CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS 1999

Topic:              Conference of Academies’ Presidents from the United States, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Israel

Place:             Grand Park Hotel, Ramallah
Date:              28 February 1999
Organized by: Palestine Academy for Science and Technology
Attended by:            Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Topic:              Jordanian-Palestinian Relations

Place: Al-Liqa’ Center for Religious and Heritage Studies in the Holy Land, Bethlehem
Date: 3 March 1999
Organized by: Al-Liqa’ - Center for Religious and Heritage Studies in the Holy Land, Bethlehem
Attended by: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Topic:              The Arab Institute for Studies & Communication (Annual Meeting)

Place:  University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Date: 7 March 1999
Organized by: Center for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan
Attended by: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Topic:              The book launch of ‘Holy Land – Hollow Jubilee: God, Justice and the Palestinians’ in the presence of Professor Edward Said

Place: YWCA premises, Jerusalem
Date:15 March 1999
Organized by: Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center
Attended by: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA and PASSIA Fellows

Topic:              Joint Informal Seminar on the Euro-Mediterranean Political and Security Partnership

Place: German Foreign Office, Bonn, Germany
Date: 19 and 20 March 1999
Organized by: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (Research Institute for International Affairs), Ebenhausen, Germany
Attended by: Ms. Sawsan Baghdadi, Program Assistant, PASSIA

Topic:              2^nd Palestinian Geographic Conference: The Palestinian State: Elements and Components

Place: Hind Al-Husseini Faculty, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem
Date:26-28 April 1999
Organized by: The Palestinian National Commission for Education, Science & Culture
Attended by: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Topic:              Water in the Framework of the Arab-Israeli Conflict – Legal Focus

Place:Hind Al-Husseini Faculty, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem
Date: 29 April-1 May 1999
Organized by: Birzeit Law Center, Birzeit University
Attended by: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Topic:              Workshop on ‘Developing and Activating the Tourist Sector in the Holy City of Jerusalem’

Place:The Jerusalem Chambre of Commerce and Industry
Date:30-31 May 1999
Organized by: Higher Council for the Arab Tourist Industry 
Attended by: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Topic:              The Annual Soref Symposium of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Place:New York
Date:17-18 June 1999
Organized by: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Attended by: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi gave a presentation titled: Impact of the Israeli Elections - View from the Analysts .

Topic:              34^th World Congress if the International Institute of Sociology: Multiple Modernities in an Era of Globalization

Place: Tel Aviv Date: 11-15 July 1999
Organized by: Tel Aviv University
Attended by: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi gave a presentation at the Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace on 13 July 1999 titled: The Role of Israeli & Palestinian Civil Society in the Peace Process.

Topic:              ‘So As Not To Forget: In the memorial day of the falling of Tal Al-Za’tar Refugee Camp on 12 August 1976 and in the memorial day of the burning of Al-Aqsa Mosque on 21 August 1969’

Place: UNDP Building, Jericho Community Center, Jericho
Date:14-21 August 1999
Organized by: Committee for the Promotion of Tourism in the Governorate of Jericho
Attended by: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi gave a presentation titled: Jerusalem and the Challenges of the Present and the Future

Topic:              Workshop in Partnership

Place: Jericho Resort Hotel
Date: 25-26 August 1999
Organized by: Care International
Attended by: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi

  POSTPONDED
 

Topic:            Symposium on Tolerance and Peace in the Middle East
                     
                      Place: Amman, Jordan
                       Date:16-19 May 1999            
                      Organized by:International Religious Liberty Association

Topic:              Meeting of the EuroMeSCo Working Group On Subregional Cooperation

Place:Tel Aviv
Date: 15-16 September 1999
Organized by: EuroMeSCO & Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies

Topic:              First Experts’ Conference on the Final Status Issues on Jerusalem + others

Place: Ramallah
Date: 17-18 September 1999
Organized by: Miftah
Attended by: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi