1001 Stories of Common Ground

In 1975, a student in Cairo University challenges former president Anwar Al-Sadat over the removal of an imam from a major mosque. He tells the president that he was surrounded by “hypocrites”. In days, no one dared to address the president with anything other than hypocritical words of praise. Such bravery costed him his residency at Al Kasr Alainy Hospital, which is a very high price to pay for a medical student.

USA Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats and Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Jose W. Fernandez met September 26, 2011  with senior economic officials from Algeria, Tunisia, and representatives from the Moroccan and Mauritanian Embassies on  the margins of the World Bank-International Monetary Fund meeting, under the auspices of the U.S. – North Africa Partnership for Economic Opportunity.

Raising awareness about how to stay away from unlawful Internet content is the focus of the Internet Society Tunisian Chapter launched, on Saturday 2 July 2011, an awareness campaign on Safer Internet Use.

The Chapter Chairman Khaled Koubaa announced that the campaign, in which took part the Secretariat of State to Technology, National Information Technology Security Agency (ANSI) and Microsoft company, will be continuing for 7 months until 7 February 2012, the date of the celebration of the World Safer Internet Day.

Positive Change in Action contest winners announced!

We are pleased to announce the winners of 1001 Stories of Common Ground’s Positive Change in Action competition. Selected for their photos, videos and written pieces showing positive change in the Arab world in a constructive way, winning entries highlighted joint Christian-Muslim efforts to help refugees, women working together in Tahrir Square in Egypt, men and women in Morocco speaking out about women’s rights, and new initiatives to empower women in Lebanon.