Alex Kronemer

Alexander Kronemer (born 19 June1950, Pennsylvania, USA) the co-executive producer of Unity Productions Foundation. He is also a writer, lecturer and documentary producer focusing on religious diversity, Islam and cross-cultural understanding. He has a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from Harvard University concentrating in the philosophy of religion and comparative religion.

Publications

Mr. Kronemer has published essays in numerous newspapers and journals, including "The Southern Quarterly", the Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, the San Jose Mercury News, Beliefnet.com, and The Washington Post. His articles have been included in several book anthologies, including the September 11 memorial book, Up From the Ashes (2001) and Wilber Prize winner, Taking Back Islam(2002).

Lecturer & Commentator

As a lecturer, he has delivered talks on religious diversity and Islam for the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of State, FBI, the World Affairs Council, the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, at many universities including the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, Cornell University, Yale University, Princeton University, and Penn State, and for numerous private corporations, including Nike, Aetna, and Walt Disney World.

He has appeared as a CNN commentator on several occasions, including during CNN’s historic live coverage of the Hajj in 1998, which was broadcast to 400 million viewers. He has also been heard in many radio interviews, such as NPR and the Voice of America.

Television & Film

He is the co-founder of Unity Productions Foundation, a non-profit corporation whose mission is to help bring peace through the media by creating better understanding of Islam and the world’s other faiths and spiritual traditions. He was creator and co-producer of the popular PBS documentary .

In 2000, Mr. Kronemer served a one-year appointment at the Bureau of Human Rights in the U.S. State Department focusing on the Middle East and Islam. During that year, Mr. Kronemer also served as a delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland.

He is currently working on two new documentaries. Prince Among Slaves [Zak, Dan. "St. Mary's Plays Backdrop for PBS Film: Documentary on Life Of African Prince Enslaved in America." Washington Post 18 June 2006.] . tells the true story of an African Prince who was sold into slavery in the American South, and Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain that explores the rise and fall of Islamic Spain.

Awards & Grants

His work has been supported by numerous grants, including the World Economic Forum, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Packard Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Montgomery County Commission on the Humanities, and a Halberstam Writing Fellowship.

In 1996, he was awarded a Joseph J. Malone Fellowship for Middle East and Islamic Studies, which funded him for a study tour of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

External links

General

* [http://www.upf.tv Unity Productions Foundation Website]

Films

* [http://www.upf.tv/upf06/VideoLibrary/UPFProductions/PrinceAmongSlaves/tabid/158/Default.aspx Prince Among Slaves Trailer & Teaser]
* [http://www.upf.tv/upf06/VideoLibrary/UPFProductions/CitiesofLightTrailer/tabid/174/Default.aspx Cities of Light Clip]
* [http://www.upf.tv/upf06/VideoLibrary/UPFProductions/EagleorOstrichTrailer/tabid/221/Default.aspx Eagle or Ostrich Trailer]
* [http://www.pbs.org/muhammad/ PBS Website on Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet]
* [http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2006-09/PrinceAmongSlaves.html Prince Among Slaves National Endownment for Humanities Article]

Full text articles

* [http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1016/p11s01-comd.html "A Personal Saigon"] , Christian Science Monitor. Oct. 16, 2003.
* [http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:CrbLano0kqgJ:www.csmonitor.com/2002/1209/p09s02-coop.html+%22Alex+Kronemer%22+%2B+%22Christian+Science+Monitor%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a "Understanding Muhammad"] , Christian Science Monitor. Dec. 9, 2002.
* [http://alexkronemer.com/work5.htm "Of Fathers and Sons: Through My Own Boys, Finding the Love I Missed Out On"] , Washington Post. June 10, 1997.
* [http://alexkronemer.com/work4.htm "Steel Towns Face Anxiety"] , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Jan. 22, 1995.
* [http://www.beliefnet.com/story/88/story_8821_1.html "What Muhammad Would Say About Terrorism"] Beliefnet.com.
* [http://www.alexkronemer.com Other articles by Alex Kronemer]

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