Civil Activism Archives - Page 8 of 11

Perceiving Gender Equality, by Ala Oueslati, Tunisia

Published: April 2, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Education, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights
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Tags: #yalaalumni, change, diversity, Feminism, genderequality, history, tolerance, tunisia, women

Humans have always adjusted to the needs of their communities and societies throughout history. These adjustments shaped the way we live and changed our perception of life. In modern history, everyone played a role in making adjustments and coping with the rapidly-changing circumstances of our world, because isolation was no longer an option. The interaction […]

One Friday morning in Utopia by Moriya Rosenberg, Israel (Hebrew follows English)

Published: March 23, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Hebrew, Human Rights
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Tags: #yalaalumni, dialogue, diversity, israel, peace, understanding, utopia

Friday 3rd of march – I jump out of bed at 5 a.m. after a sleepless night and drive to Utopia. And trust me, not a single word in this sentence is an exaggeration. After a stereotype-busting Danish social experiment went viral on Facebook, (you can watch it HERE ) dozens of excited groups called […]

Suffering Beauty by Wiem, Tunisia – photo essay –

Published: March 20, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Photo Essays
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Tags: activism, change, ecosystem, Nature, tourism, tunisia, yalayoungleaders

What is fair and what is not? Who gets to define that, control it or supervise it? Who gets to install it in this world? We sometimes tend to forget, or more likely, we tend to neglect some of the world’s most generous gifts: nature. Ain Drahem is a place known for being one of the […]

Peace Begins with Us by Moran, Israel

Published: February 19, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Friendship, Identity
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Tags: peace, peace conference, peacebuilding

I was always an adventurous girl, I always try to learn new thing and be present in new experiences. So I answered “why not?” to the invitation to be a participant in Eurasia Model UN in Passau, Germany. Basically I was the only Israeli and eventually only Jew in the conference, but I liked the […]

Photo Essay | Beauty in All Forms in Salkhad

Author: Syria by Yazan Orabi
Published: February 6, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Culture and Heritage, Friendship, Human Rights, Photo Essays, Syria
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Tags: beauty, children, syria

My town and its castle: you can see the beauty everywhere in Salkhad, a town located in the south of Syria. There is also beauty and hope everywhere in a voluntary team in my town called “Step”, which helps children and other groups. My friends and I are volunteers and we organized a marathon to […]

It’s not too late to save war-torn Yemen by Yazeed Mohammed, Yemen

Published: February 1, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, Friendship, Human Rights, Tolerance, Yemen
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Tags: activism, Civil War, Human rights, peace activism, yemen

Now it has been over 22 months, or almost 2 years since civil war broke in my country, Yemen, the poorest state in the Middle East. A war that savagely kidnapped the lives of thousands of civilians, as the latest UN reports confirmed the death toll to rise over 10,000, and wounded to about 50,000, […]

Photo Essay | STRONGER TOGETHER

Author: Sarah Perle, Israel
Published: January 22, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, English, Friendship, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Identity, Photo Essays, Tolerance
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Tags: Feminism, women, Women's March, womenmarchonwashington, womensmarch

In times of justice emergency we need to ally, we must act. Today I marched with my global community. I marched by your side today not because we are women or because, like me, you are Jewish . I didn’t march by your side because your skin is the same color as my skin or […]

Saving a Life by Ahmed Barben, Iraq

Published: January 11, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, English, Human Rights, Iraq
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Tags: baby, birth, doctor, help, iraq, life, medicine

It was at lunchtime on January 2016 and it was on the first day of our 2 and half months of our pediatric training course for medical school. We had just finished class when my friend Haider and I decided to walk through the yard of the hospital to familiarize ourselves with our new environment. […]

Photo Essay | Badama Camp

Author: by Kaman Thawra, Syria
Published: January 10, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, Human Rights, Photo Essays, Syria, Tolerance
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Tags: flooding, refugeecamp, refugees, snowstorm, syria, SyrianCivilWar

10,000 displaced Syrians living in Badama camp in rural Lattakia region near the Turkish border recently suffered from a devastating snow storm and now severe flooding. The pictures, taken by a humanitarian activist on the ground, speak for themselves.

