Nejib Friji , Senior Director of IPI MENA
Nejib Friji joined IPI in 2015 as Director of its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Regional Office in Manama, Bahrain. In a career with the United Nations spanning 25 years, Mr. Friji began at… Read more articles → Email: friji@ipinst.org
Dalya Al Alawi , Policy Analyst
Dalya Al Alawi joined IPI in January 2018, where she is responsible for managing programs, concept notes and internships, monitoring budgets, providing support in research, and drafting the… Read more articles → Email: alalawi@ipinst.org
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) office is a regional office of the International Peace Institute. The office was established in Manama, the Kingdom of Bahrain, to promote policy research on global peace and security within the Middle East and North Africa region.
The MENA office will:
• Focus on issues of the region that contribute to the international community‘s efforts to strengthen the collective capability regarding conflict prevention, multilateral diplomacy, mediation, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding;
Events
The International Peace Institute Middle East and North Africa (IPI MENA) hosted a presentation on the “Peace Readers Forum” with Sultan Buti Bin Mejren Al Marri, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for World Peace (MRAWP).“Reading Forums” are MRAWP UAE Cabinet’s initiative following Abu Dhabi’s declaration […]
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A group of interfaith leaders shared the mid-Ramadan observance with members of the Muslim faith by marking the occasion with advocacy for peace, moderation, and mutual understanding. The June 20, 2016 meeting, “Fast For Peace,” was held at the International Peace Institute Middle East and North Africa (IPI-MENA) office in Manama.Imams, reverends, priests, pastors, scholars […]
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On May 19, 2016, the International Peace Institute’s Middle East and North Africa office (IPI MENA) hosted Ahmad Khalfan al-Mansoori, Secretary-General of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for World Peace (MRAWP). Mr. Mansoori spoke about the organization’s aims and vision to an audience consisting of ambassadors, government officials, various religious communities, corporate institutions, […]
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Religious and faith leaders launched on May 4th an appeal to all educational and cultural institutions to promote the values of peace, dialogue, dignity, and diversity, continuing the tradition set in July 2015 when IPI hosted the first of these dialogues.In a meeting attended by H.E. Shaikh Abdullah Bin Ahmad Al Khalifa, Undersecretary of Bahrain’s […]
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IPI MENA this afternoon held its first Future Global Leaders Series by hosting possibly the youngest writer devoting his current and future writings to peace.In a presentation attended by school principals, teachers, parents, and media representatives, nine-year-old Adam Jade Kadia presented his first book Hakeem the Adventurer to an audience of more than one hundred […]
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On April 18-20th, the Arab League Education, Cultural & Science Organisation (ALECSO); the Islamic Cooperation Conference Education, Cultural & Science Organisation (ISESCO); and the Tunisian Education Ministry held an international forum on reinforcing the values of peace and dialogue.Held in Sousse, the tourist resort city where an al-Qaeda-linked group perpetrated a terrorist attack last June […]
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Speaking to an IPI MENA audience on March 30, 2016, the Foreign Minister of Mongolia Lundeg Purevsuren called Bahrain “the gateway for Mongolia to the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) and the wider MENA region, including Africa.” He noted that similarities between Mongolia and Bahrain made them ideal partners.Much like Mongolia, larger neighbors surround Bahrain, he […]
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Evolution is better than revolution was one sentiment expressed on the future of the Middle East at this Global Leaders Forum with Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Successful societies come from an open-minded society that promotes religious tolerance and an economy that is rule-based, according to participants who are of the opinion […]
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The Middle East/North Africa region and Europe are linked more now than ever, said IPI President Terje Rød-Larsen during IPI MENA’s first annual advisory council meeting on January 20, 2016. The meeting was attended by members of the diplomatic and business communities, representatives from Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths, and civil society activists.Mr. Rød-Larsen said that […]
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“The current power vacuums and chaos in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen are essentially results of serious political mistakes, miscalculations, delusions, and blunders,” said Former Turkish President Abdullah Gul at an IPI MENA event in Manama, Bahrain, on September 15, 2015. Mr. Gul said that it is a priority to fill the power vacuum created […]
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