Meetings & Workshops
8
Jan
2022
Muslim Cemeteries in 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
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
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
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?”
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
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
10
May
2021
Jerusalem, the Holy Places and Recent Developments
Participants: EU Diplomatic Representatives, members of the Waqf Council.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
1
Apr
2021
Protecting the Orthodox Christian Endowments in Jerusalem - Actions and Challenges
Speakers: Dr. Bernard Sabella, Executive Secretary, Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (DSPR), Middle East Council of Churches.
Participants: Niveen Abu Rahmoun, Member, Al-Tajamou' (BALAD) Political Party, Member of the 20th Knesset; Oday Bajali; Prof. Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway, Integral Chair for the Study of Imam Al-Ghazali's Work at the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Quds University; Mohammad Hadieh, Executive Director, ACT for Alternative Dispute Resolution and Studies; Khalil Issa, Project Manager & Advocacy Officer, Palestinian Vision Organization; Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
21
Feb
2021
The Waqf Council after Two Years - Review and Future Perspectives
Participants: Sheikh Abdel Athem Salhab, Chairman, Islamic Waqf Council; Mohammad Sarandah, Judge in Jerusalem’s Islamic Courts, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib, Director of the Islamic Waqf Department, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Dr. Wasfi Kilani, Hashemite Fund for the Restoration of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock; Sheikh Jamil Hamami, Secretary General, the Islamic Higher Committee; Eng. Mazen Sinokrot, Businessman, Head, Al-Quds Holding, Former Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Adv. Fahd Al-Shweiki, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Khalil Al-Asali, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Nasser Eddin, Vice & Financial General Director, the Islamic Waqf Department, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Dr. Hani Abdeen, Member, Islamic Waqf Council, Dean of Medical School, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem; Adnan Joulani, Project Manager, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
14
Nov
2020
The Legal Status and Authenticity of Proof of Endowment Properties before the Courts
Speakers: Adv. Fahd Al-Shweiki, Attorney, Islamic Waqf Council.
Participants: Sheikh Abdel Athem Salhab, Chairman, Islamic Waqf Council; Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib, Director of the Islamic Waqf Department, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Prof. Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway, Integral Chair for the Study of Imam Al-Ghazali's Work at the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Quds University; Eng. Adnan Husseini, PLO Executive Committee Member, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Sheikh Mohammad Sarandah, Judge in Jerusalem’s Islamic Courts, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Eng. Mazen Sinokrot, Businessman, Member of Al-Quds University Board of Trustees, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Hatem Abdel Qader, Fatah Leader, Jerusalem, Member, Islamic Waqf Council; Advocate Nazeeh Alami, Attorney, Jerusalem; Adnan Joulani, Project Manager, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
23
Sep
2020
Threats to Palestinian Christian Heritage in Jerusalem – People and Places
Speakers: Dr. Usama Salman, Freelance Tour Guide; Doctorate of Philosophy, School of Theology, Religious Studies & Islamic Studies, University of Wales, UK
Participants: Dr. Csaba Rada, Head, Hungarian Representative Office to the PA, Ramallah; Pedro Blanco Pérez, Head, Representative Office of México; Danielle Haven, Consul General, Consulate General of Belgium, Jerusalem; David Karlsson, Consul, Political and Economical Affairs, Human Rights, Swedish Consulate General; S. Ruoff, Swedish Consulate General; Jaime Gutiérrez, Spanish Consulate; Fr. Luc Pareydt, Counsellor for Religious Affairs, French Consulate General; Niko Fritscher, Head of Cultural Section, German Representative Office, Ramallah; Philip Haspeslagh, Head, Political Affairs, Belgian Consulate; Riccardo Filippo, Consul/Political Adviser, Italian Consulate; Kathy Bergen; Margarete Jacob; Paulina Viladomat; Rev. Gabriele Zander, Augusta Victoria Church; Rasmus Brandt, Program Manager, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Jerusalem; Rosa Perez, Arts Programme Manager, British Council; Mazen Dabbagh, Project Manager, ANERA, Jerusalem; Basima Adawin, Programme Manager, European Union (EU); Danijela Svircic, Project Manager, European Union (EU); Dr. Bernard Sabella, Executive Secretary, Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (DSPR), Middle East Council of Churches; Prof. Khuloud Khayyat Dajani, Al-Quds University; Prof. Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway, Integral Chair for the Study of Imam Al-Ghazali's Work at the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Quds University; Dr. Samir Khatib; Ratebeh Aladin, FIDA; Samer Nusseibeh, CEO and Vice President, Mohammed Zaki Nuseibeh & Sons Group; Samia Khouri, Retiree; Fouad Abdeen, Union of the Charitable Societies; Mohammad Abu Hammad, Institute for Palestine Studies; Hind Khoury, Secretary-General, Kairos Palestine; Bishop Dr. Munib A.Younan; Khalil Issa, Advocacy Officer, Palestinian Vision Organization; Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Adnan Joulani, Project Manager, PASSIA; Imad Farrah, PASSIA Team; Hind Husseini, PASSIA Team.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
