On Thursday 4 August, Elise Aghazarian of Sabeel participated in a symposium about reconciliation and peace education in higher education institutions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Elise spoke about the Armenian presence and heritage in the Arab world. The symposium was organized by AARMENA, the Academic Alliance for Reconciliation, Conflict Transformation, Peacebuilding for the Higher Education Institutions in the Middle East and Northern Africa. Elise works at Radboud University in the Netherlands in the area of comparative religious studies.
AARMENA is an alliance of universities and other higher educational institutions, scholars, and academics doing joint research and developing teaching programs and curriculums in Reconciliation Peacebuilding Studies in the MENA region.