Navigating Conversations Across Identities, Cultures, and Narratives

Date & Time
Jun 9, 2026 | 9.00 - 10.30

Link
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TL53BYe1TDOnOoOdFHyqxw

Participants
Noor Seder, EcoPeace Middle East (Palestine)
Salome Zajbert, EcoPeace Middle East (Israel)
Zeyad Qodssyeh, EcoPeace Middle East (Jordan)

Background / Introduction:

In an increasingly interconnected world, humans interact across borders for different purposes. It might be for trade, travel, education or even for regional cooperation such as dialogues in shared environmental resources, these interactions have made the need to understand one another’s languages, cultures, identities, and narratives more urgent than ever. Meaningful engagement requires a deeper understanding of each other narratives. Language remains a vital tool in this process—not only in its structural form, but also as a carrier of emotions, experiences, and shared understanding. This talk examines how narrative barriers understanding and effective communication can create pathways for dialogue, empathy, and sustainable peace.

Objectives of the presentation:

1. Highlight how identity, culture and narrative differences can both create and end environmental conflict.

2. Introduce strategies for bridging the gaps between communities whether if it is in culture, narratives or identity.

3. Sharing success stories for environmental initiatives relied on narratives understanding and cross cultures communication.

Expected Outcomes

• Increased awareness of how narrative barriers, different identities and cultures impact peacebuilding.

• Audience will gain practical strategies that facilitate mutual understanding in different cultures.

• A broadened perspective on the role of communication in building sustainable peace.