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Essay I The Two State Solution Between Palestine and Israel, by Al Mahdi, Palestine.

Author: Al Mahdi
Published: September 3, 2020
Categories: in Analysis, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, Democracy, Development, English, Human Rights, Identity, Israel-Palestine, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine, Politics
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The current solution for Israel and Palestine suggests that Palestinians ought to have their state, separate from Israel. In this way, a ‘Two-State’ solution might be reached. The method by which such a solution could be implemented involves a technical division of land with walls, earth mounds, roadblocks and fences. This article discusses the so-called […]

Opinion | Penal Code 1943, Article 534, at the heart of the uprising, by Ibrahim A, Lebanon

Author: By Ibrahim A, Lebanon
Published: June 23, 2020
Categories: in Civil Activism, Democracy, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity, Lebanon, Opinion and Analysis, Politics, Religion, Tolerance
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Tags: beirut, justice, LGBTQ, LGBTQrights, Penal Code, uprising

In 1943, Lebanon gained its independence from the French. Originally enacted by French colonizers, article 534 was put while drafting the new Lebanese constitution, stating that any ‘sexual intercourse against nature’ is a crime under the sovereignty of the Lebanese government, with a penalty of up to one-year imprisonment. Such a vague law with no […]

Ordinary Heroes & Our Freedom, A Tribute to Bassel Shehadeh and Shady Habash, By Moulham M, Syria

Author: By Moulham M, Syria
Published: May 5, 2020
Categories: in Art, Civil Activism, Democracy, Egypt, English, Human Rights, Identity, Syria, Tolerance, YaLa Poetry
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Tags: #WorldFreedomOfPressDay, Freedom of Speech, Shady Habash

I have never written in defence of a Syrian writer, a cartoonist a director, actor or human rights activist My heart was always with them But I was afraid to write I fear the expression, Not just for myself But for my family In Damascus we say: He who does not fear God, fear him! […]

Opinion | Do Right by Those who are Already a Part of Us by Inbal, Israel

Author: Inbal Baron, Israel
Published: December 22, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, Democracy, English, Human Rights, Israel, Opinion and Analysis, Politics, Sudan, Tolerance, כללי
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A week before the September elections, ynet published an article focusing on the policies of the various political parties concerning the immigration issue. Representing the Likud party in the article, was May Golan, who had led the struggle to deport African asylum seekers (“infiltrators”) and who became an MK in the period between the April […]

Opinion | Morocco, Who’s Trying to Suffocate Free Media? by Driss, Morocco

Author: Driss, Morocco
Published: December 9, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, Democracy, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Morocco, Opinion and Analysis
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Moroccans theses days have forgotten about the new government reshuffle. People have lost faith in the actual El Othmani’s cabinet, which is considered as the worst in the history of the kingdom. Now, they are focusing on the arrest of Hajar Rissouni sentenced to a year in prison having an “illegal abortion” and “sex outside […]

Kurdish Tragedy: The Ugly, the Bad & the Good by Pablo, Mexico

Author: Pablo Q Zepeda, Mexico
Published: November 3, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, Democracy, English, Human Rights, Identity, Kurdistan, Politics, Syria
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Tags: Kurdish from Syria, Kurdistan, Kurds

I am writing about a group of human beings in the Middle East, that conforms around 30 and 40 million people, who live in a diaspora calculated in a number close to one million and a half people. The people I am referring to are the Kurds. While I was studying for my Bachelors in International Relations at ITESO University in Guadalajara, Mexico, […]

Opinion | The Right of Children in Israel to go to School is Beyond Right and Left by Manya, Israel

Author: Manya Kagan, Israel
Published: October 31, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, Democracy, Development, Education, English, Human Rights, Israel, Opinion and Analysis, Tolerance
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In today’s Israeli reality, nationalism has become incompatible with child rights. Israel is a country ridden with conflicts and divisions between different groups, but what I feel is the most painful and problematic social-political rift is that between the ‘liberal’ left and the ‘conservative’ right. Each of these sides has picked a set of values […]

Photo Essay | Live Reporting from the Solidarity Protest for Lebanon in Paris by Moulham, Syria/Paris

Author: Moulham, Syria/Paris
Published: October 24, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, Democracy, Lebanon, Photo Essays, Politics
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It’s not the fist time the Lebanese protest in streets, Lebanon is different from the other Arab countries, in Lebanon people can vote freely but the problem is with their political system. The Lebanese say they had the first revolution in the Arab world before Tunisia, when they kicked the Syrian army out of Lebanon […]

Opinion | Israeli Elections: The Fallacy of the Biggest Party by Itamar Hauser, Israel

Author: Itamar Hauser, Israel
Published: September 15, 2019
Categories: in Democracy, English, Identity, Israel, Opinion and Analysis, Politics
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For the first time in its history, Israel will go for a second election to parliament on September 17th, 2019, after the last elections’ results, from April 2019, and the following negotiations between the parties did not yield a 61-strong majority coalition in a 120 seat parliament. Personally, I used to be more active during […]

Opinion | Élections israéliennes: Ni libres ni justes by Dvir Aviam, Israël

Author: Opinion | Dvir Aviam, Israël
Published: September 10, 2019
Categories: in Current Events, Democracy, French, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Opinion and Analysis, Politics
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Tags: elections, Elections Israeliennes 2019, israel

Les prochaines élections israéliennes sont un exemple de l’érosion continue de la démocratie dans la région. Bien que certains développements représentent un espoir pour la jeunesse, les élections ont mis en doute la prétention israélienne d’être la «seule démocratie du Moyen-Orient». Pour le lecteur non-informé, voici un bref résumé – les élections actuelles […]

