Meetings & Workshops
25
Oct
2008
The Holy Land: Views on Israeli-Palestinian Relations
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.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
29
Jun
2008
The Fatah Movement and its Role in the Palestinian National Movement حركة فتح ودورها في الحركة الوطنية الفلسطينية
Participants: Dr. Arafat Hidmi, Chairman of Board of Directors, Makassed Society; Yahia Yakhlef, Bureau of Ideological Affairs and Studies Department; Loay Shabaneh, Head, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics; Itedal Ashhab; Adnan Husseini, Architect; Mohammed Nuseibeh; Omar Shehadeh; Dr. Tarek Barakat, Director, Makassed Society; Dr. Leila Farsakh, Senior Researcher, Birzeit University; Varsen Aghabekian, Director of Development and Projects, President’s Office, Ramallah; Othman Abu Gharbieh, Member of Fateh Revolutionary Council; Ghada Karmi; Omar Karmi, Journalist; Dr. Haitham Al-Hassan; Ahmed Soboh, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Rushdi Ashhab, Makassed Hospital; Najat Abu Baker, Dir, Palestinian Legislative Council; Mahmoud Al-Aloul, Palestinian Legislative Council; Hatem Abdel Qader, Advisor, Prime Minister;Dr. Nabeel Shaath, Member of Fateh Central Committee; Rabiha Diab, Palestinian Legislative Council; Raed Abu Ghazaleh, Director, Dr. Nabeel Shaath Office; Abdel Qader Hussini, Chairperson, Faisal Husseini Foundation; Ghassan Shak’a, PLO Executive Committee; Mahfouz Abu Turk, Photo journalist.
Program:
I. Statistical Review on Fatah 2008
II. Evaluation of Fatah: Perspectives of Strengths and Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges, and Political Problems
III. The Draft Political Program of Fateh Movement.
Program:
I. Statistical Review on Fatah 2008
II. Evaluation of Fatah: Perspectives of Strengths and Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges, and Political Problems
III. The Draft Political Program of Fateh Movement.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
2
Apr
2008
Inter-Communal Relations in Jerusalem: Relief Organizations during World War One
Participants: Abigail Jacobson, Department of Middle East and African Studies, Tel Aviv University and Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya
Participants: Dr. Arafat Hidmi, Chairman, Board of Directors, Makassed Society and Hospital; Fouad Dakkak, Engineer; Khalil Assali, Journalist, Radio Sawa.
Participants: Dr. Arafat Hidmi, Chairman, Board of Directors, Makassed Society and Hospital; Fouad Dakkak, Engineer; Khalil Assali, Journalist, Radio Sawa.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
21
Feb
2008
قراءة في مشاريع بلدية القدس الغربية حول التخطيط والتنظيم في بعض أحياء القدس الشرقية
Speakers: Eng. Senan Abdel Qader
Participants: Elias Khoury, Architect; Jamal Ghosheh, Director, Palestinian National Theatre; Maysa Gayyusi, Info Assistant; Suleiman Ghosheh, Doctor; Fouad Dakkak, Engineer; Fouad Hallak, Advisor, NSU; Asem Ababneh, Political Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Mustafa Abu Sway, Lecturer, Al-Quds University; Basem Masry; Al-Quds 2009; Hasan Abu E’saileh, Cities Scheme; Ashraf Khatib, NSU; Abed Abu Diab; Ibrahim Al-Joulani, Businessman; Shereen Hosseini, Architect; Hisham Shkoukani, Deputy Assistant, PECDAR; Khalil