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Connect for Peace event lights up the city center of Beirut, Lebanon. Strangers - men, women, youth, children - all take a moment to connect to each other with bungee cords and to feel the invisible connections between us all, to start paving the way for peace with the light that is within us all.
First day of the Colloquium: Violence and the trivialisation of poverty
Interviews of Thomas Mayes (United Kingdom), Sean Dunne (Ireland), and Ronald Schexnayder
Second day of the Colloquium: Peace and mutual recognition. Interviews of Colm O Cuanachaín (Amnesty International) and Lala Arabian (Lebanon)
The three personal stories featured in Veiled Voices give insight into how Muslim women are increasingly willing to challenge the status quo from within their religion, promoting Islam as a powerful force for positive transformation in the world.