Salomon Tekah, la colère légitime by Khloe Perla Portheault

Author: by Khloe Perla Portheault
Published: July 2, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, Democracy, French, Human Rights, Iran, Israel, Tolerance
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Tags: Ethiopian Community, israel, justice, manifestations, racism, violences policières, סלומון טקה

C’est la seconde fois cette année qu’un policier israélien tue l’un de ses concitoyens. Je corrige en ajoutant une précision : c’est la seconde fois cette année qu’un policier tue un concitoyen de la communauté israélo-éthiopienne ! Autrement dit, un israélien noir. Salomon Tekah avait 19 ans, il vivait avec sa famille à Kyriat Haïm, […]

Deal of the Century: Why We Refuse! By Mazen, Palestine

Author: By Mazen, Palestine
Published: June 27, 2019
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, Democracy, English, Human Rights, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Politics
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Tags: corruption, Dealofthecentury, israel-palestine, IsraelPalestine, news, opinion, palestine, politics, USpeaceplan

Actually, I am not exactly sure why we are refusing it; however, when digging deeper into Palestinian media parties you will find a kind of Schizophrenia. Let me tell you how! We, as Palestinians, are divided into political, social, economic and religious groups, therefore we still do not know what we want or need, and […]

300 jeunes ont marché pour la paix au Mali by M, Mali

Author: M, Mali
Published: June 25, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, Democracy, Development, Education, French, Human Rights, Religion, Tolerance
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Tags: Afrique, mali, Malipeace, paix, PaixauMali

Le 29 mai la “6ème Commémoration annuelle de la Déclaration pour la Paix Mondiale et de la Marche pour la Paix” s’est déroulée à l’école LAFIA de Bamako. Cet événement annuel, organisé pour la première fois au Mali par le Groupe International de la Jeunesse pour la Paix (IPYG), en partenariat avec Peace One Day […]

Northern Nigeria & Internal Displacement by Eunice Amoka, Nigeria

Author: Eunice Amoka, Nigeria
Published: June 20, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, Democracy, English, Human Rights, Identity, Nigeria, Tolerance
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Tags: nigeria, refugees, WorldRefugeesDay

I was born, and have lived over half of my life in Kaduna State, which is located in northern Nigeria. I was born during the 1992 Zangon Kataf crisis, which was a result of an explosive mix of religious and ethnic rivalry. This crisis led to the burning of buildings, destruction of property, the death […]

On That Bloody Monday… by MacElhadi, Sudan

Author: MacElhadi, Sudan
Published: June 12, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, Democracy, English, Human Rights, Politics, Sudan
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Tags: news, revolution, sudan, sudanrevolution

Their bodies left us, but their memories still linger on. The secluded which have been forced upon us by the Transitional military council continues. We are not connected with the rest of the world. Our hearts filled with pain and sadness in light of the shocking and heinous crime which took place during the 29th […]

It’s a Matter of Perspectives by Elianne Kremer, Israel

Author: Elianne Kremer, Israel
Published: May 29, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Democracy, Education, English, Friendship, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Life Style, Tolerance
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Tags: israel-palestine, meditation, stories, terror

Six months after I arrived to Israel, I was living in Jerusalem and the terrorist attacks began. I didn’t really understand what was going on. People were afraid, it was possible to feel the discomfort in public spaces, in the bus mainly. Nobody wanted to be there, as if the expectancy of a terrorist attack […]

Far Away From the Square by Fatima, Egypt

Author: Fatima, Egypt
Published: May 1, 2019
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, Democracy, Development, Education, Egypt, English, Human Rights, Politics
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Tags: activism, altahrir, Civic Activism, Civil Society, egypt, protest, tahrirsquare

I tell this story from the blurry memories of my younger self. I do remember that it was a time when the whole world seemed to stand still. Tomorrow was so unpredictable then. Yet somehow, and despite everything, it looked much brighter than before. What seemed like just another mundane Tuesday coinciding with my very […]

Opinion | Why did local elections get so heated yesterday in Turkey? by Rosi, Turkey

Author: By Rosi, Turkey
Published: April 2, 2019
Categories: in Current Events, Democracy, English, Opinion and Analysis, Politics
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By Rosie Many Turks around the world and in Turkey went from zero to 10 very quickly in their surprise, excitement, and expressed feelings of hope on social media and on the streets over the past 24 hours. Due to voting fraud cases in the past, many people from different political parties in the opposition […]

My Ambassador of PEACE by Tamar Shemesh, Israel

Author: By Tamar Shemesh, Israel
Published: March 19, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, Democracy, English, Human Rights, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Life Style
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Tags: activism, music, peacebuilding

“We need to separate between two things. There are policies and actions of my government that I don’t agree with. On the other hand, Israel my home, and I love my home”. Achinoam Nini. NOA, Achinoam Nini, is an International well-known vocalist and musician, Israeli peace activist and my example of a brave woman. She […]

‘Gender Colors’ by Aseel, Palestine

Author: By Aseel, Palestine
Published: March 10, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, Democracy, Education, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Life Style, Palestine
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Tags: BalanceforBetter, IWD19, opinion, women rights, womenmonths, womenrights

Pink is the color for girls and blue for boys. Dolls for girls, cars for boys. They say that boys prefer cars and the color blue and that girls prefer dolls and pink but they are rather taught from a young age that they should prefer it that way. Little girls and boys are prepared […]

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