Tag Archive for: Middle East

Aasma Shaukat: Cancer Researcher
Green Card Voices released a book about immigrants in Minnesota who are engaged in STEM careers. We feature four of them in excerpted form in this Innovators issue.

Women Forging Peace
Photo by Sarah Whiting
Muslim, Jewish, and Christian women…

2018 Changemaker: Asma Mohammed
Photo by Sarah Whiting
Asma Mohammed wants Muslim women to…

BookShelf: Seeding for Change
Marly Cornell (Courtesy Photo)
As an author, ghostwriter,…

Called to Syria
It was 2015 and millions of refugees were arriving on the…

Rebranding her faith
Hanadi Chehabeddine (photo by Terri Peterson Smith)
Hanadi…

Women Wage Peace
Women Wage Peace, which was founded on the premise that Israeli and Palestinian people had lost hope that there would ever be an agreement, and that women could change that attitude by instilling hope in the population.

Art across cultures: Hend Al-Mansour’s images convey messages to audiences in the Middle East and in America
Hend A l-Mansour (photo Marissa Blahnik)
"I never thought…

Trees of reconciliation
"I was distressed about particularly the outcome of our involvement in Iraq. This seemed like something small that I could do to contribute in a positive way."

2011 Changemaker: Global Women’s Leadership Convening
"The bold question [for the café conversation] was 'how do we prepare and propel more women into leadership roles in public life and civil society?'"

Choobideh & lefse
"Ever since I was little my dad and my grandparents have been telling me about Iran. ... I've started understanding that not all laws are just and not all people are treated equal. [It's] an issue I've become very passionate about."