Al-Liqa’ Center for Religious and Heritage Studies in the Holy Land

The Arab Christian and Muslim Heritage Conference in the Holy Land

Christian – Muslim Dialogue Conference
21st Session
13-15 August 2009

Titled
Building Confidence between the Arab and Muslims World and the West
 Past Experiences and Future Horizons

Conference Program:

First Day: Thursday 13 August 2009

15:00-16:00

Registration

16:00-17:00

Opening Ceremony

17:00-17:45

Refreshments 

17:45-19:00

 

Lecture: Relations of the Arabs and the West in the Pre – Islamic  Period

Speaker: Dr. Geries S. Khoury
Moderator: Prof. Ab’d al-Rahman Abbad

19:00-20:15

 

Lecture:Relations between the Arab and Muslim Worlds and the  West at the beginning of the Islamic Period.

Speaker: Dr. Muhsin Yousef
Moderator: Prof. Ibrahim Abu Jaber

20:15-21:15

Dinner

Second Day: Friday 14 August 2009

8:00-9:00

Breakfast

9:00-10:00

Lecture: Relations between the Arab and Muslim worlds and the West in the Umayyad Period

Speaker: Dr. Jamal Juda
Moderator: Dr. Peter Qumri

10:00-11:00

Lecture: Relations between the Arab and Muslim worlds and the West in the Abbasid Period

Speaker: Dr. Sa'ied al-Bishawi
Moderator: Dr. Hasan Al-Silwadi

11:00-11:20

Coffee Break

11:20-12:20

Lecture: Arabic and Muslim Relations with the West in the Andulisian (Spanish) Period

Speaker: Dr. Omar Shalabi
Moderator: Dr. Ibrahim Abu Hashhash

13:00-14:00

Lunch Break

14:00-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00-17:10

Lecture: The Crusade Wars and its Impact on Muslim Christian Relations

Speaker: Dr. Atallah Qubti
Moderator: Ms. Hanadi Soudah Younan

17:10-18:20

Lecture: Relations between Arab and Muslim worlds and the West in the Ottoman Period

Speaker:  Dr. Tayseer Jbara
Moderator: Mr. Mousa Darwish

18:20-18:50

Break

18:50-20:00

Lecture:The Impact of the Sykes Picot and the Balfour Declaration on Arab and Western Relations

Speaker: Dr. Hammad Hussein
Moderator: Dr. Walid Mustafa

20:00-21:00

Dinner

Third Day: Saturday 15 August 2009

8:00-9:00

Breakfast

9:00 - 10:15

Panel: What is the Relation between Arabs and the West: Conflict or Dialogue?

Speakers: Dr. Bernard Sabella
                   Dr. Alexander Scott
Moderator: Dr. Ibrahim Sha’ban   

10:15 - 11:30

Panel: The Role of Religious Thought in Building Confidence between the Arab World and the West

Speakers: Fr. Dr. Rafiq Khoury
                   Dr. Hamzeh Theeb
Moderator: Attorney Ali Rafe’  

11:30-12:00

Break

12:00-13:30

Panel: How to Build Confidence between Arabs and the West

Speakers: Prof. Thiab Ayyoush
              Dr. Willy Rellecke
Moderator: Prof. Qustandi Al-Shomali

13:30-14:00

Summaries and final communiqué of the conference

14:00-15:00

Lunch and Departure