1. Mohamed Manjee Keshavjee is an international cross-cultural specialist on mediation, with a focus on Islamic Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
11 Facts About Mohamed Keshavjee
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At first, conditions were better in Kenya, but that eventually changed with Idi Amin and, after returning to Kenya from England where he had obtained his law degree in 1969, Mohamed Keshavjee found himself restricted from employment, even without pay.
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In 2016, Dr Mohamed Keshavjee was awarded the Gandhi, King, Ikeda Peace Award by the Martin Luther King Jr.
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Mohamed Keshavjee was the first Canadian and the first Asian from Africa to be awarded this prize.
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At his acceptance of this prize, Mohamed Keshavjee gave the speech, "Cosmopolitan Ethics: How we treat each other in today's globalized world".
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Mohamed Keshavjee has spoken on ADR at conferences in Europe, North America and Asia, and has trained family mediators in the EU countries and imams and pastors in mosque and church conflicts in the UK and the US, respectively.
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Dr Mohamed Keshavjee has practised law in Kenya, Canada and the United Kingdom.
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Mohamed Keshavjee has spent three decades working with the secretariat of the Aga Khan in France on programs aimed at improving the quality of life of people in some of the poorest areas of the world through the Ismaili Imamat and the Aga Khan Development Network.
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Mohamed Keshavjee has written books and articles on the Indian diaspora in Africa.
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In 2021, Dr Mohamed Keshavjee was appointed on the BUA 50 Steering Committee where he played an educational role in shaping the programme.
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In 1977, Mohamed Keshavjee married Dr Amina Jindani in Toronto, Canada.