Institute for Middle East Understanding
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| Established | 2005  (19 years ago) |
|---|---|
| Types | nonprofit organization |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) organization |
| Headquarters | Tustin |
| Country | United States |
| Chairpersons | Khaldoun Baghdadi |
| Revenue | 2,141,794 United States dollar (2017) |
| Website | imeu |
The Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) is a 501(c)(3) pro-Palestinian non-profit advocacy organization.[1] The organization was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Southern California.
History
[edit]The IMEU received a grant in 2006 from The Jerusalem Fund, an American-Jewish organization focused on education and community development. This grant supported the first compilation of profiles of Palestinian Americans working in the arts, literature, academia, business, and community service.[2] The IMEU also published Letters from Palestine (2006), which Deborah Pike, in the journal Borderlands, cited as a valuable resource for firsthand accounts from Palestinians about their daily lives.[3]
In November 2007, the IMEU provided the names and profiles of Palestinian Americans available to discuss the Annapolis Conference.[4] The list included Samar Assad, Executive Director of the Washington, DC–based Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development; Diana Buttu, a Ramallah-based attorney and former advisor to Palestinian negotiators; Omar Dajani, a San Francisco–based law professor and former legal advisor to United Nations Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larson; and Nadia Hijab, a Senior Fellow at the Washington, DC–based Institute for Palestine Studies.[5]
Leadership
[edit]One of the organization’s co-founders is Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, who is also a member of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) Seattle chapter. As Secretary and Treasurer of the IMEU, she and the organization were featured in the nonprofit spotlight of the e-magazine The Mideast Connect.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Los Angeles Times (28 April 2014). "Kerry draws fire for reported comment about 'apartheid' and Israel". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Past Humanitarian Grant Recipients: 2006 Grantees". Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ^ Deborah Pike (2006). "Sharon's Wall and the Dialectics of Inside/Outside". Borderlands. 5 (3).
- ^ "Samar Assad | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ "Unmasking Israel's Intentions at Annapolis". Booman Tribune. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ^ Interview by Ani Zakarian and Kaiser Shahid (2006-07-10). "The Non-Profit Spotlight". Retrieved 2008-03-16.