Stories from past grantees

This project engages industry leaders, legal professionals and governance agencies to educate participants and produce research outputs that support significant opportunities to grow Australian-Arab capacity for bilateral activity, with focus on education.

To meet this growing need the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, in partnership with the Council for Australian-Arab Relations, has embarked on a series of training and capacity-building projects.

In August 2019, Flinders University College of Business, Government and Law approached CAAR for funding to work on a project to develop Arab-Australian investment and trade relationships. 

Following the success of our first CAAR-supported study tour to Morocco in 2018, Global Journalism Exchange (Global JX) ran an exchange of study tours between Australia and Morocco in late 2019 and early 2020.

Our project entitled: "Cultural Preparedness to Teach in the Middle East” arose out of our collective commitment to culturally responsive pedagogy (CRP).

The Australian National Maritime Museum made its first foray into the Middle East with an exhibition presented by the Museum in conjunction with the Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait's National Council for Art, Culture and Letters, and the Australian Embassy (Kuwait).

DFAT approved a CAAR grant to foster linkage between the agricultural research communities in Australia and Qatar.

“We maintain this for the people of the world”

In August 2017, I returned to Australia after four years teaching in Egypt. It had been an incredible experience, and I didn’t want to think it had ended.

The CAAR funding to the Centre for Muslim States and Societies (CMSS) at The University of Western Australia was used to organise an artistic tour for six Australian artists from Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide to Morocco.

Australian Museum Research Institute: Bridging the gap between marine resource managers and research institutions.

Five University of Wollongong Australia (UOW) students enrolled in a Responsible Leadership course toured the United Arab Emirates.

My name is Mohamad Abdalla. I am a Professor of Islamic Studies and Director of the Centre for Islamic Thought and Education at the University of SA.

The Sportswomen for Change Leadership forum welcomed 8 women from Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Qatar, and Bahrain; and 8 Australian women.

Shaun Parker & Company is a Sydney-based dance company that creates humanist dance works that are inspired by the celebration of the human condition.

One of my most outstanding experiences of the #AMEJE18 study tour was meeting with fellow journalists while in Jordan.

8 women from Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Iraq, Qatar, and Bahrain; and 8 Australian women working to build their communities through sport.

Seventeen days, six delegates, two countries, three universities, unlimited learning.

From 14-19 April 2018, five University of Wollongong Australia students enrolled in 'Responsible Leadership toured Dubai' to engage with experts.

The CAAR International Speakers Program supported the University of South Australia’s Professor Abdalla and colleagues visit to Qatar, Oman and UAE.