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Why We Call It the Hall of Peace
Most halls of fame celebrate winners. Ours remembers people who took a risk for an enemy, and sometimes paid for it with their lives. And it keeps a place for you.
The Journal of the Abrahamic Ambassadors Tuesday, 20 October 2026 No. 001 · خيمة مفتوحة · אוהל פתוח
The Journal
One father, three peoples: the Accords, the faiths, the people, the places, and the voices
The Accords All →
Fifteenth of September: The Day the Abraham Accords Were Signed
On the South Lawn of the White House, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed with Israel, and the treaty with the Emirates named a common father. It was the first new peace between Israel and an Arab state in twenty-six years.
Editorial desk· 18 Oct
Thirteen Days at Camp David
In September 1978 Jimmy Carter shut himself in the Maryland hills with Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin. Thirteen days later they came out with two frameworks, and six months later with the first peace between Israel and an Arab state.
Editorial desk· 16 Oct
Oslo, 1993: A Handshake on the White House Lawn
On 13 September 1993 Yitzhak Rabin took Yasser Arafat’s hand while Bill Clinton stood between them. The Declaration of Principles did not bring a final peace, but it changed what could be said aloud.
Editorial desk· 14 Oct
The Arava Treaty: Peace Between Israel and Jordan
On 26 October 1994, in the desert crossing between Eilat and Aqaba, Israel and Jordan signed a full peace. Behind it stood a long, quiet friendship between a king and a general.
Editorial desk· 12 Oct
Six Ministers in the Desert: The Negev Summit
In March 2022 the foreign ministers of Israel, the United States, the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt met at Sde Boker, near Ben-Gurion’s grave, and agreed to keep meeting.
Editorial desk· 9 Oct
The Faiths All →
The Open Tent: Why Abraham Left Every Side Open
Jewish tradition says Abraham opened doors in every direction so no traveller had to look for the entrance. Muslim tradition calls him the father of guests. This site takes its shape from both.
Editorial desk· 17 Oct
Three Houses, One Garden: The Abrahamic Family House
On Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, a mosque, a church and a synagogue stand on one shared garden. They were born from a document signed by a pope and a grand imam.
Editorial desk· 15 Oct
The Cave of the Patriarchs: Where Two Brothers Buried Their Father
Genesis says Isaac and Ishmael, estranged for a lifetime, came together to bury Abraham in the cave of Machpelah. Jews and Muslims still pray at the site, in separate halls under one roof.
Editorial desk· 11 Oct
People All →
Sadat in Jerusalem
On 20 November 1977 the president of Egypt stood in the Knesset and spoke of permanent peace. No Arab head of state had visited Israel before. It took one flight to change what was possible.
Editorial desk· 13 Oct
Maimonides of Córdoba: A Jewish Philosopher Writing in Arabic
Born in Córdoba, physician in Cairo, author of the Guide for the Perplexed in Judeo-Arabic: Moses ben Maimon belongs to two civilisations. The synagogue in Abu Dhabi bears his name.
Editorial desk· 10 Oct
Places All →
Córdoba and Toledo: What Al-Andalus Remembers
A mosque begun in 785, a synagogue built with horseshoe arches, a city of translators. The golden age of Muslim Spain was real, and it was not simple. Both halves of that sentence matter.
Editorial desk· 8 Oct
Abu Dhabi, Manama, Rabat: The Capitals of the Accords
A synagogue in Manama, a constitution in Rabat, a garden of three houses in Abu Dhabi. The Accords were signed in Washington, but they live in three Arab capitals with long Jewish memories.
Editorial desk· 6 Oct
El Ghriba: A Pilgrimage on an Island
Every spring, Jewish pilgrims come to a blue-tiled synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba, and their Muslim neighbours come to welcome them. Legend says the stones came from Jerusalem.
Editorial desk· 4 Oct