The Updates & Global Media Stories page is designed to keep you up to date on the latest developments concerning the Initiative. You will find two categories of documents below. The left hand column contains stories that have appeared in the global media about the project. The right hand column contains updates and reports directly from the Initiative team.

GLOBAL MEDIA STORIES BY MOST RECENT DATE

These articles by the international media do not necessarily reflect the perspective or opinions of the Abraham Path Initiative. By posting these articles, the Abraham Path Initiative is simply providing a service to the community.

• Paths of dialogue, Today's Zaman, May 2010
• On the Abraham Path: Radio Interview with Joshua Weiss, Managing Director of the Abraham Path Initiative, TravelTalkRADIO, May 2010
• Harvard Club hosts former Ecuadorian President at AUB, Al Bawaba, May 2010
• Book: Taking Off Your Shoes: The Abraham Path, A Path to the Other, By Nilton Bonder, May 2010
• HARRAN'DAN EL HALİL'E UZANAN KÜLTÜR YOLU PROJESİ, Turizm Haberleri, April 2010
• Sam in Amman, Volunteering with the Path in Jordan, March 2010
• Auf der Spur des Patriarchen, Der Spiegel, February 2010
• 25 de Abril 2010: Participe Do Friendship Day. A Corrida Da Amizade.
• Hiking the Middle East, Wanderlust, March 2010
• In de voetsporen van Abraham, Onze Wereld, February 2010
• To Climb or Not to Climb: New regulations at Jordan's tourism sites means bad news for adventurists, by Tony Howard, December 23, 2009
• On the path of righteousness in Jordan, The Independent, November 22, 2009
• Going Places – Off the beaten path: Middle East, Ottawa Citizen, September 19, 2009
• A new kind of tourism, Slow Traveller, August 17, 2009
• Culturas diferentes se reúnem com respeito e harmonia na 1ª Corrida da Amizade, Onne, July 2009
• Feature on Habib Dawabshe, API Guide, This Week In Palestine, July 2009
• "Palestine Walking Trails," This Week In Palestine, July 2009
• "Tourism 2.0," Matthew Teller (author, The Rough Guide to Jordan), July 2009
• "Jordan Pilgrimage: Following Abraham's Footsteps" Inspire, June 2009
• "Tomorrow's Youth Organization on the Abraham Path!" Tomorrow's Youth Organization, June 9, 2009
• "Steven Bauman of Christ Church NYC on The Abraham Path," Christ Church Podcast, (English)
• "The Abraham Path on Hopebuilding Wiki," Hopebuilding Wiki, May 2009 (English)
• "Jordan: A kingdom steeped in scriptural history," The Independent, May 2, 2009 (English)
• Matthew Teller (The Rough Guide to Jordan) on his visit to Rasoun Village, Jordan, Traveller's Tree (BBC Radio), April 2009 (English)
• Documentary of the First Student Exchange on the Abraham Path (Jordan 2008)
• "Following the Abraham Path in Turkey," The Times, March 7, 2009 (English)
• "Carter pledges new opportunity to resolve US-Syria tensions," Gulf News, December 2008
• "A path to freedom," Kuwait Times, December 23, 2008 (English)
• "مسار إلى الحرية (A path to freedom)," Al Wasat News, December 22, 2008 (Arabic)
• "Der gemeinsame Vater (The common father)," Der Spiegel, December 20, 2008 (German)
• "Report on the Abraham Path Youth Walk in Palestine," Telepeace TV, October 2008 (Italian and English)
• "Abraham’s path," Clarion Herald, July 12, 2008 (English)
• "A New Take on Middle East Tourism," Trinity, July 2008 (English)
• "Unterwegs auf den Spuren des Glaubensvaters Abraham," KNA Katholische Nachrichten-Agentur, August 15, 2008 (German, English)
• Alghad, June 25, 2008 (Arabic)
• Alghad, June 22, 2008 (Arabic)
• "Promoting in Brazil Middle East's Way of Prophet Abraham," Brazil Magazine, July 4, 2008 (English)
• "Al Ayoun festival celebrates Kingdom’s rural heritage," The Jordan Times, June 29, 2008 (English)
• "Abraham Path takes stakeholders to undiscovered realms," The Jordan Times, June 20, 2008 (English)
• Hurriyet Travel Supplement: Urfa, Abraham Path, Hürriyet, May 2008 (Turkish)
• Joshua Weiss discusses the Abraham Path on "Cultural Restoration & VolunTourism" at VolunTourism.org May 20, 2008 (English audio)
• "Caminho de Abraão, um ponto de partida," HosT, December 2007 (Portuguese)
• مسار سيدنا إبراهيم (Our Master Ibrahim Sparkles from Sanliurfa),
  by Rania S Atallah, Palestinian Journalist (Arabic) hospitalidade & turismo sustentavel
• "يبدأ من تركيا ويمر بالأردن وسوريا ومصر وصولا إلى الخليل مسار أبو الأنبياء.. وعائدات تقدر بحوالي 5 مليارات دولار,"
  Al-Madenah, November 26, 2007 (Arabic)
• "Less Talk, More Walk: The Abraham Path Comes to Jordan," 7iber, November 24, 2007 (English)
• "Hazreti İbrahim’in izinden giden barış projesi" (Peace Project following Prophet Abraham), Hürriyet, November 12, 2007 (Turkish)
• "Çok kültürlü adımlar, Hz. İbrahim’in izinde" (Multicultural footsteps following Prophet Abraham), Zaman, November 11, 2007 (Turkish)
• "Harran'a Harvard ilgisi,"Sabah, November 11, 2007 (Turkish)
• "İbrahim Peygamber yeniden yürüyecek mi," Referans, November 10, 2007 (Turkish)
• "Şanlıurfa’da uluslararası inanç turizmi canlandırılıyor" (International faith tourism is being awakened in Urfa), Dünya, November 09, 2007 (Turkish)
• "Barış için Hz. İbrahim Yolu’nda yürüdüler" (They walked Abraham path for peace), November 9, 2007 (Turkish)
• "CEDDÜL ENBİYA ve DİNLERİN ATASI Hz. İBRAHIM YOLU," Güneydoğu Life , November 7, 2007 (Turkish)
• "'İbrahim Yolu Girişimi' etkinlikleri..." (Abraham Path events), November 3, 2007 (Turkish)
• "Bölgedeki atmosfer değişecek" (The atmosphere in the region will change), November 3, 2007 (Turkish)
• "O caminho do patriarca," Veja, October 17, 2007 (Portuguese, 2,150kb)
• "Tourism for peace," Today's Zaman, September 28, 2007 (English)
• "Um roteiro para unir árabes, judeus e cristãos," Estadão, September 16, 2007 (Portuguese)
• "'Caminho de Abrãao' sai do papel," Gazeta Mercantil, September 14, 2007 (Portuguese, 765kb)
• "Abraham's journey: Mesopotamia to Hebron," Daily Telegraph, September 10, 2007 (English)
• "O 'Caminho de Abraão': uma rota para o entendimento," Gazeta Mercantil, June 4, 2007 (Portuguese, 688kb)
• "Retracing Abraham," Daniel Adamson interviewed on the Canadian radio program As It Happens, April 10, 2007 (English)
• "Walking in Abraham's Footsteps," Utne Reader, April 2007 (English)
• "Step by Step on the Path of Abraham," Science of Mind, March 2007 (English)
• "Researchers follow Ebrahim's footsteps," Gulf News, February 23, 2007 (English)
• "Tracing Abraham's path to Mideast peace," Christian Science Monitor, February 13, 2007 (English)
• Al Arabiya, Interview with Abouna Nabil Haddad, Dec 2006
• Washington Post (Associated Press), Dec 31, 2006 (English)
• Le Monde de Religion, Dec 2006 (French)
• Arizona Daily Star, Dec 25, 2006 (English)
• Duluth News Tribune, Dec 23, 2006 (English)
• CNN Turkey, Interview with William Ury, Elias Amidon,
  and Cemal Usak, Nov 28, 2006
• Harvard Crimson, Nov 16, 2006 (English)
• Hurriyet, Nov 12, 2006 (Turkish)
  