Tofakji, Director, Arab Studies Society; Ahmad Abu Hussein, Architect; Naela Judeh, PECDAR; Mazen Sinokrot, CEO Sinokrot Group; Nabil Hammoudeh; Nabil Jawad; Sheikh Jamil Hamami, Lecturer, Al-Quds University; Ahmad Al-Louzi, Land Surveyor; Ahmad Rwaidy, President's Office; Jaad Qadamani, Lawyer; Suhad Saadi, Engineer; Azzam Abu Sa’oud, Director, Jerusalem Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Wassim Khazmo, NSU; Abed Amaari, Engineer; Mua'z Din-Nashashibi, Engineer; Hatem Abdul Qader; Adnan Husseini, Architect; Huda Imam, Head, Jerusalem Studies Center; Raed Anabtawe, Engineer; Ahmad Nashashibi, Architect; Dr. Mohammad Shtayyeh, PECDAR; Dr. Hani Abdeen, Al-Quds University; Azmi Bishara, Legal Advisor, NSU; Mohammad Mustafa, Palestinian Investment Fund; Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib, Dir. Gen., Islamic Waqf Offices; Yasser Abed Rabbo; Terry Bullata, NPO/SDC; Ali Barakat, Cities Scheme; Adnan Abdul Raziq, Retired
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
12
Feb
2008
Open Discussion on Palestinian Identity
Participants: David Viveash, Head, Canadian Representative Office, Ramallah; Dr. Jorge Torres Pereira, Head, Portugal Representative Office, Ramallah; Jawad Boulus, Advocate, Jerusalem; Zaki Abul Al-Halaweh, Journalist; Khalil Assali, Journalist; Roland Friedrich, Head of Office, DCAF; Anne Massagee, Coordinator, ICTJ; Usama Halabi, Advocate, Jerusalem; Anne Paquer, Photographer, Human Rights Specialist; Anca Domnitanu, Volunteer, Al Rawwad; Michael Sobe, UNRWA; Amit Leshem, Van Leer Institute; Hillel Cohen, Truman Institute; Jonas Hahn, Student; Nisreen El-Aref, Finance Officer, FES; Duaa Jaber, Researcher, Qattan Foundation; Dr. Ercan Ozer, Ambassador, Turkish Consulate, Jerusalem; Tarek Ismail, UNRWA Consultant, Jerusalem; Paul Rassadin, Russian Representative Office; Dimitri Diliani, National Christian Coalition; Nora Carmi, Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center; Meta Floor, Sabeel; Cedar Duaybis, Sabeel; Knut Dethlefsen, Resident Representative of Friedrich-Ebert Foundation, Jerusalem; Abdel Qader Husseini, Faisal Husseini Foundation, Jerusalem; Basem Masry, Executive Director, Jerusalem Arab Cultural Capital 2009.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
31
Jan
2008
Gaza – What Lies Ahead?
Speakers: Omar Sha’ban, Chairman, Pal-Thinking for Strategic Studies, Gaza
Participants: Mazen Sinokrot, CEO Sinokrot Group; Sabri Saidam, Birzeit University; Jamil Hammami, Lecturer, Al-Quds University; Muwafaq Abu Ayyash, Architect; Bushra Mukbil, Consultant; Mohammad Alnator, Film Maker; Jasmine Higazi, Development Worker; Andrea Semadeni, Swiss Representative Office; Shireen Khalaf, Representative Office of Switzerland; Terry Boullata, National Program Officer; Tim O. Petschulat, FES; Philippe Potjes, Deputy, Belgian Consulate; Fadia Daibes, Dan Church Aid Representative; Lily Habash, Executive Director, Muntada Falastine; Said Murad; Huwaida Arraf, Legal Activist Supervisor; Said Abdul Hadi, Al-Nasher Advertising Company.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
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15
Aug
2007
Symbols of Palestinian Identity: Emerging from 60 Years of Nakba (Novels, Events, Images, Dates, Personalities).
