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Please join us for the welcoming reception for Leaders for Democracy Fellows (LDF)
Tuesday April 28th
Starting at 11:30am
Metropolitan Building 5183
This event is for S-CAR community members only.
Space is limited, so please RSVP.
The program will start at 11:30am with a formal welcome from S-CAR and the Maxwell School who will then introduce the program. After LDF participants present an overview of their group, there will be a series of small group interactions with all community members around specific topics related to the Middle East.
LDF is a three month program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State (MEPI) and run by the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. It provides young professionals and emerging leaders from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) an opportunity and tools to create reforms within their home countries, particularly during these extremely challenging times.
We would like to welcome 23 emerging leaders from 12 countries across the MENA region, including Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, , Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Palestine, Israel, Tunisia and Yemen. Leaders are engaged back home in different civil society, political, and academic circles and committed to contributing to a better future in their countries and communities.
As we all know, the Middle East is going through critical political transitions with a painful reality in some countries. The reception is an opportunity for S-CAR community members to hear directly from these program participants about their realities, their commitments, and the challenges they are facing in the current situation. It is also a chance us to expand our networks and reaffirm our commitment to making a difference in the world, through the vast knowledge and remarkable experience this school has to offer.
For more information about the LDF program please see the link below.
This event is arranged by S-CAR PhD Student Fakhira Haloun
A 2010 LDF Alumni herself, Ms. Fakhira Halloun is a Palestinian citizen of Israel who is now supporting the LDF program in her capacity as the Washington D.C. program coordinator. She is also concurrently pursuing her doctoral degree at George Mason University's School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Her research focuses on the Palestinian Israeli conflict particularly on the Palestinian minority in Israel and their strategy of struggle to achieve collective rights in Israel. Before moving to D.C., Fakhira worked for years as an educator and advocate for human rights and democracy as well as a social and political feminist activist striving to bring about change in the status of Palestinian citizens of Israel. Fakhira has extensive professional experience in conflict transformation and specializes in facilitating dialogue between groups in conflicts. She has participated in numerous international training programs and conferences, and worked both in the Middle East and in the U.S. Fakhira holds a BA in social work and a Masters in criminology from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem.