Mohammed Abu-Nimer:
"Interfaith Dialogue: Limitations and Possibilities in the Middle East and in U.S / Muslim Relations"
Monday, January 22, 2007, 4:00-6:00 pm
Jones Room, Woodruff Library, Emory University

Consultation: Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Time: 10am-12pm
Location: Callaway Memorial Center S423

Mohammed Abu-Nimer
Associate professor, American University's School of International Service in International Peace and Conflict Resolution (Washington, DC), and Director of Peacebuilding and Development Institute, American University

Mohammed Abu-Nimer is an expert on conflict resolution and dialogue for peace and has conducted research on conflict resolution and dialogue for peace among Palestinians and Jews in Israel; Israeli-Palestinian conflict; application of conflict resolution models in Muslim communities; interreligious conflict resolution training; interfaith dialogue; and evaluation of conflict resolution programs. As a practitioner, he has been intervening and conducting conflict resolution training workshops in many conflict areas around the world, including: Palestine, Israel, Egypt, Northern Ireland, Philippines (Mindanao), Sri Lanka, U.S., and other areas.

He has published articles on these subjects in the Journal of Peace Research; Journal of Peace and Change, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, and in various edited books. His most recent books include: Nonviolence and Peacebuilding in Islam, University press of Florida, 2003, and Unity in Diversity: Interfaith Peacebuilding in Middle East, USIP, 2007. Abu-Nimer is the co-founder and co-editor of the new Journal of Peacebuilding and Development.

Profile: http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/facultybiographies/abunimer.htm