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#PeerTalks with Prof. Eyal Zisser on "Syria"
Prof. Eyal Zisser is the Vice-Rector of Tel Aviv University and the Yona and Dina Ettinger Chairholder in Contemporary History of the Middle East. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities 2010-2015, the Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies 2007-2010, and the Head of the Department of Middle Eastern and African History. Prof. Zisser wrote extensively on the history and the modern politics of Syria and Lebanon and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Among his books: Assad’s Syria at a Crossroads (Tel Aviv, 1999); Asad’s Legacy – Syria in Transition (New York, 2000); Lebanon: the Challenge of Independence (London, 2000); Faces of Syria (Tel Aviv, 2003) Commanding Syria, Bashar al-Asad’s First years in Power (London, 2006); The Bleeding Cedar (Tel Aviv, 2009), Syria: Protest, Revolution, Civil War (Tel Aviv, 2014).
Prof. Zisser received his Ph.D. from Tel Aviv University. He was a visiting professor at Cornell University and a visiting research fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
#Syria #CivilWar
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#PeerTalks with Professor Amatzia Baram on " The Present Challenges of Iraq "
Dr. Baram is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Middle East Studies, University of Haifa. In 1986 He was awarded the Ph.D. degree at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for a dissertation on Ba’thi Iraq. Since then, Dr. Baram has been teaching at the Universities of Jerusalem, Haifa, and Georgetown. Dr. Baram served as a Senior Associate Member at St. Antony’s College, Oxford, resident senior fellow three times at the Woodrow Wilson Center, twice at the US Institute of Peace, once at the Brookings Institute, and the Rockefeller Foundation’s Center in Bellagio. In 2009 he lectured to US officers at Fort Leavenworth. At the University of Haifa, he served as Chairman of the Department of Middle East History, Director of the Jewish-Arab Center and the Institute for Middle East Studies, founder and Head of the Center for Iraq Studies, and co-founder and Head of the Ezri Center. Since 1986 Baram has been occasionally advising the US government during the Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations about Iraq and the Gulf. His book Saddam Husayn and Islam 1968-2003 (WWC and Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014) used extensively Saddam’s secret personal archive 1979-2003.
#Iraq #Challenges
#PeerTalks with Leena Hashir (Urdu)
Leena Hashir is a known columnist and blogger. For her, writing was a process of self-discovery. She emerged on the scene a few years ago with her own blogging site. With time, as her lighthearted and satirical pieces gained popularity, she joined the Samaa TV network and started contributing her blogs to their Urdu website. She also wrote for the Saach TV website during that time. At a later stage, she joined Humsub.
Leena started with writing satires but gradually shifted her focus to highlight the tragic state of society. Her rendition has been heart-wrenching and touched the most sensitive chords. Her column on the killing of Aneeqa Khalid by her father just because she could not make her around bread highlighted the cruel face of our society. The column became enormously popular. A short film was made on that column that got a lot of critical accolades.
Then came her column on “khawaja saraa ka marney key baad apni maa ko khat”. The column was published on Humsub and broke all records. On the very first day of its publication, 100,000 read it on the website alone. It's sharing on Facebook was like a jungle fire. It was shared so many times that Facebook thought of it as spam and blocked it only to open it later realizing their misunderstanding. Its text sharing on YouTube crossed one million views in three days. According to a safe estimate, nearly 3 million readers have read it on social media and it has been appreciated globally. It is by far the most popular column in the history of Pakistan print and electronic media. A film is currently underway based on this very column.
Leena Hashir is one of the most popular names on social media and her contribution to bringing to light the most sensitive issues has made quite an impact. She has succeeded in changing how people perceive and think about the marginalized sections of society. For her, that is what writing is all about.
