alestinian children play in front of their destroyed homes in Beit Hanoun town following the Israel airstrikes in Gaza in mid-May 2021.SOPA Images

As Palestinians Rebuild Following the Latest War Between Israel and Hamas, Housing Will Take Center Stage

June 3, 2021

Gazan architect Salem al Qudwa, 2020-21 Fellow in Conflict and Peace at HDS, and contributor to a new book called Open Gaza: Architectures of Hope, has developed a green, flexible, and affordable model for self-built homes in Gaza. They are designed to be constructed on sand and rubble, and can create a “nurturing and safe environment for women and children, and to empower communities.”

Mosab Abu Toha. Photo by Harvard Gazette

Danger in Creating an English-Language Library in Gaza

March 11, 2020

Poet, teacher, librarian, and Harvard Scholar at Risk Mosab Abu Toha is doing important work for the people of Gaza and beyond. He is one of Harvard Divinity School's Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative Fellows this year.

‘Beyond Wishful Thinking’: Peace Building in the Middle East

February 11, 2020

On January 3, the United States launched a drone attack that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, whom United States officials said was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition soldiers. Soleimani’s killing prompted a retaliatory attack by Iran on an American base in Iraq, during which a Ukrainian passenger jet was mistakenly shot down, killing 176 people on board.... Read more about ‘Beyond Wishful Thinking’: Peace Building in the Middle East

Pope Francis' Sinful and Prophetic Church

February 14, 2019

Being holy is never a private thing; it is also a matter of being a good neighbor, messenger of peace, a healer and servant, a builder of community, particularly across religious borders, writes Professor Frank Clooney.

Confronting the New Face of Terror

February 20, 2017

Steven Simon’s warning in the January 4, 2000, edition of the New York Times was like cold water in the face of Americans still bleary-eyed from partying like it was 1999.... Read more about Confronting the New Face of Terror

Poetry, Conflict, and Context

October 13, 2015

Eliza Griswold has traveled the world researching conflicts.

Over the summer, The New York Times Magazine published her article "Is This the End of Christianity in the Middle East?" For her first book, The Tenth Parallel, she spent years traveling in Africa and Asia along the fault line where Christianity and Islam intersect and interact.... Read more about Poetry, Conflict, and Context

Finding 'a Solution to Closed Doors'

March 5, 2013

At HDS, a female Muslim law judge describes how she advanced in a patriarchal field.

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As Palestinians Rebuild Following the Latest War Between Israel and Hamas, Housing Will Take Center Stage

Danger in Creating an English-Language Library in Gaza

‘Beyond Wishful Thinking’: Peace Building in the Middle East

Pope Francis' Sinful and Prophetic Church

Confronting the New Face of Terror

Poetry, Conflict, and Context

Finding 'a Solution to Closed Doors'

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