Meetings & Workshops

 
30
Jan
2023

Challenges to the Status Quo at Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif under the New Israeli Government

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Prof. Imad Khatib, Executive Vice President for Jerusalem Campus, Al-Quds University; Mustafa Abu Zahra, Chamber of Commerce, Jerusalem; Maher Daoudi, Senior Programme Manager, Humanitarian Assistance, Consulate General of Sweden; Jamal Al-Aref, Consultant; Shifa Jayousi, Project Coordinator, UNSCO; Waad Qannam, Project Coordinator, Palestinian Vision Organization (PalVision); Nadeen Yousef, Advocacy Officer, PalVision; Eng. Alaa Salhab, Engineer and Businessman, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Adnan Joulani, Consultant, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
28
Jan
2023

Youth Political Participation and Representation in Jerusalem

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Facilitator: Adnan Joulani, Consultant, PASSIA
Participants: Zeina Ayyad, Employee; Tharaa Qirresh, Englineer; Hasnia Shouli, Student; Basel Abed; Nisreen Abu Zayyad, Employee; Anwar Awad Allah, Al-Zaytoona Society; Khadr Nijem, Tour Guide; Ratebeh Natsheh, Activist; Canadian Representative Office, Ramallah: Inas Odeh, Political and Public Affairs Officer; Rana Sandouka, CFLI Coordinator; PASSIA: Hind Husseini; Rihan Taha, Intern.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
13
Dec
2022

The Hashemite Custodianship and the Holy Sites in Jerusalem

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Sheikh Abdul Azim Salhab, Head, Islamic Waqf Council, Jerusalem; Dr. Hani Abdeen, Member, Islamic Waqf Council, Professor at Al-Quds University; Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib, Director, Islamic Waqf Council, Jerusalem; Yousef Dajani, Member, Council for Waqf & Islamic Affairs; Eng. Alaa Salhab, Engineer and Businessman, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Prof. Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway, Member, Islamic Waqf Council, Integral Chair for the Study of Imam Al-Ghazali's Work at the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Quds University; Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Nasser Eddin, Vice & Financial General Director, Islamic Waqf Department, Jerusalem; Hatem Abdu Qader, Islamic-Christian Commission; Fouad Dakkak, Engineer, Jerusalem; Adnan Joulani, Project Manager, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
26
Nov
2022

SWOT Analysis: Activating Youth Involvement in Jerusalemite Societal Issues

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Dana Risheq, Lawyer; Andaleeb Shahwan, Lawyer; Tharaa Qirresh, Architect; Sima Salman, Student; Asma Karameh, Student; Fatmeh Hammad, Researcher / Human Rights Defender; Hadia Husseini, Receptionist; Motaz Dmeiri, Student; Rihan Taha, Intern, PASSIA; Zeina Nabulsi, Volunteer, PASSIA; Hind Husseini, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
21
Nov
2022

The Question of Jerusalem

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Dr. Munir Nuseibah, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, Director, Al-Quds Human Rights Clinic and Community Action Center, Al-Quds University, and MA Students from the Center for Jerusalem Studies, Al-Quds University: Qusay Abbas, Project Coordinator, Youth Development Department, Arab Studies Society, Jerusalem; Reha Ermumcu, Director, Turkish Cultural Center, Jerusalem; Iman Hamdieh, Arts Tutor, Founder, Alef Studio; Basma Abbasi, Islamic Heritage, Mithaq; Adli Naser Al-Deen, Head, Electrical Department of Islamic Waqf.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
17
Oct
2022

Jerusalem

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Hans Henrik Fafner, Journalist; Angela Godfrey-Goldstein, Director, Jahalin Solidarity; Students: Victor Nyland; Louise Berg Lund; Signe Bro; Matilde de Bcer; Maya Øbakke; Bjork Aurora; Agnete Ølgaard; Matilda Tindø; Josephine Rasmussen; Rasmus Troldbors; Rasmus Weile; Kristine Gregersen; Magnos Dela; Freja Mehlsen; Iben Marie Yyberg; Emilie Sophie Thorsen; Amanda Widmer; Isabell Søresen; Astrid Raunkjor;Karoline Praestholm; PASSIA: Alexandre Miliani, Intern; Ines Amarnath, Intern.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
11
Oct
2022

South Africa's Experience of Conflict Resolution and Negotiating an End to Apartheid: Sharing Insights for the Palestinian Case

  • Organizer: PASSIA-Forward Thinking.
  • Location: Legacy Hotel, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Mohammed Bhabha, Qualified Attorney and Experienced Negotiator, former Member of the South African Parliament; Roelf Meyer, Lawyer, former Member of the South African Parliament, former State President, and Chief Negotiator for the National Party Government.
Participants: Georgi Milenov, Head, Representative Office of the Republic of Bulgaria; Semra Demirer, Deputy Consul General of Turkey; John W. Robbins, Political Officer, Palestinian Affairs Unit, US Embassy, Jerusalem: Paloma Serra, Deputy Consul General, Spanish Consulate General; Linnea Wesslén, Vice Consul, Consulate General of Sweden; Julio Escobedo, Representative Office of Mexico; Julian Arellano Riviere, Intern, Consulate General of Belgium; Michelle Hansen, Intern, Danish Representative Office; Victor Hansen, Intern, Representative Office of Denmark; Rosalia Bollen, Special Assistant for Political Affairs, UNSCO; Dr. Helga Baumgarten, Professor, Birzeit University; Eveline Muhareb, Project Coordinator, DAAD; Joan & James Alty, Representatives for Jordan, Palestine and Israel Mennonite Central Committee; Leonarda Pfaus, Intern, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES); Virginia Grossi, PhD Student; Constance Mouille, Student; Nina Magenties, Student; Roesch Matheo, Student; Michael Atzwanger, Volunteer; Rafael Mohr, Volunteer; Charlie Hierons,Consultant, Dialogue Advisory Group; Tommaso Toutanesi; Ein Arik Latin Monastery; Mathios Kallouma; Mathieu Totilo; Linda Kateeb; Don Wagner, Friends of Sabeel, North America; Mike Mineter, Iona Community, Scotland; Steve France, Mondoweiss Blog, affiliated with the Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine-Israel Network, Washington DC; Lynn Fitzgerald; Karen Anderson; Silvia Giuliano; Roelf Meyer; Alexus Lentz; Dr. Munir Nuseibah, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, Al-Quds University, Director, Al-Quds Human Rights Clinic and Community Action Center; Prof. Khuloud Khayyat Dajani, Al-Quds University; Khalil Abu Khadija, Researcher, Grassroots Al-Quds; Samer Sharif, Director, Grassroots Al-Quds; Wafa Dajani, Consultant, Women's Study Center; Fadwa Khawaja, Chairwoman, Jerusalem Center for Women (via Zoom); Adv. Nabil Izhiman, Lawyer; Adv. Moazaz El-Hussainy, Lawyer; Dr. Sari Nusseibeh; Jamal Al-Aref, Consultant; Mohammad Hadieh, Executive Director, ACT for Alternative Dispute Resolution and Studies; Dana Nuseibeh, Lecturer; Nora Kort; Fatmeh Hammad, Human Rights Defender & Recipient of the Folke Bernadotte Academy Scholarship on Women Peace and Security; Ibrahim Matar, Palestinian Economist and Researcher; Mohammad Siam, MA in International Law; Muneeb Sada; Suhaib Sharabati, Head, Media and Public Relations Department, Jerusalem Governorate; Hussam Mousa, Tour Guide; Haifa Siyam, Translator; Forward Thinking, UK: Oliver McTernan, Director (Via Zoom); Harry Higginson, Projects Officer; Jordan Morgan, UK Programme Director; Nicolaus Limbourg, Middle East Programme Officer (via Zoom); PASSIA: Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Adnan Joulani, Imad Farrah; Omar Farrah; Alexandre Miliani, Intern; Ines Amarnath, Intern; Hind Husseini.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
10
Oct
2022