Participants: Dr. Salim Tamari, Director, Institute of Jerusalem Studies, Ramallah; Adel Manna’, Madar, Ramallah; Varsen Aghabekian, President Office, Ramallah; Ibtisam Shamma, Announcer, Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation, Ramallah; Dr. Adel Samara, Founder, Al-Mashriq Al-A’amal Center for Cultural and Development Studies; Loay Shabaneh, Head, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics; Bassam Al-Salhi, Legislative Council, Ramallah; Erin Woddewski, FES Fellow; Phil Leech, Student, Internship; Jerome Drevon, Student, Internship; Vicky Rossi, Public Information Assistant, UNRWA, Jerusalem; Areej Hazboun, Journalist; Michael Nev, Public Information Assistant, Jerusalem; Fadwa El-Sha’r, General Dir., Ministry of Interior, Ramallah; Afif Safieh, Palestinian Ambassador, USA; Abbad El-Rayyes, FES
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
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23
Jul
2007
Challenges of Internal Party Management
Participants: Christian Kroenin, Executive Director of the SPD in the state of Schleswig- Holstein; Sven Zylla, Chief of Staff of the State Minister for Education and Women Affairs in Schleswig- Holstein. Participants: Khalil Nakhleh, Director, Mu’assasat, Ramallah; Luay Shabaneh, Head, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics; Faisal Awartani, CEO, Alpha International for Polling, Research and Informatics; Mahmoud Abu Omar, Media Department, Foreign Relation Culture; Hiam Burbar, Public Relations, Foreign Relation Culture; Saleh Hakawati, Fateh FRC; Haitham Arar, Fateh Party; Roland Friedrich, Head of Deaf, Ramallah; Hazem Kawasmi, Economist; Fadwa Elsha’r, Ministry of Interior, Ramallah; Ahmad Badawi, Research Associate, SOAS; Tariq Jarrar, Executive Director, Institute of Public Policy; Abbad El-Rayyes, FES; Dr. Usama Antar, FES, Gaza; Elisabeth Peterson, Governmental Schleswig- Holstein, Germany; Ghadeer Dajani, NDI, Ramallah.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
25
Jun
2007
Palestinian Internal and External Crisis
Speakers: Dr. Rolf Mützenic, Chairman of the SPD Working Group on the Middle East in the German Parliament
Participants: Knut Dethlefsen, Resident Representative of Fredrich-Ebert Foundation, Jerusalem; Hubert Jaeges, Deputy, German Representative Office, Ramallah; Alexander Ebert, German Representative Office, Ramallah; Qais Abdul Karim, PLC Member for DFLP; Maria Cardoso, Portuguese Representative Office, Ramallah; Allam Jarrar, PNGO, Ramallah; Fadwa Shair, Ministry of Interior, Ramallah; Edger Motsisi, Diplomat, South African Representative Office, Ramallah; Royce Kuzwayo, Deputy Representative, Ramallah; Terry Bullata, Survival from Jerusalem; Hazem Kawasmi, Economist; Baker Abu Baker, Fateh; Saleh Ra’fat, FIDA; Abdallah Frangi, Fateh; Mutasem Al-Ashhab, Translator.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
9
Jun
2007
40 Years of Israeli Occupation PLO and Fateh Movement Where to??
Participants: Saleh Ra’fat, FIDA; Ahmed Soboh, MOFA; Qais Abdel Karim, DFLP; Baker Abu Baker, Fateh; Elias Sabbagh, Lawyer; Younis Al Khatib, Public Health PRCS; Haitham Al Hassan, PMC; Hammad Al Badarin, Fateh; Fadwa Barghouthi, Lawyer; Fadwa El-Shair, Ministry of Interior; Ayman Sbeih, Engineer; Saleh Hakawati; Tariq Jarrar, Executive Manager, Institute of Public Policy; Akram Musallam, Journalist; Haitham Yakhlef, Public Relations, Palestine Capital Market Authority Ramallah; Sameer Dwaikat, Lawyer; Jihad Alwazir, Deputy Government PMA; Majed Abdulfattah, Development; Abu Ala’ Mansour, Resistance of the Wall Committee; Firas Al Qawasmi; Khaled Mansour; Ruba Hilal; Abdel Jabar Barghouthi; Diana Buttu, Lawyer; Hadeel Qazzaz; Khadijeh Habashneh, Researcher; Omar Sulaiman, Fateh; Mohammad Kharise, Wasel Center; Sabri Saidam, Birzeit University; Loay Shabaneh, Head, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics; Muqbal Barghouti.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
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2
May
2007
The Eu's Policy on the Middle East
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.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
18
Apr
2007
Party Organization and Development التنظيمات الحزبية وتطورها
