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'Hanan' is a magical word within the Arabic culture. It means something like limitless love. Love of the strange and the other - love without conditions, unconditional love. Many arabic songs tell about its power: HANAN!!!
We want to practice this power: since 1992, we developed our own Hanan-dialogue through friendship and cooperation between the Maroccan social scientist and writer Fatema Mernissi and the magazine 'ab 40'. We have led this dialogue in many variations and we are happy to open our internet pages for it as well, so that more women can participate in it.
Many women in our world have grown up within Islamic religion and culture. Islam is the most wide-spread religion on our planet. It is a very peaceful religion and culture, as long as oil and power interests are not part of the picture - which is what we see excessively in our times. Many women within Islamic culture are working towards a democratic Islam. We want to support these women with our Hanan dialogue. We know way too little about their countless initiatives and NGOs (these are nongovernmental organizations for civic causes), because our media in their greed for stories on violence and terror do not talk about them.
We want to support them on their path and inform about their work. We want to offer them a space here, among us, to tell us about themselves. Love and respect for the other, the stranger, will be strengthened that way and will continue to strengthen and recreate Hanan dialogues everywhere.
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