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	<title>Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project &#187; Minneapolis</title>
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		<title>&#8220;City&#8221; diplomacy: Minneapolis and Najaf</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/city-diplomacy-minneapolis-and-najaf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Najaf city employee Hiba Qader in Minneapolis, October, 2011
In 2009, Minneapolis residents worked with the city council to approve a &#8220;Sister City&#8221; relationship with Najaf, Iraq. A sister city relationship is about building peaceful relationships between the people of two cities. President Eisenhower launched the idea in 1956, when he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Najaf Chamber of Commerce President Arrives in Minneapolis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zuhair Sharba, President of the Najaf Chamber of Commerce, arrived in Minneapolis on November 4. Mr. Sharba is in Minneapolis to expand trade and economic ties between Minnesota and Najaf, Iraq.]]></description>
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		<title>Lend a hand so Ikhlas can stand and teach</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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Al-Salam Alaikum! My name is Salam Murtada and I am a volunteer for the Iraqi &#38; American Reconciliation Project (IARP).
I am writing to you about Ikhlas Muhassan  Abbas,  a young Iraqi teacher who was hit by an errant missile in August  of  2004 (see her statement below). In order to save [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary by IARP’s Sami Rasouli in the Star Tribune</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/commentary-by-iarps-sami-rasouli-in-the-star-tribune/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/commentary-by-iarps-sami-rasouli-in-the-star-tribune/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A commentary piece written by Sami Rasouli, Director of IARP&#8217;s partner organization the Muslim Peacemaker Teams, appeared in the Star Tribune on February 22, 2010. In the commentary, Sami writes, &#8220;In January, I returned to Iraq. I left Minneapolis with thanks for Americans&#8217; commitment to peace and their generous spirit. I left, also, with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqis head home after fruitful Sister City visit</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/iraqis-head-home-after-fruitful-sister-city-visit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After two weeks in their new Sister City of Minneapolis, 13 Iraqi delegates from Najaf departed on October 2 to head home. The delegates had a busy, productive time in the Twin Cities, meeting with hundreds of educators, business and nonprofit professionals, government officials, and Twin Cities residents. The delegates look forward to future visits [...]]]></description>
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		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/547/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE MPLS-NAJAF SISTER CITY
COMMITTEE INVITE YOU TO:


 
Arab Night



 

A celebration of the sister city relationship
between Najaf, Iraq and Minneapolis, Minnesota,
hosted by the visiting delegation from Najaf and
featuring:



Live Middle Eastern



Music

 


Catering by Big Marina’s Grill &#38; Deli

 


St. Joan of Arc Choir

 


Iraqi Art by Najaf Artists via IARP



&#38; More!
 


Thursday, SEPT 24th 2009. 7pm-9pm.
St. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>قرار مدينة منيابولس Minneapolis City Council Resolution – Arabic Translation</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/%d9%82%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d9%85%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a8%d9%88%d9%84%d8%b3-minneapolis-city-council-resolution-arabic-translation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the English version, click here.
2009R-337
قرار مدينة منيابولس
بأصدار من:  هادجس, جوردن, حافستد, رمينجتن, جلدن

قبول دعوة من مدينة النجف الاشرف في العراق للانضمام بإتفاقية التوأمة و دعوة مواطني مدينتي النجف و منيابولس للمشاركة بالنشاطات المذكورة في الاتفاقية ، والموافقة على تطوير الخطط الخاصة بها من قبل منظمة &#8220;مشروع المصالحة العراقية-الامريكية&#8221;
حيث أن الكثير من مواطني مدينة منيابولس [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sister Cities and Iraqi Delegation Featured on EngageMN.com</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/sister-cities-and-iraqi-delegation-featured-on-engagemn-com/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/sister-cities-and-iraqi-delegation-featured-on-engagemn-com/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EngageMN, an online project aiming to give voice to Minnesota&#8217;s Muslim community, recently published an article about the new Sister City relationship between Minneapolis, USA and Najaf, Iraq. The article also highlights the upcoming delegation visit to Minneapolis from Najaf. To read the article, click here.
]]></description>
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		<title>Minneapolis and Najaf are Sister Cities!</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/mpls-najaf-sister-cities/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/mpls-najaf-sister-cities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After more than a year of moving toward this goal, the Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project (IARP) and our partner in Iraq the Muslim Peacemaker Teams (MPT) are celebrating the beginning of a formal Sister City relationship between Najaf, Iraq and Minneapolis, MN USA. On Friday, July 31st, 2009, the Minneapolis City Council passed a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi Delegation Coming to Twin Cities</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/iraqi-delegation-coming-to-twin-cities/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/iraqi-delegation-coming-to-twin-cities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Iraqi &#38; American Reconciliation Project, in conjunction with the University of Minnesota; Meet Minneapolis: Official Convention and Visitors Association; Twin Cities Peace Campaign: Focus on Iraq; Friends for a NonViolent World; Women Against Military Madness; and others are hosting a delegation of 12-15 Iraqis visiting the Twin Cities in the second half of September. [...]]]></description>
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