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TANGIER, Morocco

UNE Tangier Forum for Global Studies hosts lecture on remarkable Israeli-Palestinian friendship

Tangier cityscape

For more than four decades, the friendship between Ruth Dayan, the widow of Israeli General Moshe Dayan, and Raymonda Tawil, the mother-in-law of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, has enabled them to defy the historical forces separating the Palestinians and Israelis into warring camps.

In a lecture titled “A Dialogue of Civilization: Can Two Women’s Friendship Offer Clues for Solving the Political Conflict?” scholar Anthony David  discussed this remarkable relationship and the hope it offers for a more peaceful future.

Presented through the University of New England Tangier Forum for Global Studies, the lecture took place in the auditorium at UNE’s campus in Tangier, Morocco, on Wednesday, February 17 at 7 PM local time (2 PM EST) and was livestreamed. The event  included a public reception in the academic lounge immediately following the lecture. 

David has worked as a teacher, scholar, translator and biographer, mostly in Germany, Jerusalem and the West Bank. He helped launch the Bard College program at Al Quds University in East Jerusalem and is currently developing educational programs for Nazareth and West Bank universities. He has published widely in academic journals and books, including his biography of Palestinian activist Sari Nusseibeh, Once Upon a Country, which was voted one of the best books of 2007 by the Christian Science Monitor and Amazon. 

David’s lecture at UNE’s Tangier Campus drew from his 2015 book, An Improbable Friendship: The Remarkable Lives of Israeli Ruth Dayan and Palestinian Raymonda Tawil and Their Forty Year Peace Mission. 

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About the Tangier Forum for Global Studies

The University of New England Tangier Forum for Global Studies is a public forum that welcomes lecturers from around the world to UNE’s Tangier Campus. The forum creates opportunities for a multicultural audience to explore contemporary issues of global concern and engage in intercultural exchange. Events are held at UNE’s Tangier Campus.

Anthony David
Anthony David

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.