#LeenaHashir #Interview
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#PeerTalks with Shaheen Chishti on "Holocaust" (Urdu)
Shaheen Is an Indian British author, world peace advocate, and thought leader. Shaheen is a member of the London Literary Society and of the Muslim-Jewish Forum in London. He is also the founder of the Jewish Islamic International Peace Society. The genealogy of Syed Shaheen Chishti goes back to Hazrat Ali, cousin of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). Syed Shaheen Chishti is also a descendant of the revered Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, whose shrine also known as the Ajmer Sharif Dargah. Shaheen studied in Mayoor School, Ajmer before moving to London with his family at the age of 15. In London, he went to Holland Park School where he completed his secondary education. Thereafter he pursued a degree in Accountancy from London Guildhall University, to become a professionally qualified accountant. He presently lives in London.
#Holocaust #Jews
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#PeerTalks on Tehreek e Labbaik Pakistan
Peer Syed Mudassir Nazar Shah and Nameera Raja discussing Tehreek e Labbaik Pakistan, its history, present situation, and the future.
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#TLP #TehreekLabbaik
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#PeerTalks with DR. THOMAS CLOUGH DAFFERN on "Understanding Peace"
Dr. Thomas has spent many years teaching comparative religious studies, theology, peace studies, global ethics, history of science, and comparative philosophy to adults, children, and university students. He has worked at the University of London and Oxford teaching religious studies and also at the senior level as a secondary school teacher in religious studies and philosophy. He has traveled and lectured in some 35 countries and has received several international awards for his work in education. Co-chaired 30 meetings in the House of Lords on ethics and policy. Spoken twice at UN HQ in New York on peace studies and academic development. He has exploited new media teaching avenues in full with film and audio classes outreach and is currently writing a tripartite historical commentary on the Qur’an, the New Testament, and the Jewish bible to facilitate peacemaking in the Middle East. He has combined a lifetime of scholarship with peace activism and have coordinated International Philosophers and Historians for Peace and Global Responsibility for many years as well as running an Institute that specializes in peace research and the scientific study of comparative global philosophical and religious traditions (International Institute of Peace Studies and Global Philosophy). Currently working on numerous publications and academic projects. I also coordinate the World intellectual Forum (HQ in India) for Europe.
#Understanding #Peace
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Blasphemy in Pakistan
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#Blasphemy #Pakistan
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#PeerTalks on The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD, also known as the Quad)
Peer Syed Mudassir Shah and Nameera Raja discussed the QUAD and its impacts on Pakistan
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD, also known as the Quad) is an informal strategic dialogue between the United States, Japan, Australia, and India maintained by talks between member countries. The dialogue was initiated in 2007 by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, with the support of Vice President Dick Cheney of the US, Prime Minister John Howard of Australia, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India. The dialogue was paralleled by joint military exercises of an unprecedented scale, titled Exercise Malabar. The diplomatic and military arrangement was widely viewed as a response to increased Chinese economic and military power, and the Chinese government responded to the Quadrilateral dialogue by issuing formal diplomatic protests to its members.
#QuadAllaince #China
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#PeerTalks with Yitzhak Sokoloff on Israel Elections 2021
Yitzhak Sokoloff is a political analyst, educator, and veteran Israeli tour guide, and the President of Keshet Educational Journeys. A graduate of Columbia University, he taught Political Science and Jewish Philosophy at Hebrew University and is a Rennert Fellow for Jerusalem Studies at Bar Ilan University. Yitzhak served in both the Golani Brigade of the IDF and the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office. He has briefed members of Congress and their staff and senior media executives on the practice of incitement in the Palestinian media and has appeared as a political analyst on television and radio programs in the United States, Canada, and Israel. Yitzhak lectures widely on political, strategic, and legal issues relating to Zionism and Judaism, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israeli and Palestinian societies' political culture, and military ethics.
#Israel #Elections2021
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#PeerTalks with Seth J. Vogelman on Holy Sites of Israel
Seth J. Vogelman is currently the Director, Trade for Atid, EDI, a business consulting firm located in Jerusalem, Israel.
The firm’s leading clients include Pennsylvania, Delaware, Illinois, New Mexico, and Ukraine, for whom the company serves as their Middle East Regional Office. He is responsible for the daily coordination of local office activities in Israel, Turkey, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, North Africa, the Arabian Gulf, Pakistan, and Egypt. To this end, he helped to create and maintain a national and regional marketing system for the promotion of American exports.
