is a Harvard Fellow and founding president of Initiatives for China, a pro-democracy movement committed to peaceful transition to democracy in China. A survivor of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, he is internationally recognized as a leading architect for democracy in China. Returning to China in 2002, following the completion of his studies at Harvard, […]
Sharhabeel Al-Zaeem is the founder and senior attorney of Al-Zaeem & Associates, the most prominent law firm in Gaza, offering diverse legal services in six European languages to leading Palestinian and foreign entities. Notably, the firm has also represented more than 1,000 clients before Israeli military courts. Considered the foremost expert in commercial law in […]
Special Report: Jewelry – Translating Violence Into Beauty (NYTimes)- By NAZANIN LANKARANI, The New York Times – December 9, 2009 Selim Mouzannar and Ranya Sarakbi had barely set up their stand at the Vendôme Luxury trade show in Paris in October before buyers started picking over the pieces. Mr. Mouzannar and Ms. Sarakbi, jewelry designers from Beirut, were […]
By Chibli Mallat, Muhammad Aburdaini, Sharhabeel Al Zaeem For the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people By Benjamin Netanyahu For a Federal Israel-Palestine: A human rights response By Chibli Mallat, Muhammad Aburdaini, Sharhabeel Al Zaeem Editor’s note: The following is a detailed response to the Israeli Prime Minister’s important speech at the Israeli National Defense […]
Prisoners of Opinion Saeed Hajjarian was arrested at his Tehran home on June 15, 2009, just three days after the disputed presidential election awarded to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with 63 percent of the vote. Amid hundreds recently detained in Iran, Hajjarian, 55, is notable both for his deep influence on the wider reformist movement and for […]
