Quaker Activity in the Middle East
Last updated 11 November 2026
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There are many ways that you can get involved with Quaker work in the Middle East and we hope these links will help you.
Quaker Meetings for Worship
If you’re travelling to the Middle East, you can look up local Quakers in a few places.
There are two regular meetings for worship:
Brummana, Lebanon
Ramallah, Palestine
Other places in the Middle East with a Quaker contact include:
Cairo, Egypt
Dubai, UAE
Quaker literature in Arabic
Britain Yearly Meeting’s Advices & Queries
An Interpretation of Quakerism, Friends Spiritual Message & Quaker Peace Testimony
Quaker Schools
Brummana High School
Ramallah Friends School
Other Quaker organisations working in the region
American Friends Service Committee
EAPPI
EAPPI UK & Ireland blog
Kvekerhjelp
Quäker-Hilfe Stiftung
Middle East news from Quakers across the Section
Friends in Ramallah celebrate World Quaker Day 2026
Please uphold Middle East Yearly Meeting and Cuba Yearly Meeting in prayer – April 2026
Nordic YM – news from Gaza – July 2025
Pastoral care visit to Friends in the Middle East – April 2025
Shadi Khoury case- Rania Elias and Rania Maayeh address the EMES Peace and Service Network (from FWCC EMES YouTube channel, December 2022)
Israeli government’s attacks on six Palestinian civil society groups must be resisted (Quakers in Britain, 26 October 2021)
Irish Friends of Brummana (Quakers in Ireland, 5 November 2021)
Am’ari Play Centre in Ramallah
The Am’ari Play Centre provided pre-school education to up to 45 5-year old children who lived in Al Am’ari refugee camp between 1974 and 2019. Read more here.
