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Dr. Mohammed Abu-Nimer Biography |
| Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Associate Professor at the American University's School of
International Service in International Peace and Conflict Resolution, is Co-Founder and
Executive Director of the Salam Institute. As a recognized expert on conflict resolution, dialogue, peacebuilding and development, Dr. Abu-Nimer has worked for over a decade on Arab-Israeli dialogue and peacebuilding efforts, the application of conflict resolution models in Muslim communities; inter-religious conflict resolution training; interfaith dialogue; and evaluation of conflict resolution programs. As a practitioner, he has been intervening and conducting over a hundred training workshops and courses all over the world on themes of conflict resolution; community development, peacebuilding, reconciliation and development, training for trainers; interfaith and interethnic dialogue; culture, religion, intercultural training; conflict resolution and human rights in relief and development projects, and problem-solving workshops in such conflict zones as Sri Lanka, Mindanao- Philippines, Palestine, Israel, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Sierra Leone, and Guatemala, as well as other areas including Egypt and the United States. Dr Abu-Nimer has published extensively on these subjects, from edited books to articles in established and refereed peace and conflict resolution journals. Dr. Abu-Nimer is also the co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development. He has appeared on numerous television news programs, radio shows, and has been interviewed for newspaper articles on topics as diverse as U.S. Foreign Policy in Iraq to Islamic perspectives on peace, social justice and violence. These interviews have appeared on Al Arabia, Washington Post, MBC, World T.V. News Show, NPR, BBC World News, Arabic Radio (Israel), Christian Science Monitor, Al Itihad, and Voice of America. Dr. Abu-Nimer has won numerous teaching awards and distinctions, most recently the Outstanding Teaching Award for Full-Time Appointment at American University (2002- 2003) and the American Political Science Association's Teaching Excellence Award (2003). He was recently a Visiting Fellow at the Joan B. Kroc Institute at Notre Dame, and a visiting Professor at UPEACE (United Nations Peace University) in Costa Rica since 2002. Along with a full course load, he regularly conducts dialogues and peace skills building workshop trainings at American University and in partnership with a number of other organizations. He received his PhD from George Mason's Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution in Fairfax, VA in 1993, with a Master's degree in Education from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He speaks fluent English, Arabic and Hebrew. |
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