Asfar is continuing with a series of Digital Talks which will be hosted by a diverse group of experts from their field of expertise, followed by a brief question and answer session, altogether lasting around 45 minutes. Digital Talks: ‘The (dis)connections between counterterrorism and peacebuilding: a look at different country experiences‘ by Louis Monroy-Sandander, Faculty … Continued
Asfar is continuing with a series of Digital Talks which will be hosted by a diverse group of experts from their field of expertise, followed by a brief question and answer session, altogether lasting around 45 minutes. There will be these Digital Talks hosted in July. Digital Talks: Eradicating Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Kenya by Michael … Continued
Asfar is continuing with a series of Digital Talks which will be hosted by a diverse group of experts from their field of expertise, followed by a brief question and answer session, altogether lasting around 45 minutes. There will be 3 Digital Talks hosted in June. Digital Talks: Conflict Resolution and the Spiritual Realm in post-conflict … Continued
Asfar and our European Solidarity Corps Volunteers have launched our new online micro-project: Digital Coffee: Stay at home but stay in touch. Digital Coffee is an opportunity for young people on our programmes, especially members of the RESOLVE: Network to keep in touch with fellow members and friends in other countries through digital platforms. To … Continued
12th March 2020 Dear all participants on our programmes, Since January 2019, the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has become a serious health issue that requires individuals, communities, organisations and Governments to adapt and change their working patterns and social behaviours on a daily basis to prevent the virus spreading any further. Every day, there is some new … Continued
My experience on a Asfar conflict resolution training programme abroad. An interview with Emma Knight Emma participated in an Asfar international reconciliation programme called Betzavta in December 2017 and March 2018 to develop her skills both as a team leader and to manage conflict situations. How did you hear about it and … Continued
Child Marriage is still an ever-present issue throughout the world, and is most widely known and understood in Africa and the Middle East by the general public, but in Europe and the wider Western countries knowledge of child marriage in the Caucasus is limited. There is a lack of information and awareness of the causes … Continued
Between June and September 2016, Asfar organised 7 Erasmus+ funded youth exchanges, including to Turkey, Israel, Macedonia, Serbia, Azerbaijan and Bulgaria, as part of Erasmus+ Evropa2Evraziis; Europe, Gallipoli and the Arab Revolt and S4C. Erasmus+ is an EU funded transnational learning scheme providing a wide range of educational opportunities for young people, including: Youth Exchanges; … Continued
Check out Asfar’s latest video about Erasmus+ Europe, Gallipoli and the Arab Revolt programme, when we hosted in London earlier this year.
5th March-10th May 2016 The Kufi Exhibition held at the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum, 5th March to 10th May 2016, included a wide range of Arabic, Maghribi and Osmanlica (Ottoman Turkish) Kufi Qu’ranic manuscripts and examples of calligraphy with a particular focus on the how Andalusian Islamic culture influence the wider Islamic world. … Continued
Check out Erasmus+ Dynamo YE e-Film now online!
During 2015, Asfar held its first EU Erasmus+ Youth Exchange programmes. Organising 4 Youth Exchanges activities throughout the year in Istanbul, Turkey; Amman, Jordan; Jerusalem, Israel; and London, UK, providing cultural learning and international opportunities for over 30 young people in 2015: to participate in inter-cultural activities; learn about the EU, citizenship and human rights; … Continued
March 2015, saw the first Asfar Erasmus+ Youth Exchange, Inspire Europe, occur in Istanbul, following over 6 months preparation to bring young people aged 18 to 30, together in a unique cultural and learning experience. 20 young people from the UK and Turkey, were able to meet, engage, learn about each other’s’ cultures, develop new … Continued
Welcome to Asfar’s December 2014 edition of our e-Journal. Our Editors, Writers and Contributors have been working hard over the last 4 months to bring this fascinating edition to all of our readers. With a slightly new look, Asfar’s e-Journal continues to develop in leap and bounds. Asfar’s December 2014 e-Journal, has evolved, unintentionally, into … Continued
With further discord occurring within the Middle East, extending and crossing borders and a new chapter in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict upon unfolding, it has never been more important to show and promote the other side of the region: namely the People, as well as its diverse culture, history and geography etc. Living outside of the … Continued
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