Mr. Vogelman also produces The Fortnightly, a newsletter on economic and business development in Israel and the Middle East that is distributed internationally. Mr. Vogelman has experience in both the construction field and on collective agricultural settlements, where he was extensively involved in organic/biological agriculture. As a citizen of Israel, Mr. Vogelman is a retired Captain (res.) in the Israel Defense Forces, having served with the I.D.F. Spokesperson. He is also the president of the American Civil War Round Table in Israel. He currently resides in Maale Adumim, Israel
#HolySites #Israel
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#PeerTalks with Naima Hassan on "COVID-19 and Mental Health"
Naima Hassan is a renowned Mental health professional, Trauma counseling expert. Naima has provided stress counseling services in more than 15 countries, Having more than two decades of practicing experience in trauma counseling, Stress Counselling, family n marital counseling. She is the author of more than 200 articles, an expert in conducting training on different topics.
#MentalHealth #COVID19
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#PeerTalks with Seth J. Vogelman on Abrahamic Accord - Treaty of Peace
Seth J. Vogelman is currently the Director, Trade for Atid, EDI, a business consulting firm located in Jerusalem, Israel.
The firm’s leading clients include Pennsylvania, Delaware, Illinois, New Mexico, and Ukraine, for whom the company serves as their Middle East Regional Office. He is responsible for the daily coordination of local office activities in Israel, Turkey, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, North Africa, the Arabian Gulf, Pakistan, and Egypt.
To this end, he helped to create and maintain a national and regional marketing system for the promotion of American exports.
Mr. Vogelman also produces The Fortnightly, a newsletter on economic and business development in Israel and the Middle East that is distributed internationally. Mr. Vogelman has experience in both the construction field and on collective agricultural settlements, where he was extensively involved in organic/biological agriculture. As a citizen of Israel, Mr. Vogelman is a retired Captain (res.) in the Israel Defense Forces, having served with the I.D.F. Spokesperson.
He is also the president of the American Civil War Round Table in Israel. He currently resides in Maale Adumim, Israel
#AbrahamicAccord #Israel
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#PeerTalks with Nameera Raja, Ruhani Barkat, and Hiba Ikram about "Aurat March" on International women's day
Namira Raja is Mental Health Worker and Counselor, she is Gold Medalist during her Master's in Psychology. Currently working as a counselor with different channels and Public Relations Executive with Pakistan Sweet Home Islamabad. Coming from an interior area of Sindh Jacobabad, she always had an urge to change the mindsets and stereotypical thoughts of the area by giving physical and mental awareness to them.
Roohani Barkat hailing from Gilgit Baltistan has completed her graduation in Economics and currently working at S& Global. She has been actively volunteering with the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and Youth & Women for Peace and Dialogue (YWPD). Currently, under S&P Global’s Corporate Social Responsibility, she is part of the Million Women Mentors (MWM) Program taskforce.
Hiba Ikram, a Generation Change Fellow of USIP (United States Institute of Peace), is a social sciences graduate and a development professional. Hiba is Vice President of an NGO, ‘Beydaar Society,’ co-runs a digital media venture, ‘Opportunity Nest’. She is a passionate peace activist and has worked for the cause on various platforms.
#AuratMarch #InternationalWomensDay
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#PeerTalks with Dr. Moshe Terdiman on Environment and Islam
Dr. Moshe Terdiman is an expert on environmental security in the Arab and Muslim world and in Africa as well as on religions and the environment and interfaith environmental collaboration. Currently, Dr. Terdiman is a research fellow at the Forum for Regional Thinking and the Ezri Center for Persian Gulf Studies at the University of Haifa. He is also the co-founder and director of the Institute for Environmental Security and Well-being Studies and the founder and director of the Research on Islam and Muslims in Africa.
#Environment #Islam
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Insights to U.S. Govt Exchange programs in Pakistan - #PeerTalks with Lisa Swenarski
Lisa Swenarski Cultural Affairs Officer
Lisa Swenarski arrived in Islamabad as the Cultural Affairs Officer in June 2019, after completing a master’s degree program at the Air War College. In her 18-year career with the State Department, she has served in New Delhi, Kabul, Jeddah, Cairo, Quito, and Managua. Before joining the Department, she was the director of the press office at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
She is a San Francisco native and earned her bachelor’s from San Francisco State University in journalism and a master’s from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Her spouse, Alan Herrera, is an eligible family member in the Facilities Section, and they have one adult daughter.
