Peer Talks

#PeerTalks with Nasir Baig  

Nasir Baig is known as Qissa Go on social media for his narration of literature and voice-overs. Over 150 of his renditions are available on Patari. He has been a part of many literary events live as well as on television. He has written more than 800 pieces of English poetry and is working on getting them published. He is also an electronics engineer, has been teaching electronics and computer engineering students at the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST). He has retired as Lt Col after serving for 30 years in Pakistan Army and has been conferred with Tamgha I Imtiaz (Military). He has also been actively involved in social causes including women rights, mental health awareness, peace and tolerance building in society, special children and has been a  part of a UNDP animation video about child abuse awareness as well as Shaoor Foundation for Youth Development programs  

#QissaGo #StoryTeller

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#PeerTalks with Dr. Moshe Terdiman on Environmental Security  

Dr. Moshe Terdiman is an expert on environmental security in the Arab and Muslim world and in Africa as well as on religions and the environment and interfaith environmental collaboration. Currently, Dr. Terdiman is a research fellow at the Forum for Regional Thinking and the Ezri Center for Persian Gulf Studies at the University of Haifa. He is also the co-founder and director of the Institute for Environmental Security and Well-being Studies and the founder and director of the Research on Islam and Muslims in Africa.   

#Environment #Security

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#PeerTalks with Poonam Singh about Lohri, The Festival   

Poonam Singh nee Diddi. (Diddis are ancient pairs of Greek-Turk origin), is Editor  Preet Lari, a magazine of Punjab from 1933. A sole editor from 1984. Trained in dramatics, went to  National School of Drama New Delhi. and PU  Chandigarh’s Drama Deptt.  Her father Madan Lal Didi ( Diddi) was a poet and trade union teacher in Faiz tradition, and a friend of Sahir. She was brought up in that tradition. They live in Preet Nagar just near the Wagah border as well as in Chandigarh.  

Preet means Love, and this is a village and a magazine devoted to Love, founded by Er Gurbakhsh Singh in 1937 and 1933 respectively, run by four generations of the family. Poonam Singh is a granddaughter-in-law of Gurbakhsh Singh.  

Lohri is a popular Punjabi winter folk festival celebrated primarily in the Punjab region. The significance and legends about the Lohri festival are many and these link the festival to the Punjab region. It is believed by many that the festival commemorates the passing of the winter solstice.  

#Lohri #Punjab

#PeerTalks with Nausheen Barkat   

Meet our inspirational superstar Nausheen Barkat. Mom of three, one angel kid and two living with her. She is the mom of a CMT warrior. 

Her strength, patience, and struggle are the motivation for everyone. Let's talk about her super inspirational journey. From a homemaker to an entrepreneur now.  

Nausheen shares about her venture, Honey extraction was mom's passion to provide pure honey to her kids. Her daughter joined her to expand it as a venture and took the Marketing and deliveries responsibility.  

Today they have proved themselves to be aspiring Entrepreneurs.  

They are unstoppable now. Reaching new heights. Selected in the startup competition by IBA.  

Facebook @Asqurr, Instagram: @asqurr.flower  

#Mother #Entrepreneur 

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#PeerTalks with Ambassador Moshe Yegar  

Former Israeli Ambassador Moshe Yegar explains how he met his Pakistani counterpart in 1992, in Tokyo Japan  Moshe Yegar, born 30 October 1930, Buenos Aires, is a retired Israeli diplomat and historian of Islam in Southeast Asia; also, he is the author of books and research articles on the history of Zionism during the British Mandate, and about Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its policies and activities.  In 1956, Yegar joined Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he served until his retirement in November 1995. Among his posts abroad, he served at the Embassy of Israel in Rangoon, Burma (now known as Yangon, Myanmar); as Consul at Israel's Consulate General in Los Angeles (1966 - 1969); as Consul General in Philadelphia (1969 - 1972); as Consul General in New-York (1985 - 1988); as Ambassador in Stockholm (1988 - 1990); and as Ambassador in Prague (1994 - 1995). Also, in 1965, Yegar was sent to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which had no diplomatic relations with Israel, to open a semi-diplomatic presence under the cover of a business office. After one year, Yegar was requested to close the office and move out of Malaysia.  

