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	<title>Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project &#187; Peace</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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		<category><![CDATA[Muslim Peacemaker Teams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sister City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
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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>Water for Peace Installations</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/water-for-peace-installations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[clean water]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below are images from schools and a mosque in Najaf, Iraq, where water filtration units were recently installed by the Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project and our partner, the Muslim Peacemaker Teams. Thanks to donors St. Augustine Church, Cohasset, MN; Albuquerque Mennonite Faith Community, Albuquerque, NM; and Community Presbyterian Church, Cohasset, MN.
Water for Peace is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artworks by Minneapolis artist traveling in Karbala, Iraq</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/artworks-by-minneapolis-artist-traveling-in-karbala-iraq/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/artworks-by-minneapolis-artist-traveling-in-karbala-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 16:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art and peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IARP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraqi Art]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minneapolis-based artist Sean Smuda sent artworks from his Blown Derivatives project with Muslim Peacemaker Teams Director Sami Rasouli when Sami returned to Najaf, Iraq this past February. Today, the artworks are traveling to farms, art exhibits, local streets by holy shrines and various communities in Karbala, Iraq. This display of Blown Derivatives is made possible by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Message from the Northwest Neighbors for Peace</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/a-message-from-the-northwest-neighbors-for-peace-8/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/a-message-from-the-northwest-neighbors-for-peace-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq and Middle East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NW Neighbors for Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vigil]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the first Thursday of the month for the next 8 months, between 4:45 PM and 5:45 PM, Northwest Neighbors for Peace will come together at the four corners of Winnetka and 42nd Avenue in New Hope and be a presence for peace. You are invited to join us.

We will have signs that read &#8220;Support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Echo Valley Hope Breakfast Brainstorm عصف ذهني خلال وجبة الافطار في منطقة &#8220;أمل وادي الصدى&#8221; في ولاية ويسكانسون-الولايات المتحدة</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/echo-valley-hope-breakfast-brainstorm/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/echo-valley-hope-breakfast-brainstorm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muslim Peacemaker Teams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflict resolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonviolence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sami Rasouli on Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 11:52pm
Echo Valley Breakfast Brainstorm: How do you resolve conflict in your daily life?
كيف تتصرف عندما تواجه نزاعاً في حياتك اليومية؟
“I train myself to pause and skip my initial, violent reaction.”
ألتزم الهدوء بالبدء و أتفادى رد فعلي الأول
“I try not to judge”
ألا أصدر حكماً سريعاً
“I look within [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt and Iraq</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/egypt-and-iraq/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/egypt-and-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In light of Egypt’s mostly nonviolent revolution, Iraq presents a sobering reality. Where does Iraq stand today, after nearly 8 years of a United States-led war justified, in part, by claims of &#8220;bringing democracy to the Middle East&#8221;?



Jamal Penjweny, &#34;Iraq is Flying&#34; series



While some had hoped prior to the 2003 American invasion that Iraq would become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MPT Director Sami Rasouli on the Iraqi Art Project</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/mpt-director-sami-rasouli-on-the-iraqi-art-project/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/mpt-director-sami-rasouli-on-the-iraqi-art-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educational Materials]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Muslim Peacemaker Teams Director Sami Rasouli on Iraqi artists and the Iraqi Art Project. Check out our upcoming exhibit, Navigating the Aftermath, which brings Iraqi and American artists together.







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		<title>St. Thomas helps bring clean drinking water to students in Iraq</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/st-thomas-community-helps-bring-clean-drinking-water-to-students-in-iraq/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/st-thomas-community-helps-bring-clean-drinking-water-to-students-in-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Water for Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IARP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[justice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent article in the St. Thomas Bulletin describes a Water for Peace project by Students for Justice and Peace at the University of St. Thomas. In collaboration with other student groups and departments, Students for Justice and Peace raised more than $1,400 last spring to pay for a water-filtration system that is now used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coffee and Conversation</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/coffee-and-conversation/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/coffee-and-conversation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educational Materials]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[film]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Midwest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reconciliationproject.org/?p=4445</guid>
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		<title>The Impact of Our Work in 2010</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/the-impact-of-our-work-in-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/the-impact-of-our-work-in-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Muslim Peacemaker Teams]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sister City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[reconciliation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few of the people affected by IARP&#8217;s work in 2010. Thank you to all of our supporters.

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