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The Journal of Social Encounters (ISSN: 2995-2212) is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, peace and justice studies journal published online by the Center for Social Justice and Ethics at The Catholic University of Eastern Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, in collaboration with the College of St. Benedict/St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota. The JSE is published twice a year online, in March/April and August/September, on the CSB/SJU Digital Commons.

Current Issue: Volume 10, Issue 1 (2026) The Arab World and Middle East in an Age of Dynamism and Change

Featured Essays

Introduction: The Arab World and Middle East in an Age of Dynamism and Change
Eslam ElBahlawan, Mawa Mohamed, and Ron Pagnucco

Gender Justice Lessons from North-East Syria Amidst Patriarchal Perpetuation in the New Syrian Arab Republic?
Theresa Wagner

Countering social encounters: Darwish’s “Speech of the Red Indian”
J. Kristen Urban

Geopolitical Transformation in the Post-October 7 Middle East (2023–2025): Power Shifts vs. Structural Shifts
Nael Shama

United States Middle East Policy in the Age of Donald Trump
Gary Prevost

Food, Faith, and Sustainability: Rethinking Ramadan Consumption Practices in Qatar
Tamim Raihan

Islamic Relief as a Transnational Advocacy Network in Building Global Solidarity for Gaza
Nura Alanda Nabila, Zhafirah Fatin Azzah, Nuraeni -, and R. Dudy Heryadi

Festival Diplomacy (Ceremony Diplomacy) as a Lesser-Known Form of Cultural Diplomacy by Emerging Non-State Actors: The Newroz Legacy of the Kurdish Regional Resistance in Iraq and Syria
Khaled Sheykholeslami

Review Essay: The Islamic Moses and Muslim-Jewish Relations
Kareem Rosshandler

Review of Shia Islam and Politics: Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon
Christopher Anzalone

Review Essay: Welcoming Iranian Refugees and Immigrants to Toronto, Canada
Paul Pynkoski

Sudan Essays

Webinar: Sudan: Possible Paths to Peace?

Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan: From Revolutionary Grassroots Organization to the Management of Life in a Context of Political Collapse
Salih Mustafa

Frontline Medicine During War in Sudan: Confronting Health System Collapse
Mogahed Halaly

Sanitation System Options for Public Health Promotion for Post-War Khartoum, Sudan
Gazi Nouman

General Essays

Where are the women memorialized? Commemoration of Women in the U.S. Congress
Deborah Saki and Alexander Leasure

Dating Among University Undergraduates Living with Disability in South-Western Nigeria
Usman A. Ojedokun, Bukunmi I. Oluborode, and Lateef J. Adeyemo

The Relevance of Fr. John A. Kaiser for Human Rights and Peace Advocacy Today
Otieno Ombok

Book Reviews

Review of On the Path toward One Another: A Christian and a Muslim Conversation
Hans A. Harmakaputra

Review of Responses to Insecurity in Africa: The Challenge of Peacebuilding
Peter J. Quaranto

Review of Speaking of trust: religion and mutual aid in Southwest Kenya
Dennis Kilama

Review of Muhammad and the Christians: Commemorating the Covenants of the Prophet
Jon Armajani

Review of Ella Baker & the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Vision
Danny Duncan Collum

Review of Engaging Thomas Merton: Spirituality, Justice, and Racism
Paul Pynkoski

Review of The Black Practice of Disbelief
Walter W. Hill Jr.

Review of Falling into God: My lay Catholic journey in spirituality and ministry from family and home to Vatican II and the Holy Spirit to prophetic work for justice and peace
Rosemarie Pace

Review of The Environment in Conflict: Implications and Pathways
Hogr Tarkhani

Review of Nevertheless, We Persist: A Feminist Public Theology
Tiffany Hunsinger

Review of Chosen Peoples: Christianity and Political Imagination in South Sudan
John Ashworth

Review of Interrupting violence: one man’s journal to heal the streets and redeem himself
Chris Hausmann

Review of Christian de Chergé: Spiritual Writings
William Skudlarek

Review of Climate Security
Elsa Barron

Review of Manufacturing Employees’ Experiences of an Inclusive Workplace and Career Advancement
Abdi Mahad

Review of African Migration and the Novel: Exploring Race, Civil War, and Environmental Destruction
Joseph L. Mbele

Call for Papers

Call for Papers for the Journal of Social Encounters’ Special Issue on Global and Regional Governance: The Past Present and Future