Food for Peace, at least once a year...

Thanks to Al-Monitor's Lebanon Pulse for this small slice of peacebuilding through artisenal diplomacy: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/contents/articles/galleries/food-for-peace.html

Spanish UNIFIL troops and Lebanese cook together!

This is cross-cultural exchange at its finest!

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Culture/Lifestyle/2013/Apr-16/213843-trading-spanish-paella-for-baked-kibbeh.ashx#axzz2QeohqrZ7

Call for unofficial, citizen diplomacy

Here is an essay by two former diplomats about the possibility of stronger relations between the Iranian and American people. If governments can't work together effectively, at least the citizens can have a go at it, and often with great long-term benefits, as they argue.
http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/let-iranians-talk-to-americans-1.1167469?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WhatsNewInPd+%28What%27s+New+in+Public+Diplomacy%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher#When:06:22:40Z

Thanks as always to "USC's Public Diplomacy in the News."