Civil Activism

Our Difficulties … Our Hopes

Author: Thaer Abdallah, Palestine
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Seeing  how the region is boiling with violence and  violation of freedom on a daily basis, we, the youth of the region, must also boil and not stand silent. We must play a big and effective role in this game – reaching freedom and equality comes through conscious, cultured and organized youth, who embody the […]
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We Deserve to See the Sun

Author: Hanane Harrath, Morocco
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Here we are. Standing up throughout the Middle East. Standing up in lands buried by endless wars or, harmful consequences of dictatorships. Fighting every single day to contain our legitimate anger. Yes, we are angry and we are right to be. We are angry because we carry a burden we don’t want and we don’t […]
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My Country is Burning

Author: Ella Doron, Israel
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“My Country’s Burning “ is a prayer, for the tears we’ve shed, injustice we witness and the challenges we face these days as a society and as humanity as we stand on the threshold of a great shift, change that is coming and happening everyday around the world. I wrote this song during a tragic […]
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E-PEACE

Author: Rahma Sghaier, Tunisia
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Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him” Martin Luther King, Jr. This is one of the most inspiring quotes I’ve ever read in my life. I believe that hate is the primary act of […]
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What Does It Take to be a Peace Seeker?

Author: Nufar Levy, Israel
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  What Does It Take to be a Peace Seeker? It takes imagination and creativity. A peace seeker cannot look at reality and derive a vision of a peaceful future from it. In most cases, there’s nothing in his immediate reality that looks even close to a peaceful future. So when depicting a vision of peace, […]
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