In between assignments abroad, Yegar served in the Ministry's Headquarters in Jerusalem in senior positions: Head of the Information Department (Hasbara, in Hebrew) (1975 - 1978); Deputy Director-General and Head of the Division for Information and Communication (1980 - 1985); Deputy Director-General in charge of Asia, Africa, and Oceania (1990 - 1993). Yegar showed his capabilities as the organizer of large complicated festivities, on two special occasions: (a) While in his service in New-York, Yegar chaired the 40th Anniversary public committee which organized a mammoth celebration attended by thousands; (b) While in Prague, Yegar organized "the Old Testament in the Arts Festival, October 1955", which included scores of musical, theatrical events, exhibitions, films, and symposia. 

 Yegar's role in the normalization of relations between India and Israel Yegar fulfilled a significant role in the negotiations with the Indian authorities to normalize the diplomatic relations between India and Israel. He described in a long article the process, the discussions, and the breakthrough which culminated in full diplomatic relations between the two countries. The article appeared in India in the Indian Defence Review, an important quarterly Journal in English on foreign policy and national security issues  

#Israel #Normalization

#PeerTalks with Dr. Roberto Arbib  

Roberto Arbib is the educational director of Neve Schechter and rabbi of its synagogue. 

He holds a BA in Philosophy and Jewish Thought from the Hebrew University, and rabbinic ordination from Schechter.  

Since his ordination as a Masorti rabbi, Rabbi Arbib has served in numerous positions: Rabbi at Kehillat Sinai, founder of Midreshet Iyun for adult education, TALI school rabbi, co-founder of Derech Avraham interfaith group, and facilitator in Bibliodrama. He made aliya in 1959 from Italy  

#Sufism #Israel  

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#PeerTalks with Dr. Shelley Elkayam on "Tarika Ibrahimiyyah"  

Dr. Shelley Elkayam gained her doctoral degree in Ethics and Philosophy at Bar Ilan University. She coordinated the international study of Computer Science in Religious Studies within the German Israeli Foundation research project and is a researcher at the Shlomo Moussaieff Center for Kabbalah Studies at Bar Ilan University, where she studies Sufism, and at the Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she studied Inter-religious Movements within the research group: Religious Actors in Conflict Areas. Dr. Elkayam's interests are Love, Hebrew, Intercultural Theology, Religions, and Sufi life. She is an active member at the Israel Sufi Way Tarika Ibrahimiyyah. She is a co-partner and lecturer at the Intercultural Theology Programm at the George Augustus Goettingen University. She chairs the Israel Society for Group Psychoanalysis. Dr. Elkayam has published articles on Peace Education, Educational Counseling, Theology, and religious movements. She authored six acclaimed books of poetry.  

#Sufism #TarikaIbrahimiyyah

#PeerTalks with Hashir Ibne Irshad  

Hashir belongs to the select community of globally recognized fund managers with his professional status as a CFA (Chartered Financial analyst) and LIFA (Licensed International Financial Analyst). A gold medalist from IBA, Karachi, he has many other academic distinctions to his credit as well.  During a career spanning over two decades, He served in many key positions. After starting his career as a banker with Muslim Commercial Bank, he quickly moved on to become a full-time financial consultant who worked for a number of governments, semi-government and private enterprises. His specialty remained financial reengineering, corporate restructuring, fund management, debt portfolio rescheduling, and feasibility study management.  Besides being a professional consultant, he also managed other responsibilities in the corporate sector including his stay with Islamic International Trust as Project Director of their medical facilities and with Greenwich University as a Director. He also served as Director of HIRCON and Chief Coordinator of Foundation Center for Research and Development at Fauji Foundation. At a later stage, He devoted more time to academia and taught advanced level finance courses at prestigious institutes including FAST-NU, NUST, Bahria University, Hamdard University, Islamic International University, Foundation University, and APCOMS. Besides his academic interests, he remained involved with large-scale financial and HR capacity-building consultancies.  

#Hashir #Interview

Jaiza  

 Eleven coal miners belonging to the Shia Hazara community sleeping in their room were held at gunpoint, blindfolded, and trussed up before being executed by unidentified attackers in the Mach coal field area in the early hours of Sunday morning.  

#PeerTalks #Terrorism #Hazara

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#PeerTalks with Babak Huseynli on "Nagorno-Karabakh"  

Babak Huseynli is an entrepreneur and blogger from Karabakh, Azerbaijan    

#Karabakh #Azerbaijan