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AEI-Open Windows News
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Ramadan Social Activity
Celebrating Iftar meal in
Ramallah |
 On
Thursday evening 27/9/2007, the Arab Educational
Institute organized an Iftar meal on the
occasion of the holy month of Ramadan and the
beginning of the new school year for the
schools' network that cooperate with the
institution in the implementation of the project
"Living in the Holy Land: Respecting
Differences", in Ramallah district. The ceremony
was attended by school principals, teachers of
the Evangelical Lutheran School, St. George of
the Greek orthodox School, the Arab Evangelical
Episcopal School, St. Joseph School, Latin
Patriarchate School in -Bir Zeit, Al Ahliyyah
College and the Greek Catholic School of our
Lady Annunciation. Mr. Tahseen Yaqeen, Director
of Editing Department at the Curriculum Section
/ Ministry of Education, also attended the
ceremony.
Mr. Fuad Giacaman, AEI-Open Windows General
Director, congratulated and welcomed the
attendees. He pointed to the tradition followed
by the institute and the schools' network in
Ramallah and Bethlehem districts, in celebrating
Islamic and Christian feasts, like the Holy
Month of Ramadan, Christmas, Easter and the
Prophet Mohammed's Anniversary, where the
Christians and Muslims educators and students
are involved together in the revival of these
occasions. This contributes to strengthening the
bonds of brotherhood and sense of belonging
among the Palestinian people.
Dr. Walid
Mustafa, the Moslem coordinator of the project,
reviewed the activities and courses the AEI
intends to do in implementing the program during
the first semester of the school year 2007 /
2008.
Also at the
ceremony, Deacon Ibrahim Neirouz, was
congratulated by all the participants on his new
post the Parish priest of the
Evangelical Episcopal
Church in Nablus. Mr. Fuad thanked him
for his efforts as a former coordinator of the
project in Ramallah during the past years.
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