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22
Jul
2020
Christian Cultural Heritage in Jerusalem
Speakers: Dr. Bernard Sabella, Exec. Sec., MECC Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (DSPR), Middle East, Council of Churches
Participants: Mark Bailey, Head, Representative Office of Australia, Ramallah; Maurits Oskam, First Secretary Political Affairs & Human Rights, Representative Office of Netherlands; Niko Fritscher, Head of Cultural Section, German Representative Office, Ramallah; Reuben Gauci, Head, Representative Office of Malta; Dr. Csaba Rada, Head, Hungarian Representative Office to the PA, Ramallah; Jaime Gutiérrez, Spanish Consulate; Jean-Christophe Augé, Project Manager, Near and Middle East, North Africa - Religions, Center for Analysis, Forecasting and Strategy (CAPS), Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs; Jamal Al-Aref, Consultant, UNDP; Jumana Jaouni, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); Prof. Khuloud Khayyat Dajani, Al-Quds University; Maha Samman, Professor, Al-Quds University; Prof. Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway, Integral Chair for the Study of Imam Al-Ghazali's Work at the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Quds University; Dr. Samir Khatib; Walid Salem, Director, Center for Democracy and Community Development; Zakaria Odeh, Executive Director, Civic Coalition for Jerusalem; Bishop Dr. Munib A.Younan; Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Adnan Joulani, Project Manager, PASSIA; Hind Husseini, PASSIA Team.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
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20
Apr
2020
Islamic Holy Places in Times of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Speakers: Prof. Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway, Integral Chair for the Study of Imam Al-Ghazali's Work at the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Quds University (HM King Abdullah II Endowment).
Participants: Pedro Blanco Pérez, Head, Representative Office of México; Artūras Gailiūnas, Head, Representative Office of Lithuania; Reuben Gauci, Head, Representative Office of Malta; Danielle Haven, Consul General, Consulate General of Belgium, Jerusalem; Amb. Ahmet Riza Demirer, Acting Head, Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey in Jerusalem; Amb. Francisco Mauro de Holanda, Head, Representative Office of Brazil; Erling Hoem, Deputy, Representative Office of Norway; Rodolfo Sahium, Counsellor, Representative Office of Brazil; Riccardo Filippo, Consul/Political Adviser, Italian Consulate; Silvine Jansen, Head of Political Affairs, Representative Office of Germany; Kate O'Rourke, Director, Association of International Development Agencies (AIDA); Jumana Jaouni, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); Ghassan Shakshir, Representative Office of Norway; Wadi Razzouk, Senior Policy Officer, Netherlands Representative Office; Maher Daoudi, Senior Programme Manager, Humanitarian Assistance, Consulate General of Sweden, Jerusalem; Jamal Al-Aref, Consultant, UNDP; Terry Bullata, Senior Program Manager, Swiss Development Cooperation; Dr. Ola Awad, President, PCBS; Dr. Hani Abdeen, Member, Awqaf Council, Dean of Medical School, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem; Bishop Dr. Munib A. Younan; Prof. Khuloud Khayyat Dajani, Al-Quds University, jerusalem; Dr. Munir Nuseibah, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, Director, Al-Quds Human Rights Clinic and Community Action Center, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem; Maha Samman, Professor, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem; Fouad Hallak, PASSIA; Fayzeh Zalatimo, Consultant, Red Crescent Society & Member of the Board of Trustees, Dar Al-Tifl Al-Arabi, Jerusalem; Adnan Joulani, PMT Center; Marianne Gros, Researcher, France; Khalil Issa, Advocacy Officer, Palestinian Vision Organization; Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Hind Husseini, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
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12
Dec
2019
Women in the Qur’an and the Sunna
Speakers: Prof. Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway, Integral Chair for the Study of Imam Al-Ghazali's Work at the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Quds University; Dr. Hannelies Koloska, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities; Riyadh Abd Al-Nabi, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, Jerusalem.
