation (PYALARA), Raed Budeir; Director, Young Scientists' Club (Al-Muntada), Ramallah; Hijazi Natsheh, IT for Youth Project, Welfare Association, Jerusalem; Lubna Hammad, Legal Consultant, Unicef, member of "Nuwat" Youth Group, Ramallah; Sabreen Ziben; Coordinator, Participatory Poverty Assessment Program, UNDP and Palestinian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Ramallah; Rania Estephan, Researcher, Development Studies Program, Birzeit University; Lamia' Mansour, Accountant; Bisan Abu Rukteh, Miftah Team, member of "Nuwat" Youth Group, Ramallah; Mawakeb Massad, Palestinian Medical Relief Center, Ramallah; Wafa' Abdel Rahman, Miftah, member of "Nuwat" Youth Group, Ramallah; Muzna Shihabi, Office Manager, Masrouji Trading Company, Ramallah; Amer Badran, Dentist, member of "Nuwat" Youth Group, Ramallah; Elise Aghazarian, Project Coordinator, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
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3
Apr
2003
The Role of Civil Society and Palestinian Economy
Speakers: Iyad Masrouji (Managing Director, Masrouji Trading Company, Ramallah)
Participants: Ibrahim Joulani, Private Sector; Azzam Abu S'oud, Director of the Palestinian Chamber of Commerce; Hussein Abu Gharbiyyeh, Director of the Jerusalem Labor Office; Hala A'mas, Director of the Community Care Institution; Ahmad Hashem Zghayyar, Palestinian Legislative Council, Safa' Abu Assab, Diakonia; Felix Eikenberg, FES; Rafiq Husseini, Deputy Director General / Director of Operations, the Welfare Association, Jerusalem; Fadi Hidmi, Welfare Association; Jamal Ghosheh, Palestinian National Theater; Mahmoud Salaymeh, Pharmacist; Fayiza Zalatimo, Ar-Razi Medical Lab; Shireen Abdul Hadi, USAID mission; Elise Aghazarian, PASSIA; Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
24
Mar
2003
Assessing Palestinian Negotiations - What's at Stake?
Speakers: Diana Buttu (Lawyer, Negotiation Support Unit (NSU))
Participants: Mohammad Jadallah, Physician; Walid Salem, PANORAMA (Palestinian Center for the Dissemination of Democracy and Community Development); Steve Hibbard, Canadian Representative Office; Diana Butto, Negotiation Support Unit; Sami Abu-Dayyeh, Net Tours; Adnan Abdelrazek, Arab Studies Society; Felix Eikenberg, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung; Terry Boullata, school principle; Safa' Abu Assab, Program Manager, Diakonia.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
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22
Mar
2003
Democracy Reforms in Palestine within the Prospects of the War on Iraq
Speakers: Dr. George Giacaman (Head of the Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy (Muwatin), Professor, Birzeit University)
Participants: Taysir Arouri, Physics Department, Birzeit University; Rima Tarazi, Head of the Steering Committee, General Union of Palestinian Women, Ramallah; Dr. Mamdouh Iker, Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights, Ramallah; Latifa Huwari, Teachers' Union, Ramallah; Dr. Faisal Awartani, General Manager of Alpha International for Polling, Research & Informatics, Ramallah; Lilly Habash, Commission of NGO Affairs, Ramallah; Muzna Shihabi, Masrouji Trading Company, Ramallah; Lubna Hammad, Legal Advisor, UNICEF - OPT; Ann Mahmood, UNICEF - OPT; Elise Aghazarian, Project Coordinator, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA