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Welcome to the Electronic Network for Arab-West Understanding, an ambitious project to establish a self-sustaining, specialized information network that will link together, through a multi-lingual web-based portal, a worldwide network of knowledge institutes and information repositories
“Heart of Jenin” – a deeply moving film
Father of Ahmed Khatib awarded Peace Prize 2010 of State of Hessen / Germany
You probably have heard the story of Ismael Khatib, the father whose 8 year old son Ahmed Khatib was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in Jenin / Palestine because they mistook his plastic toy gun for a real weapon.
After there was no more hope for Ahmed his father Ismael agreed to donate Ahmeds organs for other children to help save their lives. Among them were a Jewish Orthodox girl. 
For this Ismael Kahatib was awarded the peace prize of the State of Hessen in Germany in 2010.
Leon Geller and Marcus Vetter have made a moving film about this incident and how Ismael Khatib visited the children whose lives could be saved by the organs of his son.
This film is now available in German and French on arte-tv
A lot of tht dialogues are in Arabic so it may be interesting to Arabic audience also.
The film moved me very much because it showed the dimensions of the Israeli / Palestine conflict from both sides and how a father walks the way of peace instead of revenge.
Faith and reason are both gifts of God to mankind
The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (Vatican) and the Centre for Inter-religious Dialogue of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organisation (Tehran, Iran) held their sixth Colloquium in Rome from 28 - 30 April 2008 under the joint presidency of His Eminence Cardinal Jean-Louis TAURAN, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, and His Excellency Dr. Mahdi MOSTAFAVI, President of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organisation.
Read more: Faith and reason are both gifts of God to mankind
Bad start of new year for Christians in Egypt
(Alexandria, EGYPT) - Twenty-one people are dead and eighty-three injured in an apparent suicide attack outside a Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, Egypt. The bombing occurred during the New Year’s Eve mass at the Saint Paul and Peter Church, just twenty minutes into the new year...
JORDAN TIMES (English), June 5, 2008
Prince Hassan inaugurates ‘Electronic Network for Arab-West Understanding'
AMMAN (JT) - HRH Prince Hassan on Thursday said we are in danger of losing our most precious heritage: The heritage of a shared faith with all its glorious spiritual, intellectual and cultural manifestations throughout more than 2,000 years.