Delegation to Lebanon, April 2017
A special part of our Awareness Forum is our Delegation programme, bringing Western thought-leaders to the Middle East to experience life, faith and culture there and to spend time with Christians and Muslims. In addition, this is an ideal opportunity for us to introduce our own work to Middle Eastern leaders and seek their help […]
Watch Nadim on BBC Radio 4
The Revd Nadim Nassar talked on BBC Radio 4’s “The Today Programme” about the Parliamentary discussion on bombing ISIS in Syria. The BBC then posted the whole interview on The Today Programme’s Facebook page with the message, “Many of you were impressed by Father Nadim Nassar’s interview this morning. Here it is in full.” So far, […]
Iraq 2015
For the first time, the Awareness Foundation has reached out to young Christians in Iraq, enabling them to take part in our Youth Leadership Training programme. The results were astonishing! This was made possible by our great friends at Tearfund, who shared their network with us and gave us the financial resources for this new project.
Awareness Sunday 2016
Awareness Sunday 2016 was celebrated around the world in venues large and small, but few could be as grand as St. Paul’s Cathedral, where The Revd Nadim Nassar preached on Awareness Sunday this year. The Cathedral was packed by the time the procession entered, followed by a group of very senior Islamic clerics, who […]
Little Heroes, Safita, 2016
We are working with over 350 displaced Syrian children in Safita, near the border with Lebanon. The themes for our first two days were “A Little Hero is the hero who prays”, and “A Little Hero is the hero who is obedient” and today, our final day, our theme is “Little Heroes are not afraid because ‘I […]
Ambassadors in Iraq, 2016
The Revd Nadim Nassar, our Director, and Huda Nassar, our Director for the Middle East, have returned to Iraq this month to lead more Ambassadors for Peace programmes there; as always, our aim is to help young Christian men and women to guide their communities on the path to genuine reconciliation and peace. You can find […]
Ambassadors for Peace, Syria 2015
After the great success of our initial Leadership Training Programme in Lattakia, Syria, in October 2014, Eid’b’eid (or ‘Hand in Hand’, the local ecumenical youth group) and the Awareness Foundation quickly began making plans for a follow-up weekend this May. This weekend would include many of the young people who came to the first event, […]
Ambassadors for Peace, Syria 2015
When I visited Lebanon and Syria in March 2014, I met an ecumenical youth group called Eid b Eid; they are based in Lattakia, my home town, and they work to support the many Christians in that region. They knew the work of the Foundation well, and they asked for our help to teach young Christians […]