Middle East and North Africa

As the worldwide community hears the tragic news from Yemen, where suicide bombers attacked two mosques in Sanaa, our hearts and messages of support and peace go out to friends and family across the world.

Naw-Rúz is the first day of the Bahá'í calendar, which takes place on the vernal equinox each year. Beginning in Iran, Naw-Rúz is now celebrated by those of the Bahá'í faith throughout the world. The beginning of the new year signifies a close to the preceding month of fasting, which is often celebrated with dinner, music, prayer, and dancing.

On International Women's Day we were reminded of the power of women to give life, shape life and sustain life in all aspects of every society around the world.

Founded in 2006, the Euphrates Institute works to promote sustainability and peace in the Middle East by uniting cultures that would otherwise be divided by lack of understanding each other.

Musaique grew out of a URI Assembly in 2008 in Jordan, when Arab Jordanian Jamil Sarraj and Jewish Israeli Lee Ziv, along with Amir, an Iranian musician, met and played music together for the first time. 

The final report of the silent stand “Forgiveness and peace are the most nominal humanitarian value”  The supporters: URI.

There are always religions, plural and together in competition. Right there, at the intersection of God and gods, is the problem and the solution. 

URI CCs from Morocco along with URI MENA staff participated in the Arab Thought Foundation's 13th Annual FIKR conference (FIKR 13), which was held in Skhirat last December.

The TRUST WIN CC in Israel celebrated with 60 Israeli and Palestinian women - Christian, Jewish, and Muslim - in the Old City of Jerusalem.