President Trump’s Recognition of Jerusalem It was the shot heard round-the-world. President Donald Trump, on December 6, 2017, recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel....
Learning Nonviolent Direct Action with the International Solidarity Movement Life in Palestine is a daily reminder of the Israeli occupation. As a scholar studying the process of indigenous...
Sulha Traditional Arabic Conflict Resolution: A Conversation with Elias Jabbour One of the themes I sought to explore during my time in the Middle East focused on indigenous processes...
My Internship Sweet Spot Internships can be stressful. It might feel like you have two feet in different worlds: one in a domain...
Networking with Attention to Detail In the last two entries, I discussed the process and substance of a crowdfunding campaign designed to raise awareness...
Crowdfunding for Arab Communities in Israel I designed a crowdfunding campaign to draw attention to a serious concern often overlooked in Arab communities in Israel,...
Once Upon a Crowdfunding Campaign Funding efforts at an NGO never cease to be a priority (as discussed in a previous post). To develop...
Feedback is a Two-Way Street Not all feedback is good feedback. At times, criticism may be mistaken for feedback coming across as flat, generic,...
Minding Your Own Bias For many people, a scenario involving uncertainty is not hard to imagine. After all, we never quite know how...
Embracing Openness and Flexibility in Conflict Resolution Forrest Gump, a movie released in 1994 with Tom Hanks cast in the title role, offered audiences an inspirational...