Humanities Iowa Awards Grant to MEPC

Humanities Iowa in Iowa City has awarded a $6,500 grant to the Middle East Policy Council, an AEP partner organization, for public talks and teacher workshops titled “Understanding the Middle East and Islam: Perspectives, Strategies and Tools for...

Islamic Resource Group Introduces AEP at Awards Event

The Islamic Resource Group in Minneapolis invited Kathy Garms to introduce The Abd el-Kader Education Project at their annual awards banquet in November. Keynote speaker was Daniel Tutt of Unity Productions Foundation and 20,000 Dialogs. The Islamic Resource Group...

Abd el-Kader Receives Postumous Award

The Ousseimi Foundation Tolerance Award honored Abd el-Kader posthumously on November 4, 2010. John Kiser was among the many guests at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland. Established three years ago, this Swiss-based, Lebanese private foundation, in...

Kiser, Garms Speak at University of Iowa

Professor James Giblin, Co-Director of the African Studies Program, invited John Kiser and Kathy Garms to speak in October to professors and students on “Why is Abd el- Kader Relevant Today?” as part of the “Images of Islam” series at the university. The event took...