(LIVE Archive) The Sharaka Project and The Abraham Accords

Our distinguished, diverse panel will discuss the Abraham Accords, which began a new era of cooperation between the broader Middle East region and Israel, and inspired the development of entities such as the Sharaka Project. (Sharaka means "partnership" in Arabic.).

The project was founded by young leaders in order to turn the vision of people-to-people peace into a reality and encourage citizen diplomacy. Sharaka is currently located in Bahrain, Israel, The UAE, the United States and soon will open in Morocco. The panelists will also share their personal stories and cultures that inspire them.

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Omar Al Busaidi
CEO, Sharaka USA, Fulbright Scholar

Hayvi Bouzo
Journalist; Washington, D.C., Bureau chief, The Orient News

Dan Feferman
Director of Communications and Global Affairs, Sharaka; Fellow, The Jewish People Policy Institute

Chama Mechtaly
Artist; Founder and CEO, Moors and Saints

Banafsheh Keynoush
Ph.D., Vice-Chair, Commonwealth Club Middle East Member-Led Forum—Moderator

The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum 📣, bringing together its 20,000 members for more than 400 annual events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy.

Founded in 1903 in San Francisco California 🌉, The Commonwealth Club has played host to a diverse and distinctive array of speakers, from Teddy Roosevelt in 1911 to Hillary Clinton in 2010. Along the way, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton have all given landmark speeches at the Club.