Envisioning peace for the Middle East.TWO PROFESSORS AND MIDDLE EAST scholars at the University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
adj. 1. Having or showing fond feelings or affection; loving and tender. 2. Obsolete Inclined or disposed. af·fec known around campus as the "Odd Couple." One is an Israeli, and the other is a Palestinian. Together they teach a class on conflict resolution. While teaching the course, which they have done for 12 summers, the professors not only work together, but live together in a house near campus and write together in their time outside of the classroom. They debate and discuss Middle East issues each year before the course starts, even the fine points of how to explain various wars, conflicts, and territories. Their course, "Multitrack mul·ti·track adj. 1. Having, using, or produced with multiple recording tracks: a multitrack tape recorder. 2. Diplomacy diplomacy Art of conducting relationships for gain without conflict. It is the chief instrument of foreign policy. Its methods include secret negotiation by accredited envoys (though political leaders also negotiate) and international agreements and laws. : Searching for Common Ground Between Hamas and Kadima," refers to the ruling parties of the Palestinians and Israelis. "We make this a holistic Holistic A practice of medicine that focuses on the whole patient, and addresses the social, emotional, and spiritual needs of a patient as well as their physical treatment. Mentioned in: Aromatherapy, Stress Reduction, Traditional Chinese Medicine experience," explains Edy Kaufman, an Israeli-American and senior research associate. Over the course of time Kaufman has become good friends with Professor Manuel Hassassian, a Muslim and a former Palestinian ambassador to the United Kingdom. "We've been team-teaching for many years and by now we understand how the other thinks and anticipate each other's arguments," says Kaufman. The course was originally structured to accommodate 20 students, but it is often expanded to 35. The professors have had to miss only one summer, when Hassassian was asked to head the Jerusalem Task Force for the Palestinian Camp David Camp David, U.S. presidential retreat, located in Catoctin Mountain Park (see National Parks and Monuments, table), in NW Md. The Camp David accords, the terms of a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, were established (1978) at this site; other negotiations and negotiating team. "We are determined to go on each year until there is peace," says Kaufman. |
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