Yeshiva University and the Mohammed Bin Zayed University for Humanities will launch the first-ever joint conference between an American Jewish university and an Emirati university at the Crossroads of Civilization Museum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates next week.
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The conference will further strengthen academic partnerships between YU and UAE and promote new opportunities for dialogue between Jews and Muslims in the Middle East.
Titled "Interacting Philosophies, Shared Friendships," the program will cover social dynamics, philosophical exchanges and mutual influence between Judaism and Islam, with a particular focus on the great medieval scholar Moses Maimonides. A kosher dinner will be served, and local dignitaries, religious leaders, scholars and university students from YU and MBZUH will be in attendance.
