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 first contains updates directly from the Initiative team. The second contains stories that have appeared in the global media about the project.

UPDATES FROM THE INITIATIVE

• Read the October 2008 Newsletter
• 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)
• "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)

GLOBAL MEDIA STORIES

• "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)
• "Walking for peace in the footsteps of Abraham," Wanderlust, June 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)