Stephen Shashoua

Facilitator, trainer, advisor on social cohesion, Co-Director Caravanserai Collective (CERITA), Canadian-Brit-Iraqi, @YaleWorldFellow twitter ≠ good dialogue

[Stephen Shashoua @StephenCaravan]

Mentor and friend @mikehardy @icc_sg conference speaking on Social Cohesion in ASEAN and around the world #iccs2025

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Five things to remember about war:

1. Many things reported with confidence in the first hours and days will turn out not to be true

2. Whatever they say, the people who start wars are often thinking chiefly about domestic politics

3. The rationale given for a war will change over time, such that actual success or failure in achieving a named objective is less relevant than one might think

4. Wars are unpredictable

5. Wars are easy to start and hard to stop

[Stephen Shashoua @StephenCaravan]

I am at the International Conference of Cohesive Societies in Singapore

[ICCS SG @ICCSSG]

HAPPENING SOON:

Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, President of the Republic of Singapore, will be giving the Opening Address at #ICCS2025.

Tune in to the ICCS YouTube channel for Mr @Tharman_S's speech - https://t.co/HNb1kG4qql!

#CohesiveSocieties #ResilientFutures #ICCSSG #ICCS2025

[Stephen Shashoua @StephenCaravan]

Am @UNAOC 10th Global Forum in Cascais, Portugal - great to be back! We won 2 intercultural innovation awards in 2009 & 2010 . Love the mix of policy, practice, youth, media with seemingly similar aims of bringing the world closer together

[TheThreeHijabis @THijabis]

We call for gendered Islamophobia to be acknowledged as a specific form of violence against women and girls, #VAWG, at highest levels of government as Muslim women face gendered Islamophobic violence and threats from far-right on our streets.
https://t.co/UdYWekfS6x
#RaceRiots

[Stephen Shashoua @StephenCaravan]

#caravanseraicollective co-director Abdul-Rehman Malik @ArMalik is on stage giving keynote at the creative bureaucracy festival in Berlin live now https://t.co/7ypEBEVjfK

[Revd Rana Khan @Rev_Rana]

Effective peacemakers use friendships to build trust, promote dialogue, and create environments in which diverse viewpoints can coexist peacefully.
It was nice to see @StephenCaravan and Rabbi Ruben Suiza after a long time. Thank you, @KAICIID Global Dialogue Forum.

[Stephen Shashoua @StephenCaravan]

Currently at the Kaiciid Dialogue Forum in Lisbon - themes include focus on conflict and post conflict countries as well as climate issues. Let’s see what these 2 days reveal. We want speakers to move beyond prepared notes and think together…let’s see #kaiciid

[Stephen Shashoua @StephenCaravan]

Super proud of the Caravanserai Collective's partnership with Centre for Public Impact and Creative Bureaucracy Festival to bring this dynamic session on Decolonization to the fest. Join online if u cant make it https://t.co/kyORXsLb8M

[Yachad UK @YachadUK]

An important intervention from over 30 UK rabbis:

‘We stand in solidarity with those protesting in Israel to…end the war, & call for a halt to the invasion of Rafah, a bilateral ceasefire…the release of all hostages & urgent aid…to Gaza.’

https://t.co/9uH5qyHfT2

[Stephen Shashoua @StephenCaravan]

@heavyweight Still in denial. May you find a home soon, truly one of the best storytelling ever - and that’s a lot of literature!

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Pope Francis is letting priests bless same-sex couples, a major step in his efforts to make the church more welcoming to LGBTQ Catholics.
https://t.co/U3Tik7DTxN

[Stephen Shashoua @StephenCaravan]

How does it bring hostages back?

[Stephen Shashoua @StephenCaravan]

How does all this make Israel safer?

[Stephen Shashoua @StephenCaravan]

@MrBlackFrancis Mr Francis Thompson. Big fan here. Will Frank Black ever tour again? Love to hear those song live again

[Centre for Public Impact (CPI) @CPI_foundation]

🗓️ ONE MORE WEEK!

Join us as we explore participatory storytelling in complex systems in Asia with:
🗣️ Tripti Singh @60_decibels
🗣️ Sayonee Chatterjee @GramVaani
🗣️ Saurav Dhakal @Storycycle
🗣️ @imaabdul @ceritacaravan
🗣️ @StephenCaravan @ceritacaravan

https://t.co/SJE8BEFPqC

[Stephen Shashoua @StephenCaravan]

CERITA Co-Founder Abdul-Rehman Malik speaking about our storytelling, dialogue, and peacebuilding project at the Council of Europe's World Forum For Democracy a #coe_wfd

[Stephen Shashoua @StephenCaravan]

@ArMalik is representing #ceritacaravan at @coe #WorldForumForDemocracy today in Strasbourg

[Daniel Seidemann @DanielSeidemann]

Fucking important.

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We are in the midst of a humanitarian meltdown in Israel, Gaza, & the West Bank. Need I elaborate? The massacre that took place in Israel on October 7, the unspeakable loss of lives - innocent people in Gaza - settler violence and displacement.

[Stephen Shashoua @StephenCaravan]

How many times must we say "No one wins in war"