Common Humanity
Peacemaking through Understanding, Respect and Friendship with the Middle East and the Muslim World
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Interview With Iraqi Artist Khalid
Alaani 20 Years After U.S. Invasion
In the two decades after the U.S. invasion of his homeland and
the chaos that followed, Iraqi Artist Khalid Alaani had continued
to express himself through painting. Join us for this half hour
interview as he discusses how that experience has influenced
his art and shares some of his new paintings. Click here.
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Interview with Iraqi Artist Danya Kubba
A conversation with Iraqi artist Danya Kubba. She discusses her work including her painting "Iraqi Mona Lisa, Shubab Queen Nour," below, which honors Danya's ancestors in ancient
Sumer, the so-called "Cradle of Civilization" in what is now southern Iraq.
See the beauty of Middle East art!
Join us for a discussion with Palestinian/Egyptian artist Arwa ElBoraei and see some of her beautiful paintings. Click above.
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Common Humanity Peace Channel
Previous Programs
A Discussion with Palestinian
Peacemaker Jonathan Kuttab
Long-time Palestinian Peacemaker Jonathan Kuttab describes his vision for peace and discusses his new book "Beyond the Two-State Solution." Click below
Buy a Poster or a Box of Blank Note Cards; Help Support a Middle East Artist! More here
Discover the Beauty of Middle East Art!
Visit our Gallery
Sending COVID Aid to Iran
U.S. sanctions have made it difficult for the people of Iran to receive the COVID preventative supplies and vaccines that they urgently need. Episcopal Bishop John Bryson Chane and long-time peace activist Doug Hostetter discuss their work delivering vaccines to Iran. Click below.
Left, Common Humanity Director Mel Lehman visited the Ommayad Mosque in Damascus, Syria.
Inside the Mosque is a Shrine to St. John the Baptist who is revered by Christians and Muslims. Click to read article.
Travel with us to Syria and learn how Common Humanity took 893 Christmas and New Year's cards from Americans to Damascus and Aleppo and brought back cards in return in 2018.
I Feel: Healing By Painting Refugee Art Together
A visit to a unique museum in Germany where German artists complete paintings begun by refugees. The program called "I Feel" helps refugees to overcome their anxieties and reshape their present and future by working with local artists to complete a painting together. Can you tell which is which? Click above.
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Reading Rumi Together Dr. Amir Akrami, a Professor in Tehran, Iran, and Rumi scholar and his long-time friend, Ed Martin, who led Mennonite peacemaking efforts for many years with Iran, discuss the poetry of the beloved Persian poet Rumi. Click below.
Click here other previous programs including "A Mennonite-Maronite Dialogue in Lebanon," "The Many Faces of Love in Palestinian Poetry," as well as programs on Iran, Vietnam, and Iraqi and Syrian art.
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