#USA #ExchangePrograms
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#PeerTalks on "Ali Sadpara" with Mazoor Ameen
Muhammad Ali Sadpara (born February 2nd, 1976) is a Pakistani mountaineer. He was part of the team that successfully achieved the first-ever winter summit on Nanga Parbat in 2016. Both his teammates, Alex Txikon and Simone Moro, have gone on record stating that they could not have done it without Sadpara's brilliance. He had successfully climbed four eight-thousanders in a calendar year and a total of eight in his career. Sadpara and his son, Sajid Sadpara, who had climbed K2 in 2019, teamed up with Icelandic mountaineer John Snorri Sigurjónsson, and Chilean mountaineer Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto, for a joint K2 ascent, leaving the highest camp on the evening of February 4th, 2021. Sajid had to come back because of a technical issue leaving the others at the Bottleneck, close to the summit. His father, Snorri and Mohr kept climbing up, but they didn't come back by night as planned. A rescue mission with two army helicopters was organized on February 6th. The three climbers are still missing.
Manzoor Ameen (A student of tourism and youth activist), is a neighbor of Ali Sadpara and explains his bond with Ali as a Chota Bhai (Younger Brother).
#AliSadpara #K2
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#PeerTalks with Irina Tsukerman on "Iran and the USA"
Irina Tsukerman is the Vice President of Timberwolf Phoenix LLP, a US-based media, security, and defense consultancy. She is a human rights lawyer and national security analyst, who had graduated from Fordham University with degrees in International/Intercultural Studies and Middle East Studies, and received her JD from Fordham University School of Law. Irina is also an adviser to the London-based International Justice Organization, a spokesperson for the Gulf Israel Human Rights Forum, and the secretary of the New York-based cultural organization Moroccan Americans in New York. Irina has written and commented extensively on information warfare, geopolitics, US foreign policy, and MENA for a variety of domestic and international media and think-tanks; she has briefed members of Congress on foreign policy issues, including Iran, security, and human rights; and her work has been translated to Arabic, Farsi, Turkish, Kurdish, Azerbaijani, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Indonesian, Chinese, and Russian.
#Iran #USA
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#PeerTalks with Dr. Moshe Terdiman on Religions and Environment
Dr. Moshe Terdiman is an expert on environmental security in the Arab and Muslim world and in Africa as well as on religions and the environment and interfaith environmental collaboration. Currently, Dr. Terdiman is a research fellow at the Forum for Regional Thinking and the Ezri Center for Persian Gulf Studies at the University of Haifa. He is also the co-founder and director of the Institute for Environmental Security and Well-being Studies and the founder and director of the Research on Islam and Muslims in Africa.
#Environment #Religions
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#PeerTalks with H.E. Abdul Kadir Ibrahim on "Understanding Somalia"
Abdulkadir Sheikh Ali Ibrahim Baghdadi is an intellectual who holds a master's degree in Islamic Philosophy. He comes from a leading Sufi family of Somalia. Baghdadi held many political and administrative positions.
- Minister of State for Presidential Affairs - 2018.
- Minister of State for Justice and Judicial Affairs - 2017
- Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs - 2015
- Deputy Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Culture – 2011.
- Director-General of the Ministry of Justice and Judicial Affairs
- 2008, and Director of Religious Affairs and Endowments
- 2005. He is also a member of the Somali Federal Parliament since 2009.
#Somalia #Sufism
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#PeerTalks with Tajdar Zaidi on " Marsiya" Marsiya is an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hussain ibn Ali (A.S.) and his comrades of the Karbala.
Tajdar Zaidi is a narrator/storyteller/voiceover artist who has a regular appearance on different media forums. He co-founded Qissakhwaan in 2014 to promote storytelling and literature. He has a special interest in Marsiya Goi as a genre of Urdu Adab.
#Marsiya #TajdarZaidi
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