Affiliated Organisations

 

 

The Arab Thought Forum (ATF) is an independent, intellectual, pan-Arab non-governmental organization, which was established in 1981 in the wake of the 11th Arab Summit Conference, at the initiative of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, along with twenty-five leading figures in academia and the field of development in the Arab world. It seeks to investigate and diagnose Arab World's current state of affairs, prepare forecasts and formulate practical solutions and viable options on issues such as unity, development, national security, liberalization and progress. The Forum chose Amman as its General-Secretariat headquarters.

 

 

The Center for Strategic Studies in the Middle East (CESMO) is dedicated to promoting and improving understanding of the basic mechanisms underlying the current situation and the future of the Near and Middle East. Its objectives are to 

• promote awareness of the risks, challenges and mechanisms of the Near and Middle East,
• inform, nurture and foster debate on these risks, challenges and mechanisms to different audiences: journalists, economic decision-makers, politicians, soldiers, students, general public.

 

 

One of the primary functions of the Centre d’Etudes et de Documentation Economiques et Juridiques  (CEDEJ)  is to host young researchers in the process of obtaining their Doctorate, Master, or Bachelor degrees. It is also an important source of documentation, a workplace and an area for an exchange of ideas.

 

 

 

A Cairo-based research center and think-tank focused on communal relations in Egypt and the broader Middle East. They also specialize in the translation of media and classical Arabic texts into English and French. It also produces daily/weekly media summaries from Egyptian Arabic-language media which are produced in Arab-West Report.

 

 

 

The Danish-Egyptian Dialogue Institute (DEDI) is an independent institution working to strengthen dialogue and mutual appreciation between Denmark and Europe on the one hand and Egypt and the Arab World on the other, within the fields of political, social and legal reforms, human rights and civil participation. It aims to further a contemporary and realistic appreciation of the respective societies, stressing how the citizens of these societies themselves look at their lives, their societies and its future. DEDI also seeks to transmit knowledge about how these societies debate their social issues in the local media.

 

DEDI was established in 2004 and became operational in spring 2005. It is based as an independent unit within the premises of the al-Ahram newspaper in Cairo and is affiliated to the al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies. It is financed by the "Partnership for Progress and Reform" initiative, which was launched by the Danish Government in 2003.

 

 

The Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) Prague was established in October 2005 as an independent institute at the Department of International Relations & European Studies at the Metropolitan University, Prague (previously called the College of Public Administration & International Relations).  CMES conducts public discussions, annual conferences, and academic courses.

 

CMES is a member of the Anna Lindh Foundation and EURAMES.

 

 

 

 

The Melkite Church unlike the other Eastern churches, Catholic or Orthodox, is not a national church. In the accepted canonical interpretation of the word it is a unique church, spread throughout the Arab Middle East and throughout an ever increasing diaspora. It is the legitimate heir to the three Apostolic Sees of Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem. Its origins are inextricably bound up with the preaching of the Gospel in the Graeco-Roman world of the Eastern Mediterranean and with the extension of Christianity beyond the limits of the Empire.

 

The Melkite Church's website contains a wealth of information particularly relevant to students of Christianity in the Arab world.