Author: timfrakes

  • Melody Fox Ahmed: The Future of Pakistan-US Relations

    Melody Fox Ahmed from Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs discovers a alternative face of Pakistan while visiting Lahore Institute for Mechanical Sciences (LOMS). Facilitated by Intersections International, and in collaboration with the International Islamic University in Islamabad (IIU) and the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), the visit was part…

  • Richard L. Hamm: After 9/11

    Rev. Richard L. Hamm is the former head of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). After 9/11, Hamm began to intentionally reach out to the Muslim community. His visit to Pakistan is an extension of that calling. Facilitated by Intersections International, and in collaboration with the International Islamic University in Islamabad (IIU) and the Lahore…

  • Ali Tariq: The Grass Roots

    Ali Tariq is a consultant with the Iqbal International Institute for Research and Dialogue at International Islamic University, Islamabad. According to Tariq, initiating dialogue at the grass roots level is the key to building bridges of understanding between Pakistan and the United States. Facilitated by Intersections International, and in collaboration with the International Islamic University…

  • The Pakistani View

    Dr. Amineh Ahmed Hoti and Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad share their views on the US-Pakistan Interreligious Consortium from the Pakistani point of view. Facilitated by Intersections International, and in collaboration with the International Islamic University in Islamabad (IIU) and the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), the visit was part of the US-Pakistan Interreligious Consortium (UPIC),…

  • Junaid Ahmad: Pakistan’s Young Adult Voice

    Junaid Ahmand is a professor of Law at Lahore University Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). Ahmad invited members of the US-Pakistani Interreligious Consortium to attend a packed student forum where delegates heard from Pakistani youth on a range of issues. Facilitated by Intersections International, and in collaboration with the International Islamic University in Islamabad…

  • Javid Bhaiyat: One Cup of Milk

    Shaykh Javid Bhaiyat is the Imam of the Islamic Community Center of Laurel, Maryland. He traveled to Pakistan with Intersections International to help make a positive difference in US/Pakistani relations, one cup of milk at a time. Facilitated by Intersections International, and in collaboration with the International Islamic University in Islamabad (IIU) and the Lahore…

  • Building Bridges with Pakistan

    Tim Frakes Productions recorded stories documenting 20 leaders (approx. 10 US, 10 Pakistani) who met in Islamabad and Lahore, Pakistan April 22-27 2013 to cooperatively set an action agenda toward policy change on both sides, building bridges of understanding and respect between our two countries. Facilitated by Intersections International, and in collaboration with the International…

  • Sarah Sayeed: The Courage of Young Women

    Dr. Sarah Sayeed, a staff member with the Interfaith Center of New York visited Pakistan and met with a group of courageous young women who are dedicated to peace and justice. Facilitated by Intersections International, and in collaboration with the International Islamic University in Islamabad (IIU) and the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), the…

  • Voices from the Stone

    Voices from the Stone is a poem by Barney Bush, Poet and Shawnee Tribal Leader with the Vinyard Indian Settlement, Herod, Illinois. This video is part of a documentary on fracking in Southern Illinois for Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries. It was recorded on High Knob in Shawnee National Forest. Music and drumming by Mark Denzer.

  • 289,754 ELCA YouTube Views

    Recently I took a peak at the Youtube channel for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Back in the late 1990’s while I still worked for the ELCA Churchwide offices, our Department for Communication began uploading programs to what was then called, Google Video. After Google purchased Youtube in 2006 for $1.65 billion, Google Video…