Photo Essay | Aleppo

Author: Kaman Thawra, Syria
Published: December 12, 2016
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, Human Rights, Media, Photo Essays
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Tags: Aleppo, refugees, syria, SyrianCivilWar

“I am on a humanitarian convoy to Aleppo and I am witnessing crimes against humanity.” A young Syrian journalist turned aid worker captures images in the aftermath of an “airstrike that was just 150 meters away” and pleads that we show to the world the faces of the people – young, old and everything in […]

Volunteering Value by Kholod Zughbor, Gaza, Palestine

Published: November 24, 2016
Categories: in Civil Activism, English, Fall Semester 2016, Human Rights
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Tags: gaza, generosity, volunteering, youth

“Not everything that counts can be counted. And not everything that can be counted, counts.” – Albert Einstein Volunteering is about giving, contributing and helping other individuals and society at-large. It is about working with others to make a meaningful contribution to a better community. You can volunteer to gain hands-on experience, acquire new skills, […]

I know you’re scared, but you’re not alone | Angy Shavit, Israel/USA

Published: November 10, 2016
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, English
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Tags: democracy, Elections2016, hope, racism, USA, USAElections

When Bibi won the last elections, I was expecting it. I had spent the day at the voting booth rallying people up for my party. I had spent countless hours, a ridiculous amount of Advil’s, and most definitely lost a significant amount of hair leading up to those elections. I was spat on, yelled at, […]

I am Not a Minority | Alia Sito, Jordan

Published: November 8, 2016
Categories: in Civil Activism, English, Human Rights, Identity, Jordan, Tolerance
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Tags: activism, jordan, middle east, Minorities

28/July/2016 A few days ago there was a workshop that included a meeting about minorities in Jordan, the included minorities in this workshop were: Caucasians (Chechens and Circasians), Kurds, Pakistanis and Druze. I received the invitation as a Jordanian activist from Chechen ancestry living in Jordan. The topic of the workshop seemed interesting and caught […]

Being the Change I Want to See in the World | Lana, Palestine

Published: October 16, 2016
Categories: in Civil Activism, English
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Tags: change, giving back, hope, jerusalem, palestine, Summer Camp, underprivileged youth, youth, youth empowerment

Growing up, I was like any teen – I hated going to school and studying for classes. But, something happened that changed my perspective on learning. One day I was sitting with my two sisters and my brother when suddenly I started singing loudly “wi weah wi weah” followed by a censored word. I was […]

Families Living in Tough Circumstances | Zeina, Palestine

Published: October 14, 2016
Categories: in Civil Activism, English
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Tags: Mental Illness, NGOs, palestine, Volunteers

This blog you’re about to read is based on a personal experience I encountered about two weeks ago while visiting a family with one of the local NGOs that I work with. Together, our organization helps to fix peoples’ homes in order to make them habitable once again. This Ramadan we heard about a family living in Palestinian village of Bil’in, not far from Ramallah. We […]

Never Stop Dreaming: Fatima’s Story | Hiba, Palestine

Published: October 12, 2016
Categories: in Civil Activism, English, Gender and LGBTQ
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Tags: Birzeit University, education, palestine, women

Being a Palestinian means having a huge power to be patient in every situation, not only because of the occupation, but also because of how youth have an incredible power and WILL to change our society and community in a way that assists towards the reality of having a great WORLD! One of the most prevalent […]

We Are All Human | Ahmed, Palestine

Published: October 10, 2016
Categories: in Civil Activism, English, Human Rights
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Tags: Difference, hope, Humanity, Respect

I was taught to look at people the way they look at me. I was raised to respect, value, and admire the different cultures, languages, skin colors, religions, and races. When I went to visit my grandfather 5 years ago, it was one of those sunny April days. An 82 year old man, who had […]

Do All Lives Matter? | Yasser, Morocco

Published: October 9, 2016
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, English
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Tags: All Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter, Media, terrorism

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, then you’ve probably heard about the dispute surrounding the use of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. The movement Black Lives Matter was criticized and opposed in the form of a movement entitled ‘All Lives Matter,’ which suggested the hashtag #AllLivesMatter be used instead as it is unifying and fair to all. This issue, while internal and unique to […]

A Mountain by Errel Peli, Israel

Published: July 25, 2016
Categories: in Civil Activism, English, Tolerance
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Tags: israel, palestine, settlements, territories, yeshiva

When I was 19, I was confused. I always thought this confusion would come earlier, and that by ending teenage boredom, so would the confusion stop. But I was oh so wrong. I turned 19 right after I finished high-school, just as I came out of the closet and right before the compulsory conscription […]

Five years after the Jasmine Revolution- 2 blogs by YaLa Citizen Journalists from Tunisia

Published: May 10, 2016
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, English
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Tags: activism, arabspring, change, jasminerevolution, religion, revolution, traditions, tunisia, women rights, yala young leaders

Tunisian Women Five After Years of the Jasmine Revolution by Marwa Belkhiria, Tunisia Prior to the revolution, the Tunisian woman was a role model for the women of the Arab region. When the newspapers and TV programs would speak about the rights given to Tunisian women in comparison with other countries, I used to feel […]

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