Speakers: Visiting Delegation of German Party Professionals
Participants: Diala Ghosheh, Student; Sameer Dwaikat, Lawyer; Naeem Salameh, Central Elections Committee; Jamela Awawdeh, Student; Dr. Jamal Muhaisen, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sport; Wafa Awad Akel, Fatah Women; Haitham Arar, Head of Women Affair Unit Ministry of Interior; Iman Takroore, Fatah Women; Arafat Abu Alia, Fatah; Laila Abu Baker, Fatah Women; Baker Abu Baker, Fatah Training Committee; Omar Fouad, Fatah Training Committee, Hanan Jarrar, Fatah Refugee Committee; Suhad Zahran, Al Quds Open University; Heam Shamasna, Teacher; Feryal Salah Al Deen; Najwa Audeh, General Manager; Khawlah Asker, Teacher; Hala Helo, Teacher; Mohammad Abu Meshret, Student; Hanady Yousef Shukri, Student; Munther Masalma, Student; Manar Najht Hamaeel, Student; Fadi Ahmad Hammad, Student; Banan Mohammad Cealak, Student; Maisoon Mahmoud, Student; Jalal Azzam, Student; Saadi Al Wahid; Abdel Jaber Barghouthy, General Director; Dr. Ali Abu Samer, Professor University; Dr. Mahmoud N. Shanaaq, Professor University; Saleh Alziq; Raja Nawateet, Student; Jafar Hamayel, Ministry of Interior; Rawan Nawateet, Student; Wisal Abu Alia, Student; Azmi Tbaish; Mohammad M. Hroub, University Lecturer; Sami Rammal, Biology Teacher; Moneer Aljaghoub, Employer; Ayoob Al.Tanbour, Employer; Fatima Faroun, Chairperson Shorouq Society for Women, Azariya Jerusalem; Ghayda Abu Zayyad, Student; Firas Dwikat, Student; Amal A. Khalife, Director of the Journalist Office; Rowaida Rabaiah, Student; Nisreen Al Wazani, Student; Mays Razzaz, Student; Ala' Zoghier, Engineer; Jawad Yahya, Politician; Fadwa Elshaer, Politician; Khuloud Hassouneh, Hebron; Irfat Noor Jaber, Student; Izz Eldden Tamimi, Hebron; Aiman Al Sharawi, Hebron; Wafa Sliman, Public Relations, Police Center, Ramallah; Raed Al Saify, Police Center; Moujieb Karajeh, Political Guidance Commission.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
6
Feb
2007
Non-Violent Political & Social Activism: Application to the Palestinian Case within its Political, Economic, Social and Religious Context.
Speakers: Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Director of the Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island, US
Participants: Stacy Barrios, Cultural Affairs Office; Amjad Shihab, Al-Quds University; Bishop Dr. Munib Younan, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan & the Holy Land; Dr. Avi Melech Ben Israel, Educator; Tarek Abu Ata, Director Love the Neighbor; Suzan Nammari, Senior Cultural Affairs Specialist, American Consul General; Mais Zuhaika, Project Officer, Youth Sector; Fouad Dakkak, Engineer; Jamal Al-Aref, Deputy Middle East Representative, ANERA; Rev. Sharon Key, Certified Nonviolence Trainer; Lina Masrouji, Assistant DGM, Jepharm.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
24
Jan
2007
The German EU Presidency 2007 – Opportunities and Challenges for EU Policy in the Middle East.
Speakers: Dr. Rolf Mützenich, Chairman of the SPD Working Group on the Middle East in the German Parliament, SPD Spokesperson for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.
Participants: Nazmi Al-Jubeh, Dir., Riwaq; Mazen Sinokrot, CEO Sinokrot Group; Sabri Saidam, Birzeit University; Fadwa El-Sha’er, Ministry of Interior; Hazem Kawasmi, GTZ; Saleh Rafat, FIDA; Nasser Al-Kidwa; Roland Friedrich; Ahmed Soboh, Deputy Minister, Foreign Affairs; Qais Abdel Karim, PLC Member; Hubert Jäges, Deputy Representative, German Rep. Office; John Ashley, Mai Namiki, Max Zonnemann, FES; Usama Antar, FES, Gaza; Lily Habash; Palestinian Women’s Forum, Hiba Husseini, Lawyer, Al-Mustakbal Foundation for Strategic & Policy Studies.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA
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6
Dec
2006
Military Judiciary System
Participants: Hanna Quflu, CPA, CFE; Ahmad Soboh, Deputy Minister Foreign Affairs; Waleed Al Hilou, Lawyer; Ahmad Damanhouri, Lawyer; Ahmad Mobayed, Judge of the Military High Court; Mahmoud Al-Ftaftah, researcher; Hajj Ismael Jaber, Assistant of the PA Military Chairman; Roland Friedrich, Fellow, DCAF; Fawzi Daoud Oddeh, Assistant of the Military Justice; Fadi Tawil, Escort.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of
PASSIA