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Kaiserman JCC Hosts Event With Egyptian Intelligence Spy & Influence Operative Dalia Ziada With ‘Stand With Us' & ‘NovaChai' Founder Jim Rose

June 28, 2026

MIM: Egyptian born hijabi Dalia Ziada a self proclaimed 'devout Muslim' and 'former hater of Jews' is on the payroll of the Institute For The Study Of Global Antisemitism Policy (ISGAP) and operates under the title of 'ISGAP Research Fellow and DC Coordinator'. She often appears at events with ISGAP's 'Jew4Jihad' Director Charles Asher Small.

Dalia Ziada is a fan girl and follower of Tareq Al Suwaidan who was the Fuhrer of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait. she described him as "the wizard of my life" in a 2006 blog post.She also did work for Al -Suwaidan's 'business' in Kuwait and set up web pages for him.

Tareq Al Suwaidan was stripped of his Kuwaiti citizenship and expelled for being a threat to their national security in 2025!

Al -Suwaidan, spent nearly 2 decades in the United States travels the Islamic world, giving courses to young Muslims on how to wage 'Media Jihad' by starting their own communication outlets and controlling and deseminating the global jihadist cause.He boasted that his daughter was waging jihad at Harvard.

"In an August 15, 2022 YouTube video Al-Suwaidan reportedly praised his daughter's anti-Israel activism on a college campus, saying: "...my daughter, Mafaz, is now at Harvard University, in Boston. She is the most committed person to the Palestinian cause…she is very active, and young [Arabs] in the West — in Europe or America — can collaborate. This is the first thing you should do, collaborate among yourselves in organizing activities and establishing lobbies."

MIM:Waging media jihad aka 'jihad of the tonque and pen' is precisely what Dalia Ziada who extolled Al-Suwaidan as 'The wizard of my life" is doing in the United States. Ziada also worked for his Al-Suwaidan's dawah enterprise in Kuwait and considers him to be a 'motivational speaker'. Ziada's jihadi mentor Tareq Al-Suwaidan also wrote a 456 page "'The Jews: An Illustrated Encyclopedia" Al-Suwaidan "which promotes the conspiracy theory of global control by secretive Jewish elites (Suwaidan, 2009) and has called upon Muslim mothers to teach their children to hate Jews (MEMRI, 2014)

https://www.inss.org.il/publication/islamistantisemitism/#:~:text=Due%20to%20the%20shared

"In 2009, Al-Suwaidan published a book titled: "The Jews: The Illustrated Encyclopedia" where he reportedlyspread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and claimed that the Nazis killed only 20,000 Jewish people. Al-Suwaidan said he wrote the book to "prove with evidence that the Jewish faith, which was falsified, encourages them to betray and deceive."https://canarymission.org/individual/Mafaz_Al-Suwaidan

MIM: Dalia Ziada's full post can be found below:

Excerpts:

Monday June 19,2006

Dr.Tareq Al-Suwaidan and Dalia Ziada

For me, Dr. Tareq Al-Suwaidan is more than that. I call him the wizard of my life

He helped me to deal with that woman and guided me to a bright future. He supported me for almost four month to launch my difficult and joyful path in life. He is still replying to my emails till now and he never let me down.
From here, form my own blog I would like to declare it to the world. I like this man and hope that me and him meet in paradise with our dearest beloved Prophet Mohammmad (Peace and Blessings be Upon Him). Thanks God for having Dr. Tareq Al-Suwaidan in my life.

He ehlped me to be Dalia Ziada as I love she to be.
Dr. Tareq Al-Suwaidan; Thank You. Yet, I have to thank Allah first. So thanks God.

POSTED BY DALIA ZIADA AT 2:56 A M

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MIM: The poster for the event featuring Dalia Ziada on May 22,2026 at the Kaiserman JCC (Jewish Community Center) in a suburb of Philadelphia. The screening of the film "A Special Russian Truth" which preceded the discussion.

The film's producer Jim Rose, a high school teacher in Virginia and founder of the NovaChai organization which co sponsored the event spoke briefly. A discussion between Dalia Ziada, the 'star' of the 'clip compilation marketed as a documentary followed.

MIM: Link to event poster:

https://se4qxqwgk5.preview-beefreecontent.com/kShi

MIM: Khaled Hassan an Egyptian ex Muslim from Cairo who lives in the UK is an Arabic speaker who was able to read and analyze Dalia Ziada's posts on social media and her writings in Arabic.He rightly concluded that Dalia Ziada's ubiquitous 'peace activism' and 'human rights' activities were covers for her role as an influence operative for the Egyptian government.The regime needs to maintain a facade of 'liberalism' to receive money from the U.S. and other countries.
None of Dalia Ziada's work with 'human rights' groups and her 16 year long Muslim - Israeli dialogue' endeavors could have taken place without the approval, permission and support of the Egyptian government.

.Ziada's claim the she had to flee from Egypt due to threats against her life because she said that "Israel has a right to defend itself' doesn't stand up to scrutiny. Her bio' posted in 2025 on the website of the Institute For The Study For Global Antisemitism Policy (ISGAP) where she is the is the salaried "Washington D.C. Coordinator and Research Fellow" states that "Ziada has been active in Muslim -Jewish and Arab-Israeli dialogue for more than 16 years'.

Ziada's claim that her saying that Israel had a right to self defense after 10/7 resulted in death threats and that 'three Jewish men saved my life' and helped her flee from Egypt to America sounds more like a clichéd spy plot than reality.

Khaled Hassan, the author of the piece below titled "Egyptian Peace Activist Dalia Ziada Confirmed Her Role As An Egyptian Spy" who is an 'Egyptian-British national security and foreign policy researcher whose work focuses on digital threats, antisemitism in the Arab world, radicalisation, and disinformation' ...would not be putting his professional credibility on the line on a hunch.

"Her long-standing involvement in fostering dialogue and countering extremism has made her a recognised advocate for liberal democracy and interfaith understanding. Ziada has been active in Muslim-Jewish and Arab-Israeli dialogue initiatives for more than 16 years and has been internationally acknowledged for her role during the Arab Spring and her outspoken opposition to Islamist extremism.".https://isgap.org/fellow/dalia-ziada/

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Egyptian Peace Activist Dalia Ziada Confirmed Her Role as an Egyptian Intelligence Spy

The Story of How a Self-Proclaimed Spy Became Pro-Peace Hero

KHALED HASSAN

NOV 12, 2025

In April 2021, public evidence emerged confirming that Dalia Ziada, a figure celebrated in some Western circles as a human rights and peace activist, had in fact served as an informant for the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (GIS). This confirmation was not delivered through a leak or an investigation, but through Ziada's own deliberate and public admission in response to an Egyptian state-produced television series.The Catalyst: A State-Sanctioned Narrative

The Egyptian government released "هجمة مرتدة" (Counterattack), a spy thriller during Ramadan 2021. Presented as being "inspired by real files" from the GIS, the series portrays human rights activists and political dissidents as fronts for foreign intelligence agencies, specifically Mossad, working to destabilise Egypt. A key character, "Dina Abou Zeid," is a human rights activist who is secretly recruited by Egyptian intelligence to spy on her own sector and employer.

Public Allegation and Personal Endorsement

Widespread public speculation immediately linked the character of Dina to Dalia Ziada, noting striking parallels to her career, including her work at the Ibn Khaldun Centre and her subsequent campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood. Crucially, Ziada did not deny this allegation. Instead, she enthusiastically and publicly endorsed it.

• Initial Implicit Confirmation: On social media, she praised the series as a "real counterattack" and celebrated the GIS for "scoring wonderful goals." She dismissed the question of whether the character was based on her as a "small detail," thereby shifting focus from a denial to an endorsement of the intelligence operation itself.

  Subsequent Explicit Confirmation:When directly asked by a Twitter/X user if the character was an embodiment of her, Ziada responded unequivocally: "And are there other possibilities? Praise be to Allah who removed the injustice and revealed the truth." This statement is a clear public admission that the narrative of her being a GIS asset is correct.

  The Definitive Admission
  
  The most damning evidence comes from her response to a question about the danger of such an admission. Ziada displayed no fear of repercussion, stating:

  "Danger for what? The state itself produced the TV series where they told the story?... Moreover, is it me who went publicly to tell the story? They [the intelligence agencies] are the ones who decided to tell the story."

  

  This reasoning confirms two critical points:

  1. She acknowledged that the story of her being an intelligence asset, as depicted in the series, was true.

  2. She revealed that her public admission was safe because it was sanctioned by the very state intelligence apparatus she served. This was in 2021. Dalia continued to be platformed by intelligence-controlled platforms in Egypt until 2023, indicating that the authorities, which often silence and suppress anyone who steps out of line, gave approval to her admission.

     This reasoning confirms two critical points:

     1. She acknowledged that the story of her being an intelligence asset, as depicted in the series, was true.

     2. She revealed that her public admission was safe because it was sanctioned by the very state intelligence apparatus she served. This was in 2021. Dalia continued to be platformed by intelligence-controlled platforms in Egypt until 2023, indicating that the authorities, which often silence and suppress anyone who steps out of line, gave approval to her admission.

     

     The above documented evidence shows Dalia Ziada responding with a 'like' (thumbs up)and 'heart' emojis to Facebook posts that made severe allegations against her former employer and the wider human rights sector. Both posts remain available online as of now (20:00 on 12 November 2025).

     One post explicitly labelled her former employer, a human rights activist, a "traitor". Another, authored by the Egyptian YouTuber Mohamed Nour, accused the same individual of being a Mossad agent. It further alleged that the entire human rights sector—specifically those critical of Egypt's human rights record—is composed of Mossad agents and foreign intelligence spies tasked with destroying Egypt and its interests.

     This latter post is particularly egregious given its source. Mohamed Nour's channel is dedicated to antisemitic conspiracy theories and incitement. Following my own visit to Jerusalem in 2024, he accused me of being a Mossad agent and publicly called for Arab Israelis to go on a stabbing spree to "butcher as many Jews as they could".

     It is therefore inconceivable that Dalia Ziada, a professed anti-radicalisation expert, would endorse such a post—characterised by undiluted antisemitism and violent incitement—with a "like" emoji. The fact that this interaction occurred as early as 2021 raises serious questions about her stated principles and alignment with such extremist rhetoric.

     Conclusion
     
     Dalia Ziada's actions and statements constitute a deliberate and layered public confirmation of her role. She moved from implicitly endorsing the narrative to explicitly confirming it, all while demonstrating that her disclosures were made under the protection and with the approval of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service. This is not an allegation; it is an admission.

     Furthermore, Dalia continued to be platformed by Egyptian intelligence-owned/controlled media until as recently as May 2023.

     A forthcoming report will fully detail Dalia Ziada's platforming by Egyptian state media and her attacks on entities like the US State Department and the EU in defence of Egypt's appalling human rights record—including her 2017 claim that the Trump administration was "determined to destroy any real peace" by recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

     She has been contacted for comment.

     In the meantime, these are the questions I present to you, the reader, and to Dalia:
     
     
     1- Did you at any stage of your career collaborate with Egyptian intelligence/security? If the answer is no, why did you claim the opposite in 2021, and would you be willing to take a polygraph "lie detector test" in Jerusalem to clear your name?

     2- Given the extensive control Egyptian authorities exercise over activists' travel (and record in banning them from leaving the country), how was Dalia Ziada able to depart unimpeded from Cairo airport in November 2023, if she was truly the target of a state-sanctioned persecution campaign?

     3- Why did Ziada consistently express support for President Sisi's government and criticise entities like the US Department of State and the EU when they raised concerns about Egypt's human rights record?

     4- How was Ziada granted a licence to operate a human rights organisation and allowed to function freely until 2023, issuing reports that often downplayed human rights abuses and slandered critics, in the context of Egypt's well-documented crackdown on civil society?

     5- What explains her frequent platforming on Egyptian state-controlled and intelligence-linked media outlets, such as Al Ahram, DMC, and on programmes hosted by prominent pro-security figures notorious for their anti-Israel and anti-semitism?

     6- Why has Ziada deleted posts and photos from her social media accounts, particularly content commemorating the perceived Egyptian victory in the 1973 war with Israel? Would Dalia be open to collaborating with a digital forensics company to investigate what content was removed from her Facebook and Twitter/X pages since she left Egypt in November 2023?

     7- Why has Ziada not directly denied specific allegations that genuine human rights activists (many of whom were arrested by the authorities in Egypt) were Mossad agents and that she was recruited by Egyptian intelligence to spy on the sector, instead of confirming and responding positively to those claims in 2021?

     8- Why is Ziada reportedly avoided by the majority of genuine Egyptian peace activists and independent researchers who have been residing abroad for years?

     9- Why is Ziada responding positively to social media posts written by antisemites who promote the most vile antisemitic conspiracy theories against Jews

     Regarding the organisations now associated with Dalia Ziada, I have one question: did you even conduct the most basic due diligence?

     This would entail examining her documented associations with Egyptian intelligence, her ties to security-owned media outlets, her history of attacking President Trump for recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and her consistent criticisms of those who raise concerns about Egypt's human rights record.

     For context, before I was admitted to President Herzog's Kol Ha'am (Voice of the People) initiative, I underwent a security vetting by the State of Israel. Was a comparable vetting process applied to Dalia Ziada before her recruitment by Israeli and other international organisations tasked with the critical work of fighting antisemitism, Islamist radicalisation and ensuring communal safety?

     It appears that, in a desperate search for visibly Muslim voices who denounce Hamas, all established professional standards were abandoned.

     Stay tuned for a discussion on this over the next few days!
     
     Update as of 23:45 on 12 November 2025:In response to the question of whether I believe Dalia is currently a spy for Egypt, I can state the following: I have no specific information suggesting she is. It is important to note, however, that in 2021, Dalia admitted that she identified with the character of an Egyptian spy who infiltrated the human rights sector at the request of Egyptian intelligence. Furthermore, we have substantial evidence showing she has been platformed for well over a decade (until the early 2020s) by individuals and media outlets with established links to Egypt's intelligence, among other corroborating indications. Further updates will follow.

     https://www.youtube.com/@ThebriefMogaz

     https://thegrandstrategy.substack.com/p/in-2021-egyptian-peace-activist-dalia

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MiM: This bio/resume was posted on Dalia's blog in 2012.Of particular interest is the fact that then 30 year old "award winning human rights activist" aka 'Egyptian government influence operative' Dalia Ziada was invited to attend Barack Hussein Obama's first overseas speech at Al Azhar University in 2009 and "was invited to a private meeting with White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett".(Who was born in Iran).Two years later Ziada "co-founded a political party and ran for parliament". Ziada (like VP Kamala Harris) blamed her loss on 'misogyny'.This is quite a stretch given that the then 32 year old Ziada had been running multiple 'human rights groups' managed several businesses and worked with Tariq Al- Suwaidan, the then leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait,in addition to being widely interviewed and published in both the Arab and international media. Ziada also garnered awards and accolades for her 'human rights work' aka 'influence operative for the Egyptian government'.

Excerpt from bio below:

"After Egypt's 2011 revolution, Dalia co-founded a political party and ran for parliament. She did not win because of the negative perception of women in the Egyptian society. However, this enhanced her persistence and insistence to improve the status of women in Egypt. She is planning and preparing herself, from now, to run for presidency as soon as she turns 40 in 2022.

Ziada is a public speaker on women rights, freedom of expression, and nonviolent conflict in the Middle East. The list of the venues that hosted Ziada as a speaker include but are not limited to: US Congress, US Senate House, Harvard University, CATO Institute, Al-Akhawyn University in Morocco, American University in Cairo, and several local, regional, and international NGOS.

"In June 2009, Ziada was invited to President Obama's speech in Cairo and after the speech she was invited to a private meeting with White House Senior Advisor, Valerie Jarrett to discuss topics related to civil rights, youth, and women rights in the Muslim world."

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May 6, 2012

Dalia Ziada, 30 years-old, is an award-winning Egyptian liberal human rights activist, socio-political analyst, public speaker, and Executive Director of the Cairo-based Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, one of the oldest and biggest nongovernmental organizations advocating human rights and civil freedoms in Egypt and the Arab World since 1980s. Dalia Ziada holds a Masters Degree in International Relations from Fletcher School for Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University in the US.

In recognition of her tireless work for advocating and promoting women rights, civil freedoms, and liberal democracy in the Middle East, she received several international and regional awards. She has been named by Newsweek for two years in a row (2011-2012) as one of world's most influential and most fearless women, named by CNN as one of Arab World's eight agents of change (2012), selected by Daily Beast as one of world's seventeen bravest bloggers (2011), received Tufts University Presidential Award for civil work (2011), received Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Journalist Award (2010), named by Time magazine as women rights champion (2009).

Before joining IKC, Dalia worked for the Washington DC based American Islamic Congress (AIC) for 6 years as the founding director of its Cairo-based Middle East and North Africa Bureau. Her work scope, then, focused on implementing field projects that educates grassroots citizens in the Muslim World about human rights, civil freedoms, nonviolent conflict, and religious tolerance. Before joining AIC, Dalia worked for several local and regional NGOs including: Tharwa Foundation, Softcopy Translation Center for World NGOs, and Arabic Network for Human Rights Information.

After Egypt's 2011 revolution, Dalia co-founded a political party and ran for parliament. She did not win because of the negative perception of women in the Egyptian society. However, this enhanced her persistence and insistence to improve the status of women in Egypt. She is planning and preparing herself, from now, to run for presidency as soon as she turns 40 in 2022.

Ziada is a public speaker on women rights, freedom of expression, and nonviolent conflict in the Middle East. The list of the venues that hosted Ziada as a speaker include but are not limited to: US Congress, US Senate House, Harvard University, CATO Institute, Al-Akhawyn University in Morocco, American University in Cairo, and several local, regional, and international NGOS.

In June 2009, Ziada was invited to President Obama's speech in Cairo and after the speech she was invited to a private meeting with White House Senior Advisor, Valerie Jarrett to discuss topics related to civil rights, youth, and women rights in the Muslim world.

Dalia launched and ran several initiatives and campaigns including but are not limited to:

- "AB Human Rights Campaign" to educate kids at primary schools and orphanage houses about human rights.

- Fearless Fighters for Faith Freedom (5Fs) campaign to promote religious freedom and tolerance.

- In November 2008, Ziada held the first Cairo Human Rights Film Festival; the first film festival of kind in the history of the Middle East, despite all the hardships and challenges she faced on both security and logistics levels.

- Fahem Haqi campaign to educate Egyptians about voting rights and civil freedoms after the revolution.

- Ziada has been fighting against Female Genital Mutilation and all forms of violence against women since she was eight years old.

Dalia Ziada contributed and translated several articles, studies, and analyses on human rights, women rights, nonviolent conflict, and democratization in the Middle East, including but are not limited to:

- "New Narrative for Muslim Women in the Middle East" (2010, English and Arabic) a guidebook for policy makers in the Middle East and US on how to efficiently push for women rights in the most anti-women region in the world.

- "Egypt, whereto?" (2008 Arabic) documenting the statuesque of Egypt's civil rights movement and advising on how to proceed with nonviolent plans for change, in an astonishing prediction of Egypt's 2011 revolution.

- "The Montgomery Story" (2007 Arabic) a translation of 1960s comic book about Martin Luther King Jr. with the purpose to inspire young Middle Eastern activists to adopt nonviolent strategies in their struggle for civil rights. This simple comic book was given credit by the Washington Post and other major international media for helping to inspire the Egyptian nonviolent revolution.

- "Implacable Adversaries: Arab Governments Vs. The Internet" (2006 Arabic and English) a report monitoring the power of Internet medium in confronting the suppression of Arab regimes on young people in the Middle East."

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MIM: The 'Frontlines Of Freedom' organization is a leftist propaganda "network" which was founded and directed by Russian chess champion Gary Kasparov.

"FOF is a groundbreaking network of dissidents and activists committed to championing democracy and freedoms around the world. By sharing their firsthand accounts from the frontlines of the fight against authoritarians, we seek to inspire Americans and others in the free world to value and protect their own freedoms. We work closely with public officials, industry leaders, students and educators, and top Washington think tanks to bring these powerful stories home."

MIM: On April 17th 2026 the FOF held a "Heroes Of Democracy Gala" at Gotham Hall in New York City.

Which honored such 'heroes of democracy' as 'Ambassador John Bolton", "The Honorable Chystia Freeland", "Admiral Mark Kelly" and "Bobi Wine".

https://rdi.org/hodgala26/#awardees

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FRONTLINES OF FREEDOM CONFERENCE

"Ziada spoke at RDI's 2024 Frontlines of Freedom Conference on the "Leveraging Media" panel and shared best practices for crafting compelling outreach to get the most out of media and reach new audiences."

ABOUT ZIADA

In 2015, Dalia co-founded the Liberal Democracy Institute (LDI), which she currently chairs besides working as the Executive Director of MEEM Center for Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean Studies (MEEM). In addition, she serves as a board member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Egypt's National Council for Women.

In the past, Dalia served as the Executive Director of the Cairo-based Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, and as the Regional Director in MENA for the Washington-based American Islamic Congress (AIC).

Dalia, regularly, contributes pieces of analysis to prominent regional and international publications (in English, Arabic, and Turkish) on issues related to geopolitics, defense policy, and governance in the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and Africa.

She authored "The Curious Case of the Three-Legged Wolf – Egypt: Military, Islamism, and Liberal Democracy" (2019) and other internationally acclaimed books (dating back to 2006) on political transformations, political movements, and civil rights in the Middle East.

Dalia's next book project, "The Coalition of Odds" explores the reshuffling of power coalitions in the greater Middle East and their rising influence on the historical and renewed conflicts between modern-day world superpowers.

https://rdi.org/frontline-fellows/dalia-ziada/

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Dalia Ziada Appointed Washington D.C. Coordinator and Research Fellow at ISGAP

By Matt Seldon

October 28, 2025

The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) has appointed Dalia Ziada as its new Washington D.C. Coordinator and Research Fellow, bringing two decades of international experience in governance, security, and Middle Eastern geopolitics to the organization.

Ziada shared the news on LinkedIn, noting that in her new role she will draw on her professional and academic expertise to support ISGAP's mission of informing legislators, policymakers, and the public with credible, research-based analysis. Her focus will include translating ISGAP's scholarship into actionable ideas that strengthen liberal democratic values and combat all forms of ideological radicalism.

An award-winning writer and political analyst, Ziada has built a career across Egypt, Israel, and the United States. She studied international relations at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where she specialised in international security studies.

Over the past twenty years, Ziada has held senior roles at several leading think tanks and civil society organisations. She co-founded and chaired the Liberal Democracy Institute (LDI), served as Executive Director of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies (IKC), and was the Middle East and North Africa Regional Director for the American Islamic Congress (AIC). She also directed research at the Center for Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean Studies (MEEM) and was a Senior Research and Diplomacy Fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA). She also served as a board member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Egypt's National Council for Women (NCW).

Her long-standing involvement in fostering dialogue and countering extremism has made her a recognised advocate for liberal democracy and interfaith understanding. Ziada has been active in Muslim-Jewish and Arab-Israeli dialogue initiatives for more than 16 years and has been internationally acknowledged for her role during the Arab Spring and her outspoken opposition to Islamist extremism.

Since May 2024, she has toured American university campuses in partnership with Hillel International, delivering lectures on the shifting geopolitics of the Middle East in the aftermath of the October 7 attacks. During the 2024–2025 academic year, she visited 59 campuses across the United States.

Ziada is also an accomplished author. Her 2019 book, "The Curious Case of the Three-Legged Wolf – Egypt: Military, Islamism, and Liberal Democracy," was an international success. Her forthcoming work, "The Coalition of Odds," examines the new geopolitical landscape emerging in the Middle East amid shifting global power dynamics.

(AI was used in part to facilitate this article.)

https://www.hstoday.us/industry/people-on-the-move/dalia-ziada-appointed-washington-d-c-coordinator-and-research-fellow-at-isgap/

May 25, 2026

MIM: Egyptian born hijabi Dalia Ziada a self proclaimed 'devout Muslim' and 'former hater of Jews' is on the payroll of the Institute For The Study Of Global Antisemitism Policy (ISGAP) and operatives under the title of 'Research Fellow and DC Coordinator'. Ziada's is a fan girl of Tareq Al Suwaidan who was the Fuhrer of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait. He was stripped of his Kuwaiti citizenship and expelled for being a threat to their national security in 2025!

Al -Suwaidan who spent nearly 2 decades in the United States travels the Islamic world, giving courses to young Muslims on how to wage 'Media Jihad' by starting their own communication outlets and controlling and deseminating the global jihadist cause.

Waging media jihad aka 'jihad of the tonque and pen' is precisely what Dalia Ziada who extolled Al-Suwaidan as 'The wizard of my life" is doing in the United States. Ziada also worked for his Al-Suwaidan's dawah enterprise in Kuwait and considers him to be a 'motivational speaker'. Ziada's jihadi mentor also wrote an 'The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of The Jews"

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Dalia Ziada ISGAP Research Fellow

"Since May 2024, Dalia has been roaming American university campuses, in partnership with Hillel International, to lecture on the changing geopolitics of the Middle East in the aftermath of the October 7 attacks. In the academic year of 2024/2025, she visited 59 campuses across the United States…"

"Dalia has earned several awards for the political impact of her writing and activism. She has been globally recognized for her leading role in the Arab Spring revolutions of 2010-2011 and for her uncommon stance as an Arab Muslim intellectual against Hamas and in support of Israel following the October 7 attacks that Israel endured in 2023.

Dalia has been active in the people-to-people Muslim-Jewish Dialogue and Arab-Israeli Dialogue for 16 years.

She has also engaged in several political and cultural battles against political Islamists and radical Islamist groups in her country of origin, Egypt, in Arab countries, and in the United States…"

https://isgap.org/fellow/dalia-ziada

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MIM: Tareq Al Suwaidan advocates for "electronic jihad" which is exactly what Dalia Ziada is doing as an Egyptian government influence operative aka 'Egyptian Human Rights Activist'.

"At a meeting of the Islamic Association of Palestine in Chicago in 2000 Al-Suwiadan said "Palestine will not be liberated but through Jihad. Nothing can be achieved without sacrificing blood. The Jews will meet their end at our hands." He was subsequently banned from the US.[30

Al-Suwaidan used his Twitter account to promote what he calls electronic Jihad. (like the Electronic Intifada website does)

On 17 January 2012, Al Suwaidan tweeted: "I see the need in uniting the efforts of the hackers within the electronic jihad project against the Zionist enemy, and it is an effective and important jihad, and its reward is great – Allah willing." Al-Suwaidan: "I Strongly Encourage Young People To Undertake Electronic Jihad... I View This As Better Than 20 Jihad Operations."

In a 4 June 2011 interview on AlQuds TV, Al-Suwaidan said: "The other day, I was asking myself: Why shouldn't I personally go on jihad? First of all, my body cannot tolerate it. Secondly, is what I am doing any less important than jihad?

I would like us all to feel that we are in the same trench. There is such a thing as media jihad, political jihad, and a form of jihad that I strongly encourage young people to undertake – electronic jihad.

Some of our youth are extremely clever. I hope that a group of hackers will get together, and will wage resistance over the Internet, targeting Israeli and Zionist sites and destroying them electronically."[43]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tareq_Al-Suwaidan

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MIM: While in Egypt Dalia Ziada posted about herself and her activities as a "human rights activist, translator, columnist,poet and script-writer" while slyly hinting "and who could ever imagine what else"?

ABOUT ME

DALIA ZIADA

CAIRO, EG

A human rights activist, translator, columnist, poet, script-writer, and who could ever imagine what else?

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SUNDAY, JUNE 04, 2006

Who Is Dalia Ziada?

SUNDAY, JUNE 04, 2006

Introduction:

This is my first time to have a blog. It is really interesting to find someplace to express yourself and to reveal yourself to the world. When I was asked about the title of the blog, I found great difficulty to give a quick answer. However, I decided finally to name my blog after my name. I do not want to limit my self to one area of interest.I have several interests in life. I believe that life is short; too short. Thus, one must utilize every moment in his/her life. Before all, I am a human; an independent being. I also play several roles. My ultimate interest is to please Allah and his prophet Muhammad with all I am doing in my own life regardless how tiny this thing is.

Me (Dalia Ziada):

First of all, I am a human and I believe that I worth a better life to live. So, I can refer to myself as "the satisfied ambitious human". I have graduated from the faculty of English Language and Literature, Ain Shams university four years ago (2002). Right now, I work as an English / Arabic translator for a reputable human rights organization located in Egypt. At the main time, I manage my own "Softcopy Translation Center" which provides translation services to the whole world through the web (targama.org) I am highly interested in Movie Script Writing. I wrote two movies in Arabic; I found no producer though! Anyway, I will try till the end of my life.

My Family:

I am an Egyptian 24-years old younglady. I live with my small family in Cairo. My family consists of four members in addition to me: my mother, two brothers and one sister. My father is DEAD. He was a Lt.Cl. Engineer in the Egyptian army before his death. My mother is an Arabic language teacher and the headmistress of an Egyptian school. My brother Mohamed graduated from Tourism Institute; Egyptology major, two years ago. He is working in the field of tourism now. My brother Ahmed is still an undergraduate student of Mechanical Engineering. My sister Mai is studying computer science in a reputable computer institute in Egypt. These four persons are the pillars of my life. I have never loved someone as much as I love them.

Islam:

I am a Muslim. I was born as a Muslim, I live as a believer and will die Inshaallah as a Faithful Muslim. I love prophet Muhammad more than I love my family and even more than I love myself. Islam promotion is one of my main interests. However, I did not choose the correct channels wherein I can pour my ideas about Islam. Yet, I have started some small steps towards this noble goal. Firstly, I created a forum called "Cultures Forum" affiliated to Dr. Tareq Al-Suwaidan forum. This forum is in English language and is addressed to both Muslims and non-Muslims. It is the place where anyone can discuss any topic about Islam or any other religion compared to Islam. Secondly, I joined "Muslim Writers Society". This place is where I publish my own articles about Islam. All I seek from all this is verily to please Almighty Allah.

Human Rights:

I am a human rights activist. I believe that everyone has the right to live as a human. I am particularly interested in the issue of Women's Rights and the freedom of expression. Woman in the whole world is still limited to some aweful rules which must be violated. I think and beleive that I can violate such restrictions one day. Freedom of Expression is an inherited right which must not be rendered by those who declare themselves as human beings for any reason whatsoever. Freedom of speech and expression is a gift from Allah. Human beings are the only creatures who can talk.

That is all about me. So it was so difficult to limit my blog to a specified area. I will discuss all my interests here, later Inshaallah.

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MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2006

MONDAY JUNE 19, 2006

Dr.Tareq Al- Suwaidan and Dalia Ziada

For those who do not know him, he is Dr. Tareq Al-Suwaidan from Kuwait. He is an Islamic preacher and a well-known human development trainer. He is the owner and chairman of Gulf Innovation for Training and Consulting Company. He runs a TV station named "Al-Resalah TV" which is rather Islamic. That is not all; Dr. Tareq Al-Suwaidan is the presenter of many TV programs dealing with both Islamic and Human Development issues.

For me, Dr. Tareq Al-Suwaidan is more than that. I call him the wizard of my life. He was the reason why I feel satisfied and why I enjoy success right now. Though that we have never met yet. The whole story started like this. I was in a big trouble. A seventy-something years old christian lady approached me and tried to convince me to leave my religion (Islam) and gain salvation by being christian. At the beginning I was strong enough to say no and debate with her on this issue. We used to meet daily and she was intelligent enough to attract me to her religion.

At this moment, I was about to lose control and be christian.I tried to contact many Shiekhs and preachers in my neighbourhood and my province. Most of them insulted me, while few other sympathized with me and blamed me for having low knowledge on Islam. None of them gave me true advice. None of them told me what to do to stop this lady.

On some friday cold night I was home alone watching TV. On Smarts-Way TV, I saw Dr. Tareq Al-Suwaidan for the first time. It was December, and the holy month of Ramadan was about to start. I liked him so much. The way he was talking affected me and made me feel safe and relaxed. So I decided to contact him. By the end of the program, this link was written: Dr. Tareq Al-Suwaidan (www.suwaidan.com) It was like the drop of water given to a lost man in the desert for me. I visited the website and picked his email and messaged him. He was sincere enough to reply to my emails. He helped me to deal with that woman and guided me to a bright future. He supported me for almost four month to launch my difficult and joyful path in life. He is still replying to my emails till now and he never let me down.

From here, form my own blog I would like to declare it to the world. I like this man and hope that me and him meet in paradise with our dearest beloved Prophet Mohammmad (Peace and Blessings be Upon Him). Thanks God for having Dr. Tareq Al-Suwaidan in my life.

Now, I am the moderator of "Cultures Forum"; an English section of "Al-Suwaidan's Forum" which you may visit on www. suwaidan.com/forum.I also work as a remote translator for Al-Suwaidan's Gulf Innovation Company located in Kuwait. That is beside my work as a translator for a human rights organization located in Egypt (www. hrinfo.net) and the Executive Director of Softcopy Translation Center. (http://targama.bravehost. com).I also translate as a volunteer for some human rights organizations and publishing houses in Egypt. He ehlped me to be Dalia Ziada as I love she to be.
Dr. Tareq Al-Suwaidan; Thank You. Yet, I have to thank Allah first. So thanks God.

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Monday, August 14, 2006

The newest poem by Ahmed Fouad Negm

Yes, Believe it or not! At last Ahmed Fouad Negm is writing again. His latest poem is entitled "Migana ya Migana". It is dedicated to Hassan Nassrallah of Hizbullah.

Enjoy it and when the blog allows me to add photos, I will add a photo for Negm

ميجانا و يا ميجانا

يا حفيد سيدنا و مولانا

عشاقك و العشق عباده

على إسمك غزلوا السجادة

نصر الله و النصر إرادة

ما تفرط أبدا في أمانة

ميجانا و يا ميجانا

يا اسمر يا عود الزانة

يابو هادي يا شمس الدين

يا مطمن قلب الخايفين

كان جدك سند المساكين

و اختارك مسكين ويانا

ميجانا و يا ميجانا

يا اسمر يا عود الزانة

يا فارس على كل زمان

يا عربي القلب يا إنسان

يا سليل النور و الإيمان

يا حفيد سيدنا و مولانا

ميجانا و يا ميجانا

يا حفيد سيدنا و مولانا

14/8/2006 أحمد فؤاد نجم

I think you liked it.

posted by Dalia Ziada at 3:01 PM

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Thanks God. I think I am going to be a famous person or may be I becme a famous person already. Today I found a whole article talking about me in Almasry Alyoum daily newspaper. The article is written by the famous and beautiful writer; Sherin Abuel Naga. I read it this morning and I could not help telling you about. I am extremely happy.
The link is: http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=24002

Sherin Abuel Naga discussed my winning essay in HAMSA competetion last month. She talked about the brilliancy of handling Arab women issue in such a simple way. I met Sherin few month ago at Dar Merit Publishing House. She was extremely beautiful at that day and I praised her beauty. There were Ahmed Fouad Negm the famous poet setting with me at Dar Merit. He praised her beauty too :)

Almasry Alyoum is an independent newspaper known for its dare situations against state authority and regime in Egypt. It is a good idea to have my work discussed in such paper rather than any other semi-official paper.

Allah is great. I love yo Allah. Thank you Allah for making my dreams getting real.

Wait for me, Glob.
I am coming with much hope.
I am coming with no fear.
I am coming to remove every single tear.
I am coming to be me
I am coming to be the unique Dalia Ziada

Thanks God, as you always support me even if I was so stupid not to seek your help. Thanks Almighty and merciful God.

OOOOOOOOOOOh! I almost forgot.

To read the ARTICLE ON DALIA ZIADA go to this link:

http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article/aspx?ArticleID=24002

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Friday, June 30, 2006

Dalia Ziada writes to Muslim Writers Society (MWS)

Believe it or not! I became a renowned writer and member of Muslim Writers Society. I joined the Society about two months ago. I choose one of my peices to be the very first thing to publish on their website. Publishing there is not that easy. MWS has a panel of judges who read articles then decide to publish them or not. Thanks God, my article was chosen and published long time ago and I did not realize this before now. I am so happy :)

This is how Muslim Writers Society introduce itself to the people:

The World Muslim Writers Society and Foundation is an organization and forum where Muslim writers can exchange ideas, help each other grow as writers, express their views, and ultimately get their works published on our web site and, insha'Allah, in a future publication. It is a society because we are a group of Muslims united for the purpose of promoting intellectual expression and Islamic awareness. It is a foundation because it is the base from which Muslim writers can draw their strength and find support in good times and bad times.

The Society is affiliated to One Ummah Network which is interested in uniting Muslims all over the world.

My article published on MWS is one of the articles published on this blog. It is "Muslim = an ambitiously satisfied human". Do you remember it? If not go down this page to view it. The article is published under my name Dalia Ziada. However, it is written as one word like this "daliaziada". Anyway, it is still my name and it is still me the author of the article.

Wanna the link to read my article on MWS website? OK :)

Click On This:

Thanks Allah.

I love you God.

I love the world.

I love my life and I am so satisfied.

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May 6, 2012

Dalia Ziada, 30 years-old, is an award-winning Egyptian liberal human rights activist, socio-political analyst, public speaker, and Executive Director of the Cairo-based Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, one of the oldest and biggest nongovernmental organizations advocating human rights and civil freedoms in Egypt and the Arab World since 1980s. Dalia Ziada holds a Masters Degree in International Relations from Fletcher School for Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University in the US.

In recognition of her tireless work for advocating and promoting women rights, civil freedoms, and liberal democracy in the Middle East, she received several international and regional awards. She has been named by Newsweek for two years in a row (2011-2012) as one of world's most influential and most fearless women, named by CNN as one of Arab World's eight agents of change (2012), selected by Daily Beast as one of world's seventeen bravest bloggers (2011), received Tufts University Presidential Award for civil work (2011), received Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Journalist Award (2010), named by Time magazine as women rights champion (2009).

Before joining IKC, Dalia worked for the Washington DC based American Islamic Congress (AIC) for 6 years as the founding director of its Cairo-based Middle East and North Africa Bureau. Her work scope, then, focused on implementing field projects that educates grassroots citizens in the Muslim World about human rights, civil freedoms, nonviolent conflict, and religious tolerance. Before joining AIC, Dalia worked for several local and regional NGOs including: Tharwa Foundation, Softcopy Translation Center for World NGOs, and Arabic Network for Human Rights Information.

After Egypt's 2011 revolution, Dalia co-founded a political party and ran for parliament. She did not win because of the negative perception of women in the Egyptian society. However, this enhanced her persistence and insistence to improve the status of women in Egypt. She is planning and preparing herself, from now, to run for presidency as soon as she turns 40 in 2022.

Ziada is a public speaker on women rights, freedom of expression, and nonviolent conflict in the Middle East. The list of the venues that hosted Ziada as a speaker include but are not limited to: US Congress, US Senate House, Harvard University, CATO Institute, Al-Akhawyn University in Morocco, American University in Cairo, and several local, regional, and international NGOS.

In June 2009, Ziada was invited to President Obama's speech in Cairo and after the speech she was invited to a private meeting with White House Senior Advisor, Valerie Jarrett to discuss topics related to civil rights, youth, and women rights in the Muslim world.

Dalia launched and ran several initiatives and campaigns including but are not limited to:

- "AB Human Rights Campaign" to educate kids at primary schools and orphanage houses about human rights.

- Fearless Fighters for Faith Freedom (5Fs) campaign to promote religious freedom and tolerance.

- In November 2008, Ziada held the first Cairo Human Rights Film Festival; the first film festival of kind in the history of the Middle East, despite all the hardships and challenges she faced on both security and logistics levels.

- Fahem Haqi campaign to educate Egyptians about voting rights and civil freedoms after the revolution.

- Ziada has been fighting against Female Genital Mutilation and all forms of violence against women since she was eight years old.

Dalia Ziada contributed and translated several articles, studies, and analyses on human rights, women rights, nonviolent conflict, and democratization in the Middle East, including but are not limited to:

- "New Narrative for Muslim Women in the Middle East" (2010, English and Arabic) a guidebook for policy makers in the Middle East and US on how to efficiently push for women rights in the most anti-women region in the world.

- "Egypt, whereto?" (2008 Arabic) documenting the statuesque of Egypt's civil rights movement and advising on how to proceed with nonviolent plans for change, in an astonishing prediction of Egypt's 2011 revolution.

- "The Montgomery Story" (2007 Arabic) a translation of 1960s comic book about Martin Luther King Jr. with the purpose to inspire young Middle Eastern activists to adopt nonviolent strategies in their struggle for civil rights. This simple comic book was given credit by the Washington Post and other major international media for helping to inspire the Egyptian nonviolent revolution.

- "Implacable Adversaries: Arab Governments Vs. The Internet" (2006 Arabic and English) a report monitoring the power of Internet medium in confronting the suppression of Arab regimes on young people in the Middle East.

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Changing Hearts and Minds: An Interview with Hillel Teach-In Tour Educator Dalia Ziada

Author

Hillel International

Date April 3, 2025

Responding to the unprecedented rise in global antisemitism and campus antisemitism following the October 7 attacks on Israel, Hillel International organized the Hillel Teach-In Tour, a program that brings experts, educators, and thought leaders to college campuses around the United States. Speakers include U.S. Ambassador and Georgetown University professor Dennis Ross, former Palestinian negotiator Ghaith al-Omari, and Egyptian writer and political analyst Dalia Ziada. Since the program's inception in 2023, more than 30 thousand students and 150 campuses have participated in a Teach-In session.

To learn more about what it's like to speak with students across the country as part of the Teach-In Tour, Hillel caught up with one of its many participating experts: award-winning writer, political analyst, and human rights activist Dalia Ziada. Check out her interview below.

Editor's note: In sharing her experiences, Dalia references the actions of Hamas, as well as past terror attacks and violence. Please read with care.

Hillel International: By the end of this academic year, you will have visited 45 campuses with the Hillel Teach-In Tour which is incredible! How did you come to be involved with the Hillel Teach-In Tour?

Dalia Ziada: It's unbelievable, actually! I didn't expect in one year to visit that number of campuses, but it's been a wonderful experience.

You know, I was forced to leave Egypt in 2023 after I publicly condemned Hamas. On my way to the United States, I really thought that I had left all the bad guys behind — all the extremists, the people trying to manipulate the truth, who are supporting Hamas. So it was a shock to see that their new battlefield was actually American college campuses, where young people are being targeted so aggressively.

These are Americans who don't necessarily have an Islamic or Arab background, but they're being manipulated to support the rhetoric or narratives that groups like Hamas want them to support. So with my background, I felt like I could have a role in countering that. I started out on my own, visiting some campuses and doing talks, and that was when Hillel reached out to me and said, "We want to amplify what you're doing. We want to help you keep doing it."

Being part of this program has let me visit so many more campuses than I could have on my own, and it's been amazing in so many ways. Nothing is as rewarding as the ability to affect the hearts and minds of young people, to help them see the world from a different perspective.

Hillel: In addition to being an educator and activist, you're a political analyst, specializing in governance, geopolitics, and defense policy in the Middle East. How did you originally get involved in this kind of work?

Dalia: I grew up in a very conservative environment in Egypt, one that was very hostile to Israel. I was 18 years old at the time of the Second Intifada in Gaza. I was an undergraduate student, and I remember my campus in Cairo being full of protests. There was a lot of misinformation about Israel, about the Jewish people, and about Judaism in general, so it was natural for me to join those protests.

My perspective changed when the people organizing the protests, who I later learned were the Muslim Brotherhood, started burning flags — first the Israeli flag, then the American flag, and finally, the Egyptian flag. And it was really shocking to me, because at that moment, I just felt that those couldn't be good people claiming that they were standing for a humanitarian cause while also doing something as bad as burning my flag. For me, it was this moment of, "Something's wrong here."

That was the moment I got out of the ideological box. I took a step back, and I decided to educate myself about the Islamists, about Judaism, about Israel, about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and about the geopolitics of the Middle East.

Since then, it has become my passion to use education to change the conversation. I became an advocate of Muslim-Jewish dialogue, Arab-Israeli dialogue, and fighting against radical Islamists. I'm glad now that I'm able to bring that same opportunity of change to the young people who come to my lecture — to give them that same experience of cognitive dissonance that makes them ask questions about what they're hearing and what they're dealing with.

Hillel: You've been doing these visits as part of the Teach-In Tour since last spring. Has anything changed in the way students or campuses have approached your lectures?

Dalia: At the beginning, there was definitely some opposition — this was the time when the encampments were really at their height, and things were often very tense. People would try to interrupt my activities, interrupt the lectures, even harass the students who attended. But we insisted on continuing, and I'm so grateful to Hillel for not giving up, even in the midst of all that harassment and terrorizing.

I think a real turning point came in the last few months, especially after the ceasefire began. The propaganda theater that Hamas created in returning the hostages, especially, you know, the bodies of the Bibas family, the mother and her children — I think even the more radicalized students really started to see Hamas in a different way. It created that cognitive dissonance in the minds of those students who were supporting Hamas, thinking they were freedom fighters, and those students actually started coming to my lectures seeking the truth or at least an answer to their moral dilemmas.

Hillel: Are there moments from any of your visits that really stand out to you?

Dalia: Definitely. I remember having one conversation with a student who had been a member of Students for Justice in Palestine. He came up to me and said he's been listening and thinking, and he's changed his mind about a number of things. He said he isn't exactly sure where to go from here, but he knows something wrong is happening in his movement, and he came to listen to me because he was curious to hear something different from what was being said to him, and it changed things for him.

Another moment that stood out was when two Egyptian students came to one of my lectures. Based on my experience with other Egyptian and Arab students who had come, I was expecting them to be protestors, and I started preparing for trouble. But it turned out that they actually come to Hillel regularly. They told me that with the food, the culture, even the type of students, it's a place where they feel closest to home. And even though they're treated badly by other Arab students for that connection, they still keep going.

One of the most meaningful experiences I had was immediately after that horrible spectacle Hamas made of the Bibas family. I was visiting campuses and speaking to students about the importance of peace and the potential for change, and while I was speaking, they were crying. And I don't think I will ever forget it — the way Jewish students here in the United States were impacted. I think part of me wondered whether these students, who live so far away from what's happening, should care. But when I saw the tears in their eyes and the pain they were experiencing, it made me so grateful that I could be there in that difficult moment to give a message of hope and solidarity to those students, and to let them know that I see this as my fight, too.

Hillel: What do you hope students — and anyone else who reads this article — will take away from your perspective and experiences?

Dalia: I hope that they know that there are Arabs who want peace with Israel, and that Hamas and other extremist groups don't speak for all of us. We have this fight in common. And I would also encourage people to look outside of their own experiences, and learn from people who are different from them, even if it makes you uncomfortable. Hearing other perspectives, challenging what we're taught, and being willing to be curious — it will make all the difference in helping you learn and grow.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Visit the Hillel Teach-In Tour website to learn more about the impact of these campus visits, the speakers,and to find a Teach-In event near you.

https://www.hillel.org/changing-hearts-and-minds-an-interview-with-hillel-teach-in-tour-educator-dalia-ziada/

HILLEL TEACH IN TOUR

"Following the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, the unprecedented rise in antisemitism around the world, and the polarizing discourse on campus and on social media, educational programming about the history of Israel and the current conflict is more important than ever before.

The Hillel Teach-In Tour featured a diverse group of experts, educators, and thought leaders offering varying perspectives on the conflict, including U.S. Ambassador and Georgetown professor Dennis Ross, former Palestinian negotiator Ghaith al-Omari, and former U.S. State Department senior advisor and Johns Hopkins professor David Makovsky.

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https://www.hillel.org/teach-in/

Hillel Statement in Support of Racial Justice

Our tradition teaches us that we may not "stand idly by the blood of our neighbors." Now is the moment for action; standing idly by will not suffice.

We cannot see the murder of George Floyd and stand indifferent to his cries, nor to that of so many Black Americans and people of color. For too long, we have seen the destructive consequences of racism — on college campuses, in our cities, and in our own communities. As a people that has known and fought oppression for generations, we have an obligation to speak out and take action whenever people are being targeted for who they are or what they believe. We speak out today because Black Americans continue to endure systemic racism and police brutality in our world and because we believe Black lives matter. Our tradition teaches us that we may not "stand idly by the blood of our neighbors." Now is the moment for action; standing idly by will not suffice.

We cannot see the murder of George Floyd and stand indifferent to his cries, nor to that of so many Black Americans and people of color. For too long, we have seen the destructive consequences of racism — on college campuses, in our cities, and in our own communities. As a people that has known and fought oppression for generations, we have an obligation to speak out and take action whenever people are being targeted for who they are or what they believe. We speak out today because Black Americans continue to endure systemic racism and police brutality in our world and because we believe Black lives matter.

hillel.org.racial-justice-resources

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Ghaith al-Omari, the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute's Irwin Levy Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship, is the former executive director of the American Task Force on Palestine. He served as advisor to the negotiating team during the 1999–2001 permanent-status talks in addition to holding various other positions within the Palestinian Authority.

https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/experts/ghaith-al-omari

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Lucy Aharish World Economic Forum

Lucy Aharish is an Israeli Arab news anchor, reporter and television host. She is notable for being the first Arab Muslim news presenter on mainstream Hebrew-language Israeli television. As of 2018, Aharish serves as a news anchor at Reshet 13. She was previously a morning anchor on a current affairs show on its predecessor, Channel 2; a presenter of the Evening Edition at i24news; a news presenter and reporter at Channel 10; a co-host at Radio 99; and a late-night co-host at Channel 1. In April 2015, Aharish was one of 12 Israeli personalities chosen to light torches in the official ceremony kicking off Israel's 67th Independence Day celebrations.

https://www.weforum.org/people/lucy-aharish/

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Anila Ali

A native of Pakistan, Ali is a retired California public school teacher, Muslim philanthropist, author, and women rights advocate. A centrist Democrat, Ali served as a delegate to the 2012 and 2016 Democratic National Conventions. She is a co-founder of the Irvine Pakistani Parents Foundation and CalPak Educational Services. In 2015 she presented at the Obama White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism. For more information on her biography and leadership work, see www.AnilaAli.com.

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Soraya M. Deen

Soraya M. Deen is a lawyer, author, and founder of the Muslim Women Speakers. She is an award-winning international interfaith activist, community organizer, and motivational speaker. A fierce advocate of human rights, gender equity (redressing religious-based oppression, dominance, and violence)minority rights, and #FoRB,

Soraya is a member of the International Religious Freedom Roundtable (IRF Roundtable) and Co-Founder of the Women's Working Group. Soraya teaches communities how to organize for action in order to solve urgent, relevant, and winnable issues.

She is an advisory board member of Faith In Action – the USA's largest

clergy-organizing network that gives people of faith the tools that they need to fight for justice and work towards a more equitable society.

Soraya is the 2019 recipient of the Los Angeles Impact Maker Award. Her work prioritizes organizing women to dismantle the supremacy of patriarchy and religion-based oppression, dominance, and violence. Soraya is the recipient of the prestigious Paul Carus Award for grassroots activism by the world's premier interfaith convening organization – The Parliament of the World's Religions.

In the words of Ella Baker, Soraya believes that "Oppressed people do not need a messiah to deliver them from oppression; all they need is themselves, one another, and the will to persevere.

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MIM: Dalia Ziada's Bio info on the Hillel List Of Experts List "Has Been Removed"' for unspecified reasons.

Blog has been removed

Sorry, the blog at daliaziada.blogspot.com has been removed. This address is not available for new blogs.

https://daliaziada.blogspot.com/p/about-me.ht

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MIM: Dalia Ziada was the Cairo based Regional Director in MENA for the Washington-based American Islamic Congress (AIC). The AIC is headquartered in Washington,DC and was founded after 9/11 with the goal of 'combating stereotypes about Muslims' and 'educating the American public about Islam'. (aka Dawah).

The mission statement of the American Islamic Congress bears a striking similarity to that of The Council On American Relations (CAIR) a Hamas front group which operates under the guise of promoting Muslim civil rights.

MIM: AIC Mission Statement

The American Islamic Congress is a non-religious, civic society organization that provides an alternative Muslim voice for the promotion of civil and human rights through advocacy, engagement and education.

The American Islamic Congress was founded in 2001, in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attack on the United States. AIC was founded by a group of diverse Americans who, in the vacuum of progressive American Muslim voices post-9/11, sought to fill the void. In the immediate time following 9/11, AIC worked to combat negative stereotyping of Muslim Americans, focusing on hate speech and hate crimes against Muslims.

Simultaneously, the organization became a platform for Muslims to speak out against extremism and terrorism conducted in the name of Islam. The work expanded to include human and civil rights issues throughout the Muslim world, specifically the Middle East and North Africa. AIC sought to create an alternative, pluralistic American Muslim voice that incorporates both these domestic and international goals.

In the years since 9/11, AIC has worked to change the discourse both within the American Muslim community and in American society about coexistence, democratic freedom, and humanitarian issues. AIC has done so by organizing numerous interfaith and interethnic events, providing discussion guides and educational curriculum to the public, and launching a student-led initiative in American universities.

A decade and half later, the aim of the American Islamic Congress remains the same: to provide an alternative Muslim voice and civic identity grounded in pluralism and progressive thought to the American society.

With four offices worldwide, AIC is advancing its mission with timely, relevant, and innovative initiatives and programming. AIC supports human rights and civil freedoms through educational programming, advocacy, and civic engagement.

https://aicongress.org/who-we-are/about-us/

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MIM: The Council On American Islamic Relations' mission statement is ominously similar to that of the American Islamic Congress.

About Us

Vision and mission

CAIR's vision is to be a leading advocate for justice and mutual understanding.

CAIR's mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American Muslims

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a grassroots civil rights and advocacy group. CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties organization, with regional offices nationwide. CAIR's national headquarters are on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.

Since its establishment in 1994, CAIR has worked to promote a positive image of Islam and Muslims in America. Through media relations, government relations, education and advocacy, CAIR puts forth an Islamic perspective to ensure the Muslim voice is represented. In offering this perspective, CAIR seeks to empower the American Muslim community and encourage their participation in political and social activism.

https://www.cair.com/about_cair/about-us/

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MIM:Apparently oblivious to the grotesque irony the AIC launched an "anti suicide bombing PR campaign for the Eid Al Asha holiday to "Educates The American Public About Islam's Life Affirming Message". (sic)

Eid Al -Adha - The 'Feast Of The Sacrifice' mandates that adult male Muslims slaughter live sheep by slitting their throats as an act of obedience and worship to Allah in front of men,women and children which,according to the weltaanshaung of the American Islamic Congress, constitutes a 'life affirming message' as opposed to Muslim suicide bombings!

American Islamic Congress Launches New Anti-Suicide Bombing Campaign for Eid Al Adha Holiday

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Contact: Jina Hassan, + 617 .266. 0080

American Islamic Congress Launches New Anti-Suicide Bombing Campaign for Eid Al Adha Holiday

Educates American Public about Muslim New Year's Life-Affirming Message

Dec. 19, 2007 –The American Islamic Congress (AIC) today launched an anti-suicide bombing campaign to coincide with Eid Al-Adha, "the Festival of Sacrifice," which marks the Muslim new year at the end of the Hajj period.

"Eid Al-Adha is one of Islam's high holidays, yet most Americans know little about it," said Zainab Al-Suwaij, AIC's executive director. The holiday commemorates Abraham's near-sacrifice of his son Ismael. But the boy is spared at the last second, as Abraham's knife instead falls on a lamb.

"Eid Al-Adha represents an unequivocal denunciation of human sacrifice," said Nasser Weddady, AIC's Outreach Director. "Even when God himself seems to order the killing of a human being, it is stopped. As Muslim families gather for the traditional holiday lamb meal, they celebrate the rescue of Ismael and affirm the sanctity of human life."

AIC is marking Eid Al-Adha with a new campaign to educate non-Muslims about the holiday and to rally the Muslim community around a bold anti-suicide bombing initiative. The civil-rights group is releasing a special Eid Al-Adha reading that families and communities can use to commemorate the holiday.

"Eid Al-Adha celebrates the sanctity of human life by rejecting child sacrifice," said Weddady. "Alas, the holiday season has seen deadly suicide bombings across the Muslim world, as well as a father murdering his daughter in Toronto over a religious dispute."

"We need to counter these negative images for non-Muslims and mobilize our community to unequivocally denounce suicide attacks," said Weddady. "Eid Al-Adha's message of redemption helps us promote an affirmation of life more powerful than the extremists' sanctification of death."

"Looking forward to the year ahead, we resolve not to remain silent or passive," said Al‑Suwaij. "We wish Muslims and non-Muslims alike a healthy and peaceful new year."

The American Islamic Congress is a civil-rights organization promoting tolerance and the exchange of ideas among Muslims and between other peoples. With the motto "passionate about moderation," the organization leads initiatives around the world and has offices in Washington, Boston, Egypt, and Iraq.

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