The situation in Tunisia is deteriorating rapidly and the arrests of Rached Ghannouchi and Said Ferjani have alarming implications for democracies around the world. On the 17th of April, former Speaker of Parliament, co-founder...
On 26 January 2023, Forward Thinking convened a meeting with our Palestinian Women’s Network and Sinéad McLaughlin MLA. Participants included women from the West Bank and Gaza. They discussed the role and experience of women in...
Between the 7th and 9th of November 2022, Forward Thinking facilitated a conference of religious, academic and political leaders at St George’s House, Windsor. The meeting provided the opportunity to examine the role that religious leaders play...
Jordan Morgan, Middle East Programme Director, facilitated the visit of Roelf Meyer and Mohammed Bhabha to meet with diverse Palestinian leaders in: Nazareth (6th October), Nablus (6th October), Gaza (7th-10th October), Hebron (10th October)...
On 31 July 2022, Forward Thinking facilitated a roundtable discussion with participants of its Palestinian Women’s Network. The group discussed the challenges that women in the Occupied Palestinian Territories currently face. Limited opportunities for...
On 29 and 31 July 2022, Forward thinking facilitated cross-factional political roundtables in Hebron and Ramallah. Political leaders from a diversity of factions shared their perspectives on the visit of US President Biden, the...
Between 25th-27th April, Oliver McTernan and Jordan Morgan participated in workshops convened by the World Economic Forum’s Breaking The Impasse (BIT) group. Oliver moderated a session entitled “Diplomacy Dialogue: The Two-State Solution in a...
On the 16th February 2022, Oliver McTernan and Jordan Morgan facilitated a roundtable discussion with leaders of Palestinian organisations in Istanbul. The aim was to understand the narrative of the Palestinian diaspora. Participants discussed...
Between the 14th-15th February, Oliver McTernan and Jordan Morgan travelled to Ankara. Meetings were held with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Head of the Foreign Affairs Committe and the Chairman of the AK...
In response to recent tensions and violence in and around Jerusalem’s Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, the Rabbinate Union of Israel, the Israel Committee of Rabbis, the Rabbinical Union of French Speaking Community in Israel, and...