Can Science Create Peace? 5-Time Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Dr. Zafra Lerman

Can science succeed where politics fails?In this episode of Feasts of Reason, I speak with Dr. Zafra Lerman — chemist, educator, human rights advocate, and founder of the Malta Conferences Foundation.For more than two decades, Zafra has brought together scientists from across the Middle East — including Israelis, Palestinians, Iranians, Jordanians, Egyptians, and others — to collaborate across some of the world’s deepest political, religious, and cultural divides.Her work has earned multiple nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize and offers a powerful answer to one of the central questions of our time:How do we rebuild trust in a world driven by tribalism, propaganda, and polarization?We discuss:• Why science creates trust where politics often fails• The hidden social architecture of peacebuilding• Why “people who know each other cannot be enemies”• Human rights, Cold War Soviet dissidents, and risking arrest by the KGB• Why scientists have moral responsibilities beyond the lab• Creating a “critical mass” of scientists for peace#ScienceDiplomacy #MiddleEastPeace #Reason #HumanRights #NewAtenism #FeastsOfReason #ZafraLerman #MaltaConferences #Peacebuilding #CriticalThinking For more information about New Atenism: https://newatenism.org/ Dr. Lerman’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Human-Rights-Peace-Zafra-Lerman/dp/9815129724/ref=sr_1_2?crid=138IJLD4LJH0I&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.TW6NIoQQRh7nmBN7xksItuGuUMZm_Svk1Hkxi6EL0N6BHqnwVYdW9Xq1jIxxvNM1gjPHXmAyPgGEdqW4onL7CDPe7YQ-ue9w2QpfM4Bwe1znOD9W7nxZTBftZwnW_SI1xTu9RquFN5cbzQVBbjqHlp2kHVEpNG7Jzf7-Tp767hgwlj0Q2xgfUTDeJMUWzuFuPaegfkfxVZYw6eMkkmtwafjWNMMiOpVrvR9W346st30.2gJ53H5NxAkML75KDPW-EYQLf9tJhxExuxTurQ8h5Fo&dib_tag=se&keywords=zafea+lerman&qid=1777468899&s=books&sbo=RZvfv%2F%2FHxDF%2BO5021pAnSA%3D%3D&sprefix=%2Cstripbooks%2C145&sr=1-2 To support the Malta Conferences Foundation: https://www.maltaconferencesfoundation.org/