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Author: Eskandar Ataallah

This Summer 2026 edition of the Salam Institute Newsletter highlights recent initiatives, research, publications, and partnerships advancing forgiveness education, interreligious peacebuilding, regional reconciliation, and locally grounded approaches to peace across the Arab region and beyond. Featured updates include the call for conference abstracts in partnership with the University of Jordan, the launch of new Pathways to...

Artificial Intelligence, Digital Tools and Forgiveness    Perspective on the Potential of AI in the Fields of Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Peacebuilding    Forgiveness as we define it in Salam Institute is a voluntary process of transforming negative emotions, thoughts, and attitudes toward an offender into more constructive responses, without denying the harm or abandoning the pursuit of justice....

  Salam Institute for Peace and Justice is honored to share its 2023 Annual Report, documenting a year dedicated to laying stronger foundations for sustainable peace, forgiveness, and community engagement through education and dialogue. During 2023, Salam expanded its peacebuilding initiatives by investing in research, developing educational resources, supporting regional cooperation, and facilitating conversations that address conflict,...

  Salam Institute for Peace and Justice is pleased to present its 2024 Annual Report, highlighting a year of expanding partnerships, strengthening educational initiatives, and advancing practical approaches to peacebuilding and reconciliation across the Arab region and beyond. Throughout 2024, Salam continued to promote forgiveness education, conflict transformation, and inclusive dialogue through research, capacity-building programs, regional collaborations,...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Five local sessions were held in Libya, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and Palestine to analyze the roots and contexts of hate speech in national settings. Six regional sessions were also organized to develop joint recommendations, identify priority areas of intervention, and produce a regional policy paper. This process resulted in building a collective vision and an...

Building sustainable peace requires more than political agreements; it depends on the abilitisy of communities to rebuild trust, restore relationships, and create pathways for reconciliation after periods of conflict and division. Across the Arab region, local actors—including community leaders, civil society organizations, tribal mediators, women, and youth—have played a critical role in fostering dialogue and...

This edition of the Salam Institute Newsletter highlights recent initiatives, research, and partnerships advancing peacebuilding, forgiveness education, and reconciliation across the Arab region and beyond. Featured updates include the Pathways to Forgiveness pilot project in Tunisia, findings from the REACH Forgiveness Study in Egypt, Iraq, and Tunisia, activities of the Regional Network for Forgiveness and...

REACH Forgiveness Study Country Reports Salam Institute for Peace and Justice is pleased to share the country reports produced through the REACH Forgiveness Study, a regional research initiative examining the impact of forgiveness education in Egypt, Tunisia, and Iraq. The study assessed forgiveness, well-being, hope, forbearance, and related psychosocial indicators among educators, counselors, students, and community members...