Participants: Artūras Gailiūnas, Head, Representative Office of Lithuania; Niko Fritscher, Head of Cultural Section, German Representative Office, Ramallah; Eveline Muhareb, Project Coordinator, DAAD; Monika Gaileuiniene, JEN; Deloveluje, Writer; Jumana Jaouni, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); Lejla Zvizdic, Project Manager, Swiss Caritas; Ibrahim Abu Dalo, Lawyer, Jerusalem; Dr. Hani Abdeen, Member, Awqaf Council, Dean of Medical School, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem; Aladdin Salhab, Engineer & Businessman, Member, Awqaf Council; Dr. Nafez Nubani, Medical Doctor, Jerusalem; Amal Nashashibi, Director, Al-Mirsat, Jerusalem; Abeer Zayyad, Director, Abu Tur Women Center; Majdoleen Jibril, Social Media, PCBS; Dr. Suleiman Ghosheh, Medical Doctor, Jerusalem; Khalil Assali, Journalist, Akhbar ِAl-Balad; Salma Husseini, Jerusalem; Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Hind Husseini, PASSIA; Michael Koch, Intern, PASSIA; Claudio Salmeri, Intern, PASSIA; Areej Deibes, Translator.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
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4
Dec
2019
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Speakers: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Chairman of PASSIA, Jerusalem; Prof. Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway, Integral Chair for the Study of Imam Al-Ghazali's Work at the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Quds University.
Participants: Sabeel Delegation of over 80 Leaders from over 17 Countries Representing over 35 Different Churches, Universities and International Organizations, including: Joan Atly; James Atly; Caterina Bandini; George McQueen Bartlett; Curtis Bell; Kathy Bergen; Heike Breitenbach; Bridget Diane Cabrera; Ronald James Cameron Cairney; John Cassel; Joyce Cassel; Melissa Lynn de Rosia; María Delgado; Jan Mary den Hertog; Jessica Lindberg; Michael David Doe; Addison Domske; Ulrich Duchrow; Ulrike Duchrow; Pehr-Albin Eden; Camellia Rosalind Flanagan; Sandra Maria Matilda Fors Magnstrom; Nyle Eric Joshua Fort; Anne Fortin; Bea Foster; Schneider Gangloff; Rochelle Gause; Ana Gimeno Cristóbal; Jean Dorcus Gordon; Noel Conant Gordon; Eind Muriel Gordon; Peter Vicars Gordon; Brian Jervis Grieves; Marianna Harris; Samar Hashweh; Kenneth Graham Hawley; Donelia Marie Heyn-Lamb; Randall Carl Heyn-Lamb; Gunilla Irma Kristina Ikponmwosa; Maureen Valerie Jack; Annie Jacobs; Gregory Charles Jenks; Wonhee Annette Joh; Olivier Josselin; Astrid Helena Dahlin Kasse; Linda Kateeb; Angleena Keizer; Kenneth Kimming; Helge Kjøllesdal; Karin Maria Helen Larsson; Beate Iren Lerdahl; Kari Lorentzen; Marietta V. Macy; John Packianathan Vincent Manoharan; Charlotte Lisa Marshall; Lise Hjoberg Martinussen ; John McCulloch; Ineke Medcalf; Darrel Duane Meyers; Lynne Mitchell; Usama Nicola; Elina Margrete Elisabet Nilsson; Dannie Otto; Susan Mary Parfitt; Paul Parker; Janelle Lily Potter; Sophie Rice; Joseph Charles Roos III; Dr. Tamer Sawalha; Linda Mae Scherzinger; Barbara Shenk; Stephen Sizer; Matthew Smedley; Mary Helen Smith; Chris Sollis; Allison Jeanne Tanner; Claudia Terragni; Gordon Edward Timbers; Richard Kellogg Toll; Diana Ditto Toups; Johannes Van der Kolk; John Christopher Wagner; Don Edward Wagner, Jr.; Siri Wahl- Olsen; Peter Watson; Ingrid Gudrun Margareta Wikerstål; Hans Martin Götzsche Wikerstål; Glynis Williams; Wilhelmina Maria Wolswinkel; Jeffrey M. Wright; Sarah Krøger Ziethen; Zoughbi Zoughbi.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
27
Nov
2019
The Holy Places in Jerusalem and the Parties to the Political and Civil Equation
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: Joseph Hazboun; Ismail Sharawneh; Fida Yaghmour; Hadeel Hallak; Hilweh Abu Kaf; Salah Salman.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA