Coalition activities in 2025

Central question

What role can civil society and grassroots initiatives play in the face of grave violations of human values in Gaza, and how can community action become a lever for resilience and a space for cross-border human solidarity?

Themes

1. The humanitarian reality and moral responsibility: documenting violations, the role of civil society, and how initiatives form a “protective wall” for solidarity, altruism and dignity.
2. Models of community response and resilience: community kitchens and centres, field clinics, alternative schooling, psychosocial support for children and displaced people, support for vulnerable groups; the Global Sumud Flotilla as an international example.
3. Challenges and prospects: obstacles on the ground, the role of external support, recovery and rebuilding social trust, documenting violations and calling for accountability.

Speakers

• Dr. Muhanna Naim NajmMember of the Supreme Islamic Council, Al-Quds
• Ms. Alia ShakerTV journalist, director of Al-Ihsan International Virtual School
• Dr. Ibrahim BouzidaniProfessor of psychology, Istanbul University
• Dr. Wael ShadidPresident, Centre for Leadership and Diplomacy
• Dr. Sabah El OmraniModerator, member of the Board of Trustees

Objectives

• Highlight grave violations of international law and human values in Gaza.
• Discuss the responsibility of international and regional actors for the continuing tragedy.
• Revive a global ethical discourse that restores the principles of justice and rejects double standards.
• Formulate practical recommendations to strengthen human solidarity and defend moral values in international fora.

Themes

1. Global arrogance and the collapse of human values; double standards in applying international law.
2. The widening of Israeli attacks from Gaza to other Arab and regional capitals, and the impact on regional security.
3. The role of peoples: popular marches, flotillas to break the blockade, and new media.
4. Towards an alternative global ethical discourse that rejects selective application of human values.

Speakers

• Dr. Ibrahim MuhannaExecutive bureau, Palestine Scholars Association; general secretariat, Islamic World Forum for Thought and Civilization
• Dr. El Mostafa BenmoussaExecutive Director, International Centre for Educational and Scientific Research and Studies, Paris
• Dr. Rania NasrMember of the International Union of Muslim Scholars; PhD in political communication
• Dr. Majed Abu GhazalehModerator

The conference started from the premise that justice is not merely a legal or political concept but a moral and human principle that reflects a nation’s progress, and that its effective application is today undermined by double standards, the weak enforceability of international justice and unequal representation within international institutions.

Programme

• Opening session (chair: Dr. Majed Fawzi Abu Ghazaleh): addresses by Dr. Abdelhakim Hajouji, Dr. El Mostafa Benmoussa, Ms. Alia Shaker, and guests of honour Dr. Noureddine Khadmi and Eng. Faïza Zenak.
• Keynote lecture: Dr. Sami Al-Khatib, “Towards a New Human Charter for Justice in an Interconnected World”.
• The philosophical, ethical and cultural concept of justice – 6 papers (chair: Dr. Sabah El Omrani).
• Justice, education, media and community culture – 7 papers (chair: Dr. Mohamed Al-Shaqaldi).
• Social and economic justice and public policy – 6 papers (chair: Dr. Alaa Husni).
• Justice in politics as a basis for good governance and transparency – 7 papers (chair: Ms. Alia Shaker).
• The Palestinian cause and the call for justice – 7 papers (chair: Dr. Asmaa Lashin).
• International justice: contemporary applications and ethical and political problems – 6 papers (chair: Dr. Badreddine Zouaka).
• Closing session (chair: Eng. Labib Fenjiro): address by the conference director and reading of the recommendations by Dr. Sabah El Omrani.

Speakers

• Dr. Majed Fawzi Abu GhazalehUniversity of Malaya; researcher, International Institute of Islamic Thought
• Dr. Nadia Mahmoud MostafaProfessor of international relations, Cairo University; head of Al-Hadara Centre for Studies and Research
• Dr. Ibrahim MuhannaIslamic World Forum for Thought and Civilization; Palestine Scholars Association
• Dr. Rehab Abdelrahman Al-SharifProfessor of political science and international relations, University of Gezira, Sudan
• Dr. Hamoud OwailmatFaculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar
• Dr. Radwan Jamal ElatrashInternational Islamic University Malaysia
• Dr. Ahmed FerrakProfessor of philosophy and logic, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco
• Dr. El Mostafa BenmoussaModerator

Speakers

• Dr. Zulkifli bin IshakUniversity of Malaya, Malaysia
• Dr. Osama Al-AshqarHistorian, novelist and political adviser, Palestine
• Dr. Omar Al-QayyamUniversity of Jordan
• Dr. Abdelkader DahmaniWriter and novelist, Morocco
• Dr. Majed Abu GhazalehModerator