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February 5,2011
BTD identifies dynamic activists from across the Arab world, works with them to build their capacity, and connects them with a global audience. On a trip to Damascus this week, BTD’s Regional...
February 4,2011
Today, Friday, marks the eleventh day of protests in Egypt. Starting the 25th of January, the demonstrations in Tahrir Sq., thought by many to be another one time demonstration, were treated...
January 31,2011
In the Spring of 2004, I had an opportunity to sit down with a Sadr sheik named Numanieh in Wassit, a province in south central Iraq, the Shia heartland of the Middle East.
It had...
January 31,2011
Bridging the Divide's partner activists often work with some of the toughest cases on the ground - those that have no one else to turn to for fear of imprisonment, or even death. Below are two...
January 18,2011
The time is drawing to a close where America can seemingly work at such cross purposes in the Middle East and North Africa.
For decades now it has found itself in the official embrace...
December 23,2010
(Some answers translated from Arabic by Paul Butler)
Azadeh Meshkaty: You are the Managing Director and considered the “father” of the Iraqi Association of Disability Organizations (...
December 21,2010
A recent New York Times article, Jack Healy's "In Seconds Before Blast, the Making of a Hero", suggests a rarity in Iraqi heroism, as it juxtaposes the violence and corruption in Iraq...
December 11,2010
We note that a television program sharing our name - Bridging the Divide - aired on December 10th and was narrated by Tom Brokaw. It asks some compelling questions about the state of our democracy...
November 23,2010
Burlington, Vermont - November 22, 2010.
Bridging the Divide, the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence and the Peace and Justice Center are partnering to host Khanim Raheem Latif...
November 17,2010
A delegation of persons with disabilities (PWDs) along with Moaffak Alkhafaji, Director of the Iraqi Alliance for Disability Organizations (IADO) met with representatives of UNAMI Bureau of Human...
November 11,2010
David Holdridge, President of Bridging the Divide, participated on a panel of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) practitioners titled "ICT for Development: A Vector of Innovation...
November 11,2010
Bridging the Divide has facilitated a partnership between the Fattouch Brothers foundation and Globus Relief (GR) to secure medication procurement to hospitals in the Bekaa valley....