2. Cleveland, October 2010 The Middle East I live in: A journey of peace and dialogue By Jean-Paul Chami ¡ MissionWorks !

3. Introduction

4. Validating your experiences and sharing some of mine On Lebanon 1.Story of the creation of Lebanon 2.A Mosaic of different cultures and faiths 3.A power vacuum in the region Introduction

5. What is FDCD? 1.New mission, vision and values 2.Youth and women 3.Program 1: Interfaith dialogue (i.e. Int’l Work and Study Camp) 4.Program 2: Peacebuilding (i.e. Conflict Resolution in Iraq) 5.Program 3: Human rights and citizenship Introduction

6. Personal Experiences

7. “The conflicts that we are able to handle the best are our own…” - Davin Bremmer - Personal experiences 1989: “My daily routine” during the Christian civil war in Beirut

8. “a healing experience…” - Story of Ziad from Iraq - Personal experiences

9. “a momentum for reconciliation” - Story of Khaled from Iraq - Personal experiences

10. “a chance for changing perspectives…” - Story of Mohammed from Lebanon - Personal experiences

11. Lessons from the field

12. “Go to the people, Live with them Learn from them, Love them Start with what they know Build with what they have But with the best leaders, when the work is done, the task accomplished, the people will say: "We have done this ourselves” - Lao Tzu- Lessons from the field

13. “A frog’s eye view versus a bird’s eye view…” - Kai Jacobsen - Lessons from the field

14. “We do not learn from experiences… We learn from reflecting on experiences.” - John Dewey - Lessons from the field

15. “Let your actions speak so loud that no one can hear your words” - Mary Levy - Lessons from the field

16. “We can discover more about a person during one hour of play than in one year of conversation” - Plato - Lessons from the field “Don’t do anything unless it’s play” - Marshall Rosenberg -

17. On interfaith dialogue

18. Video Time !

19. On interfaith dialogue 1)Interfaith dialogue is a WAY OF LIFE and a LEARNING JOURNEY 1)Deeper understanding of one’s own faith 2)Improved communication skills 2)Interfaith dialogue WORKS ! 3)Interfaith dialogue is about empathy 4)Interfaith dialogue is NOT about the content as much as it is about the process of dialoguing 5)Interfaith dialogue is not the melting of religions into one but the affirmation of the specificities of each religion and learning to accept it Interfaith Dialogue is… Interfaith Dialogue is NOT…

20. “Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature” - George Bernard Shaw - On interfaith dialogue Extremism versus the silent masses

21. Religions: philosophy versus practice: “The Cat that that was tethered” - Swami Sukhabodhananda - On interfaith dialogue Philosophy versus Rituals

22. “With tolerance comes hesitation” - A friend - On interfaith dialogue “Where there is complete truth, there is no peace. And where there is peace, there is no complete truth” - Babylonian heritage -

23. Thank You Jean-Paul Chami T: +961-1-399-133 M: +961-3-721-801 jp.fdcd@gmail.com