Voices of the Middle East is a conversation about coexistence, told by the people living it. Israeli actress, producer and author Noa Tishby takes the stage with Jonathan Elkhoury, an Israeli-Lebanese Christian and LGBTQ+ advocate whose family fled Hezbollah and found refuge in Israel, and Fatema Al Harbi, the Bahraini Muslim author who became the first Bahraini civilian to visit Israel following the Abraham Accords. Together, they offer students a perspective on the Middle East that rarely reaches campus: a region that is diverse, changing and quietly building new bridges.

Presented by

Global Jewish Studies Program

Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs

Hillel at FIU