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Eid Al-Adha Mubarak from Open Hands Initiative

عيد مبارك من مبادرة الأيدي المفتوحة عيد مبارك من مبادرة الأيدي المفتوحة! ونتمنى لأصدقائنا من مختلف أنحاء العالم احتفال سعيد بعيد الأضحى المبارك! November 16 marks Eid Al-Adha (literally “Festival of Sacrifice”), an important Muslim holiday that falls after the end of Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Open Hands wishes our friends from around the […]

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Can a Superhero Conquer Prejudice and Create Understanding?

As a child, I was fascinated by comic books. The epic stories of good versus evil in a world parallel to our own captured my imagination and established a youthful ideal of justice I still possess. My old Spider-man, X-Men and Thor comics are now in storage somewhere, trapped in plastic sleeves, their well read […]

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Diplomacy, Literally Speaking

While the 21st century has brought to the world a new era of interconnectedness and openness, what we are learning is that barriers to greater understanding and trust remain. Language, culture, religion, and political differences are just a few of the forces that continue to divide us, within countries and across borders. We can’t advertise […]

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Extending Our Hands

“We will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.” – US President Barack Obama, Cairo 2009 Like many people around the world, I was inspired by President Obama’s landmark speech in Cairo, Egypt. That speech marked the beginning of a long-overdue dialogue between the United States and the people of the […]