Palestine: the Land, the People, Their Rights, and Their Leadership

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Chairman of PASSIA.
Participants: Delegation from the Comenius Leergangen Group: Carrie van der Kroon, Manager, Defence for Children, Netherlands; Ronald Pasavee, Legal Director; Paul Koopmans, Banker; Michal Rovers, Civil Servant; Jol Schonerld, Immigration Director; Lodenghe de Beukelaer, CEO of a hospital; Anja de Bruin, Head of Business Operations, National Police; Joe Berkman, Entrepreneur International Logistic Company; Teresa Fogelberg, Moderator, Comenius; Jan Willem van Hoogstraten, CEO, Energy Company; Gerard van Ballegooy, Director, Ministry of Justice; Ida Veltman, Manager.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
10
Oct
2022

Dialogue on Jerusalem

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Dr. Safa Nassereldin, Secretary-General, Presidency Council, Al-Quds University; Fatmeh Hammad, Human Rights Defender & Recipient of the Folke Bernadotte Academy Scholarship on Women Peace and Security; Ahmad Hasna, Researcher; Rafif Zghayyar, English Teacher.
Participants: Delegation from the Comenius Leergangen Group: Carrie van der Kroon, Manager, Defence for Children, Netherlands; Ronald Pasavee, Legal Director; Paul Koopmans, Banker; Michal Rovers, Civil Servant; Jol Schonerld, Immigration Director; Lodenghe de Beukelaer, CEO of a hospital; Anja de Bruin, Head of Business Operations, National Police; Joe Berkman, Entrepreneur International Logistic Company; Teresa Fogelberg, Moderator, Comenius; Jan Willem van Hoogstraten, CEO, Energy Company; Gerard van Ballegooy, Director, Ministry of Justice; Ida Veltman, Manager. PASSIA: Adnan Joulani; Alexandre Miliani, Intern.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
22
Sep
2022

The Current Situation of the Palestinian Cause and the Role of Christians in Palestine

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Ein Arik Latin Monastery: Ignazio De Francesco, Monk & Researcher; M. Caterine Pew; Alessandro Barchi; Ada Nava; Hilene Vittoni; Carla Copperlloti; Tommaso Toutanesi; Giorgio Jaracchi; Masi Claudio.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
13
Sep
2022

Religious Profile of East Jerusalem (as Part of East Jerusalem Seminar)

  • Organizer: The Jerusalem Policy Task Force Project, Terrestrial Jerusalem.
  • Location: American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem.
Participants: Alistair Burt, Former Member, UK Parliament; Michele Dunne, Executive Director, Franciscan Action Network (FAN); Daniel C. Kurtzer, Former US Ambassador to Israel & Egypt, S. Daniel Abraham Professor, Middle East Policy Studies, Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affair; Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen, Director, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Program, U.S. Institute of Peace; Ambassador Svein Sevje; Naif Abu Sharkia, Professional Mediator and Consultant in conflicts with National and Religious Dimensions; Dr. Nathalie Tocci, Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali; Celine Touboul, Co-Executive Director, Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF); Ambassador Hesham Youssef; Daniel (Danny) Seidemann, Member, Israeli Bar Association; Dan Rothem, Senior Policy Advisor, Herbert C. Kelman Institute for Interactive Conflict Transformation (HKI); Jess Manville, Research and Policy Associate, Terrestrial Jerusalem; Ofer Zalzberg, Middle East Program Director, Herbert Kelman Institute for Conflict Transformation.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
6
Sep
2022

Palestinian Education in Jerusalem

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: Legacy Hotel, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Nisreen Alayan, Advocate; Abdel Qader Husseini, Director of Faisal Al-Husseini Foundation.
Participants: Giuseppe Fedele, Consul General, Italian Consulate General; Pedro Blanco Pérez, Head, Representative Office of México; Franklin Aquilina, Head, Representative of Malta; Stephane Vrevin, Education Attaché, Consulate General of France, Jerusalem; Marie-Madeleine Santos, Cooperation Attaché, Consulate General of France, Jerusalem; Khomotso Maake, First Secretary (Political), South African Representative Office; Rima Tadros, Senior Program Advisor (Education Portfolio), Norwegian Representative Office; Basma S. Khatib, Press, Human Rights and Cultural Affairs Officer, German Representative Office; Krisztina Toth, Deputy Head, Hungarian Representative Office; Maher Daoudi, Senior Programme Manager, Humanitarian Assistance, Consulate General of Sweden; Christoffer Edberg, Intern,Consulate General of Sweden; Shifa Jayousi, Project Coordinator, UNSCO; Terry Bullata, Senior Program Manager, Swiss Development Cooperation; Hannes Alpen, Director, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Jerusalem; Rasmus Brandt, Program Manager, FES, Jerusalem; Dr. Usama Antar, Senior Program Manager, FES, Gaza; Tami Rafidi, Programs Manager, FES, Jerusalem; Leonarda Pfaus, FES Intern; Joeri Leysen, Intervention Manager, Enabel; Adv. Nabil Izhiman, Lawyer; Jamal Al-Aref, Consultant; Zakaria Odeh, Executive Director, Civic Coalition for Jerusalem; Ziad Hammouri, Director, Jerusalem Center for Social & Economic Rights (JCSER); Prof. Imad Khatib, Executive Vice President for Jerusalem Campus, Al-Quds University; Dr. Safa Nassereldin, Secretary-General, Presidency Council, Al-Quds University; Dr Lina Ishaq Al Qutub, Faculty Member, Al-Quds University; Bilal Abed Rabbo, Al-Iman Schools, Jerusalem; Mahira Dajani, President, Dar Al-Tifel Al-Arabi Organization, Jerusalem; Dr. Mohammad Al-Khatib, General Director, Dar Al-Tifel Al-Arabi Organization, Jerusalem; Iman Taji, School Principal, Dar Al-Tifel Al-Arabi Organization, Jerusalem; Eng. Khaled Al-Khatib, Director, Palestinian Heritage Museum; Rania Useleh, Head of Public Relations, Jerusalem Directorate of Education; Majdoleen Jibril, Social Media, PCBS; Abdalla Hamdan, Community Activist; Ratebeh Aladin Natsheh, Community Activist; Hind Khoury, Secretary-General, Kairos Palestine; Wafa Dajani, Consultant, Women's Study Center; Dr. Amjad Shihab, Al-Maqdisi College; Fadwa Al-Husseini, Executive Director, Faisal Husseini Foundation; Noor Totah; Basem Thabet, Translator & Interpreter; PASSIA: Deniz Altayli, Program Director; Wala' Abu Ghannam, Project Coordinator; Adnan Joulani; Omar Farrah; Alyssa Bivins, Ph.D. Candidate, Volunteer; Alexandre Miliani, Intern.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
4
Jul
2022

Islamic Waqf Council Issues

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Islamic Waqf Council: Sheikh Abdul Azim Salhab, Head of the Islamic Waqf Council, Jerusalem; Sheikh Wasef Bakri, Acting head of the Supreme Judge Department; Dr. Hani Abdeen, Professor at Al-Quds University, former PA Health Minister; Advocate Fahd Kamel Al-Shweiki, Attorney; Yousef Dajani, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Sheikh Jamil Hamami, Secretary General, the Islamic Higher Committee.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
7
Jun
2022

Palestinian Educational Institutions, Cultural Heritage and National Identity in Jerusalem