• Hurriyet, Nov 12, 2006 (English translation)
• Referans, Nov 11, 2006 (Turkish)
• Referans, Nov 11, 2006 (English translation)
• "From Turmoil to Tourism: Following the Path of Abraham," A World of Possibilities, radio program, June 20, 2006 (English)
• "Tension Tamer," A profile of William Ury, 5280 Magazine, March 2006 (English)

   

UPDATES FROM THE INITIATIVE

• Caminho de Abraao, Qualimetria
• Masar Ibrahim El Khalil - Palestine: Autumn 2009 Report
• 3rd Annual Seminar of the Abraham Path Initiative, Addressing “Cultural Walking Tourism in Palestine”
• Preserving Culture and Sustaining Tourism: Bethlehem University hosts Abraham Path Exhibition, December 2009
• A Day to Remember: The Masar Ibrahim al Khalil / Abraham Path celebrates the launch of the Charter for Compassion with a unique expression of friendship and hospitality in Jordan
• Read the June 2009 Newsletter
  March 2009 Newsletter
  December 2008 Newsletter
  October 2008 Newsletter
  August 2008 Newsletter
  March 2008 Newsletter
  December 2007 Newsletter
• Harvard University hosts a conference on the Abraham Path, September 2009
• See the impact the path is having on a family in Jordan, September 2009
• Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter walks the Abraham Path in Palestine, August 2009
• Video of the Palestine Summer Youth Walk, July 23 - 30, 2009
• Spring 2009 Report on the Abraham Path in Palestine (Masar Ibrahim el-Khalil), May 2009 (English)
• TRANSFORMING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ISLAM & THE MIDDLE EAST: Leeds Metropolitan University’s (UK) volunteering project in Jordan, Presented at Traditions and Transformations: Tourism, Heritage and Cultural Change in the Middle East and North Africa Region, Amman, Jordan, April 2009 (English)
• Boy Scouts use the Masar to explore rural Jordan, October 2008 (English)
• The Path of the Friend: A report from the first youth exchange on the Abraham Path, October 2008 (English)
• Reflections on the First Jordan Youth Exchange by Voluteer Matthew Allen, February 2009 (English)
• Reflections by Abraham Path Voluteer Steve McArdle, February 2009 (English)
• "Yarmouk University students walk the Abraham Path in Jordan," December 7, 2007 (English)
• Photo journey of the recent events in Sanliurfa/Harran, Turkey, November 2007 (English)
• William Ury and Alex Chade present on the Abraham Path Initiative in Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 17, 2007 (Portuguese, video)
• Photos from the First Study Tour
• A brief report by William Ury at the close of the journey (English)
• "Leaving Our Father's House," by Elias Amidon (English)