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Sharon Booth
Website:
Solutions not Sides
Country:
United Kingdom
Activity:
NGO director
Keywords:
change, dialogue, empathy, humanity, listening, practices
Sharon has an MA from Cambridge University in Theology and Religious Studies, specialising in Islam and Biblical Studies. She lived in the Middle East for a few years.
Presentation
Sharon has an MA from Cambridge University in Theology and Religious Studies, specialising in Islam and Biblical Studies. Following her graduation, she taught English at Amideast in Tunisia and then went on to work in Amman, Jordan as a Productions Manager for a publishing company with programmes aiming to promote a reading culture in the Arab World. In Sharon's final year in Jordan, she was employed as PA to the Defence Attaché at the British Embassy, then returned to the UK and began work in Israeli-Palestinian conflict resolution, founding the Solutions Not Sides Education Programme in 2010. The programme was originally set up under the umbrella of another registered charity, before applying for independent charitable status in 2018. Sharon speaks Arabic and French and has studied ancient Hebrew. In January 2016, she was awarded a master’s degree with distinction from King's College London, in Terrorism, Security and Society, specialising in nationalism and religion.
Interviews available from Sharon Booth
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Dialog is a softening of the heart
What does dialog creates?
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Different yes! But not so different inside!
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Empathy is not a soft negative thing, it’s a strength!
The ability to empathize can be a really powerful positive force.
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Hearing two sides of a story brings a softening
What happen when you bring a Palestinian and Israeli to talk to UK students?
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Standing in other’s people shoes
But the importance of experiencing the other, means that you can change things more effectively: You can work with that person; understand her.
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Two ways to respond to diversity