1 thing you can always change in life
We can’t always change our realities – But we can always change this 1 crucial thing in our life…
Lessons from Japanese minimalist Lifestyle: When less is more.
A growing number of people in Japan are starting to adopt a minimalist lifestyle, influenced by traditional Zen philosophies. However, it’s not as radical as some people may think.
How can charitable giving make you rich?
A restaurant becomes viral online after bringing its local community together to provide the elderly and homeless free meals on Christmas Day, so that ‘no one eats alone’. A restaurant […]
Podcast Episode 7 – The power of music
In this episode, we explore the power of music in bringing everyday people together and solving issues around the world.
A lesson in trust.
Not many businesses would risk leaving their goods unattended on the street – Well, that’s exactly what one company in Baghdad did… Read on and see the result
What would you do?
If you use any social networking websites, its likely that you have seen social experiment videos being shared by your friends proposing questions such as; ‘What would you do?’, aggressively […]
10 most powerful #cause_campaigns
After asking over a 1,000 Civil Society professionals in the UK working on the widest range of causes, what their favourite and most memorable cause campaigns are, and why they […]
Podcase Episode 6 – Culinary Diplomacy
The best way to win hearts & minds is through the stomach In this episode we explore the power of food and how it enables us to understand ourselves and […]
Episode 5: Accounts of Progressive Living #2
The Diplomantiq Podcast series covers everything related to personal and social progress, with a key emphasis on diplomacy as a necessary, everyday skill for achieving this. In this episode we […]
What happens when the pens dry up?
= We become creative. Civil society in the MENA region is thriving. Thanks to a growing number of grassroots initiatives and community/ voluntary groups run and funded independently, by people of […]
Art&Diplomacy: Lessons for humanity
This year the world commemorates 25 years since the Tragic bombing of the Amiriya shelter in Baghdad, an incident that annihilated over 400 civilians, all women and children. As an […]
Diplomantiq: Chimché Project // Abu Dhabi
First night of the #Diplomantiq #ChimcheProject was an inspiration. A chimche is a large serving spoon in Iraqi Arabic dialect, similarly the Chimche Project aims to allow us participants to serve […]
3 ways to enhance your progress from last year.
Time is an illusion, but the start of a new year is an opportunity to begin a new chapter in one’s life. Here are three ways to make it a […]
Art & Gender Narratives
Humans, with their diverse motives and intentions, make and transform the world in which they live – This is what is proposed through Practice Theory, heavily associated with the French […]
Pop-Up workshop: The Prerequisites (#LONDON)
Following the success of The Prerequisites workshop in Abu Dhabi, June 2015, Diplomantiq hosted the second Prerequisites workshop in SOAS University, London, on the 27 august 2015 with an awesome group […]
Jim Carrey on: Serving the World
‘What’s next?’- A question uttered by many graduates looking at the ‘big bad world’ after what might be the biggest achievement in their lives so far. For some, the path […]
Why Did He Name her ‘Malala’?
DIPLOMANTIQ attended the premiere of the movie ‘He Named Me Malala’, hosted by ‘Imagenation‘ in Abu Dhabi, UAE on the 28th of October to meet the young global icon and […]
Art & Diplomacy: ‘Happened in Al-Amiriya’ / ‘حدث في العامرية’
حدث في العامرية (English Version Below) اا “حدث في العامرية… كتبت هذا العمل في الملجأ بعد ما أخرجنا الأطفال منه و الإحصاءات الرسمية كانت تقول 400 إلى 500 طفل. لكن […]
Accounts of Progressive living – With Raya Abugulal
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein Understanding the relationship between social change and the units that create it […]
Podcast episode 4 – Accounts of Progressive Living #1
This episode introduces our new mini-project ‘Accounts of Progressive living’, which aims to explore the processes and ideas of participants from various professional backgrounds for achieving consistent progress and success […]
Snapshot: Lisbon – ‘The Lost Chapter’
Not many places around the world have a fusion of diverse heritage and cultural counterpoints as Portugal does. Once regarded as the centre of the world where western and eastern […]
Episode 3: Getting Social With Debra Allcock-Tyler
In the last episode we discussed diplomacy and how people are taking on the role of diplomats in their everyday lives through various fields and disciplines ranging from art, culture, […]
Pop-Up workshop: The Prerequisites
On the 9th of June 2015, DIplomantiq held the first workshop in Abu Dhabi entitled, The Prerequisites which introduced the themes behind Diplomantiq using a variety of learning methods. This […]
Episode 2: Daily Diplomacy
Is Diplomacy dead? Today is the age of a new type of diplomacy, one with a small ‘d’. Less official, more inclusive, and controlled by the citizen, that is, you […]
Episode 1: The Prerequisites
This episode is the introduction – The Prerequisites to becoming Diplomantiq. The Diplomantiq Podcast series covers everything related to personal and social progress, with a key emphasis on diplomacy as […]
Snapshot: IRAQ
During October 2013, Diplomantiq’s Mustafa Al-Obaidi travelled to Iraq and captured life-in-a-day during the Islamic festival of Eid Al-Adha. The festival is celebrated all over the world, with different cultures […]
Art & Diplomacy: Negotiating identities.
For two days, Diplomantiq extensively explored the Venice Biennale, Italy, to find out how contemporary art is being used as an alternative method of diplomacy to negotiate identity and culture amongst […]
Chimche workshop #4: Negotiating Identity
3 key points on ‘Identity’ from the Diplomantiq: Chimche workshop #4 at NYU Abu Dhabi.
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