Jan 26, 2015 | AEP Updates
Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix winning film “Of Gods and Men”, based on The Monks of Tibhirine, to U.S. in February 2011. Producer Xavier Beauvois called John Kiser’s book The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love and Terror in Algeria (St Martin’s Press, 2003) the “bible”...
Jan 26, 2015 | AEP Updates
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...
Jan 26, 2015 | AEP Updates, Events
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...
Jan 26, 2015 | AEP Updates
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...
Jan 26, 2015 | AEP Updates, Events
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...
Jan 26, 2015 | AEP Updates, Events
On October 12-13, Barbara Petzen, John Kiser and Kathy Garms were welcomed to host a booth and introduce Abd el-Kade to Iowa educators at the Iowa Council for Social Studies Conference in Des Moines, IA. The Abd el-Kader Education Project curriculum entitled...
