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- "Education
for Tolerance: A Ray of Hope in a Troubled Region"
(pdf, 16 kb)
By: David Oman, Khaled Aljenfawi and Nir Boms
November 8, 2008 - La Libre Belgique, Belgium
IMPACT-SE Board Member and journalist Nir Boms, Dr. Khaled
Aljenfawi, a Kuwaiti professor of English literature from
the University of Kuwait, and IMPACT-SE Director of Communications
David Oman have written an op-ed on the importance of education
for peace and tolerance for development and peace in the
Middle East, while contrasting the prevailing radical and
tolerant streams in Middle Eastern curricula. The collaboration
on the op-ed and the below editorial constitutes a groundbreaking
endeavor by Israelis and a Kuwaiti who, even in tumultuous
times in the Middle East, view education for peace and tolerance
toward the “other” as vital for the future of
the entire region.
English
(pdf, 16 kb) – French
(pdf, 202 kb)
- "The ‘Other’ in Arabic Education and Culture" (pdf,
295
kb)
By Dr.
Khaled Aljenfawi - November 8, 2008 - Arab Times, Kuwait
Dr. Aljenfawi, who has written in the past on the
concepts of tolerance and the “other” in Arab culture, education
and society, wrote an editorial in his column in the Arab Times
on the concept of the “other” in Arab
education and culture. The editorial was edited by
IMPACT-SE and contains
excerpts
and phrases from a number of IMPACT-SE reports.
- AJC-CMIP
Report: "Scant Progress in Revising Palestinian Textbooks" (pdf,
28 kb)
March 20, 2008
Seven years after the Palestinian Authority began publishing textbooks for
use in West Bank and Gaza schools, there still is no recognition of the State
of Israel and no advocacy of peace with it. Instead, the textbooks promote
violent struggle, while hateful descriptions of Jews and the West remain prevalent.
- Analysis: "Palestinian
Textbooks: From Arafat to Abbas and Hamas" (pdf, 693 kb)
By Dr. Arnon Groiss - March 2008
This timeline gives the outside observer an excellent opportunity to examine
whether political changes within the PA have had an impact on the PA curriculum
so far as the attitudes to the “other” and to peace were concerned.
Comparing the forty-two books issued for grades 11 and 12 with their predecessors,
one can determine that some changes did occur, as analyzed below, although
the fundamentals remained intact.
- "Jihadist
indoctrination in the schools" (pdf 14 kb)
By Nir Boms - December 17, 2007 - Washington Times
A new U.S. intelligence assessment suggests that Iran may have halted its nuclear
weapons program in 2003 and that its weapons program remains on hold. This revelation
has created much consternation in Congress on both sides of the aisle. Indeed,
despite the latest estimate, other intelligence reports and Iran's own statements
point to Tehran possibly acquiring a bomb before the end of this decade. Hence
the discussion regarding the possible nuclear intentions of the Iranian government
remains a crucial one.
- "Arabs
and Palestinians in Israeli School Textbooks. Changing the
Perception of the 'Other'" (pdf, 218 kb)
By Yohanan Manor -
November 2007
This article by Dr. Yohanan Manor was published in Israel on Israel,
by Michel Korinman and John Laughland, Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd
(12 Nov 2007). The present analysis is based on the findings of two surveys
carried
out
by CMIP on 500 Israeli school textbooks that were in use in the school
years 1999-2000 and 2001-2002. On one hand, the results confirm other
researchers' observation of a radical turning point that occurred in
the middle of the
80s,
and, on the other, they surpass them in highlighting an active preparation
for coexistence with the Arabs and the Palestinians.
- "State
Sponsored Child Abuse in Iran: Iran's violations of the
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child" (pdf,
155 kb)
By Shayan Arya and Nir Boms - November 7, 2007
As this paper shows, Iran is committing serious violations of the Convention
on the Rights
of the Child while cynically remaining a signatory. It has an intricate system
of legislation
that enables the government to veto its own constitution that secures children’s
rights. It is
endangering children by encouraging them to seek death and is instilling in them
hatred
toward different cultures and religions via its education curriculum.
- "Orwellian 'New-Speak',
Iranian Style"
By Nir Boms - June 26, 2007
This article was composed for The Henry Jackson Society,
by Nir Boms, Vice President of the Center for Freedom in
the Middle East. It deals with the alarming findings of recent
research on Iranian school textbooks.
- "Iran's
Global War Curriculum" (pdf, 323 kb)
By Arnon Groiss
- January 10, 2007
This is an article published by Dr. Arnon Groiss, in Geopolitical
Affairs, Spring 2007 (Vol.1, No.1). It attempts to present
an outline of the Iranian worldview and agenda, based on CMIP's
study of 95 school textbooks of all grades published in 2004 and
20 teacher’s guides published mostly since 2000.
English (pdf,
323 kb) - French (pdf,
2.49 mb) - German (pdf,
2.48 mb)
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