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: Legacy Hotel, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Father Ibrahim Faltas, Counselor of the Custody of the Holy Land & Supervisor of the Terra Santa Schools
Participants: Maria Velasco, Deputy Head, Office of the European Union Representative (West Bank & Gaza Strip, UNRWA); Samah Jaouny, Programme Manager, East Jerusalem Programme, Office of the European Union Representative; Patrice Budry, Attaché, Programme Manager - East Jerusalem Programme, Office of the European Union Representative; Shereen Abu-Eid, Programme Manager, Public Administration Reform TAIEX, Twinning, and SIGMA Coordinator, Office of the European Union Representative; Takashi Hattori, Counsellor, Representative Office of Japan to Palestine; Ludivine Henry, Attaché for French Language, French Consulate General; Alison McEwen, Deputy Consul General, British Consulate General; John W. Robbins, Political Officer, Palestinian Affairs Unit, US Embassy, Jerusalem; 'Alaa' Mahmoud, Palestinian Affairs Unit, US Embassy, Jerusalem; Elie Teichman, Education & Exchanges Officer, Palestinian Affairs Unit, US Embassy, Jerusalem; Rosaline Antar, Political Specialist, Palestinian Affairs Unit, US Embassy, Jerusalem; Sylvia Amer, Academic Programs Manager; Bernard Philippe, Former EU Official; Shifa Jayousi, Project Coordinator, UNSCO; Muna Hidmi, Project Manager, UNDP; Rasmus Brandt, Program Manager, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung East-Jerusalem (FES); Malak Ammouri, Project Assistant & Media Coordinator, FES; Lisa Maria Loeffler, Junior Guest Researcher, FES; Bernard Thibaud, Director, Secours Catholique-Caritas France; Leonie Martiny, Student, Former Intern, PASSIA; Dr. Anja Zorob, DAAD Long Term Lecturer and Associate Professor of Political Science at Birzeit University; Dr. Bernard Sabella, Executive Secretary, Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (DSPR); Dr. Usama Salman, Pontifical Mission, Freelance Tour Guide; Dr. George Malki, Country Representative, International Orthodox Christian Charities; Majdoleen Jibril, Social Media, PCBS; Sana' Hasna, Researcher, Jerusalem File, Palestinian Negotiation Support Project, Negotiations Affairs Department, Ramallah; Yousef Daher, Executive Director, Jerusalem Inter-Church Center (JIC); Waad Qannam, Project Coordinator, Palestinian Vision Organization (PalVision); Mohammad Abu Khdeir, Journalist, Al-Quds Newspaper; Aziz Al-Assa, Researcher; Dr. Mohammad Dajani, WASATIA; Prof. Khuloud Khayyat Dajani, Al-Quds University; Diya' Maswadeh, Educator; Samer Nusseibeh, CEO and Vice-President, Mohammed Zaki Nuseibeh & Sons Group; Daoud Kuttab, Journalist; Rene George Zambile, Airline Instructor, Aviation International Consultant; Nora Kort, President, Atta Services-Aid to the Aged; Qusay Abbas, Project Coordinator, Youth Development Department (YDD); Danya Hirbawi, Tour Guide; Rahaf Idkeidek; Hussam Mousa, Tour Guide; Etraf Joulani, Psychological Support Counselor for Groups; Hadia Husseini, Receptionist; Motaz Dmeiri, Student; Halla Mansour, Fine Artist; Fadi Khouri, Translator; Dana Nusseibeh; Ensaf Shaheen; Counseling; PASSIA: Deniz Altayli, Program Director; Wala' Abu Ghannam, Project Director; Hind Husseini; Imad Farrah; Omar Farrah, Intern; Samiha Okkeh, Intern; Ibrahim Tahboub, Volunteer.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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3
Jun
2022

Presentation on Al-Quds at the Taawon General Assembly Meeting

  • Organizer: Al-Taawon/Welfare Association.
  • Location: Intercontinental Hotel, Amman, Jordan.
Speakers: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Chairman of PASSIA
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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