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The feeling of guilt by Khadija Amahal, Morocco

Published: August 30, 2017
Categories: in English, Human Rights, Identity, Tolerance
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Tags: #crossculturalexchange, #thinkactyala, algeria, Culture, fear, morocco, racism, Stereotypes, Travel, yalacampaign

When I was a child, I had a dream to go to France. I was simply in love with the country’s culture, food, and architecture, due to my direct contact with family members and friends who lived there. That’s why I was determined to work hard at school, and right after obtaining my baccalaureate degree, […]

Dueling perspectives and dual perspectives: The responsibility of journalists in the Middle East, By Eliana Rudee, Israel

Published: August 23, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Friendship, Human Rights, Saudi Arabia
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Tags: #crossculturalexchange, #thinkactyala, coexistence, gaza, gazawar, israel, IsraelPalestine, palestine, peace, YaLa Citizen Journalist, yalacampaign

In 2014, I was in Israel on a social entrepreneurship program with 35 other Americans and Israelis. We were here when Hamas kidnapped three Israeli boys and we were here when we later found their bodies. A week later, our lives were momentarily halted when we heard the wails of sirens, notifying us of incoming […]

Beyond the Headlines – The Investigation of the near and far

Author: Ala Oueslati, Tunisia
Published: August 16, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, Human Rights
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Tags: #takeaction, conflict, Humanity, Media, news, syria, SyrianCivilWar, yalayoungleaders

The war in Syria? Who hasn’t heard of the war in Syria? A carnage so painful to witness, yet impossible to ignore. We didn’t own a TV to watch what happened in Syria every day. We did however, have something better than TV: WIFI. It is as quick as asking a genie for another wish. […]

Beyond Our Differences by Rahma Henchiri, Tunisia

Author: Rahma Henchiri, Tunisia
Published: July 30, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Culture and Heritage, Education, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Tolerance, Travel, Tunisia
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Tags: #crossculturalXchange, #thinkactyala, greece, refugees, volunteering

Before I started working at Skaramagas refugee camp in Athens, I did not know what to expect from the children. Ever since I can remember, I have been hearing about the Yazidi-Arab tension; and thus, being an Arab myself, I was worried that my hopes of becoming the girls’ older sister would eventually turn to […]

Welcome to the Past in the Present by ABDELLAH EL BAKRI [Photo Essay]

Published: July 5, 2017
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, English, Human Rights, Media, Photo Essays, Travel
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Tags: #eupeacebuildinginitiative, #thinkactyala, discovertheregion, morocco, people, photography, streets

MOROCCO — It is through the observation of everyday Moroccan life that is full of cultural diversity, rich in terms of physiological, social and ideological differences that I was able to sharpen my gaze.

This is Gaza by S.

Published: July 5, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, English, Human Rights, Latest Articles
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Tags: #eupeacebuildinginitiative, #thinkactyala, darkness, discovertheregion, electricity, gaza, hope, inthedark, night, palestine, photography, powercut, youth

GAZA,PALESTINE — At 2:35 AM I hold my phone, and stand in front of the window to took a picture of the landscape. As you see the picture is empty. The darkness covered it. I will not say “this is Gaza”. Gaza is suffering from a terrible electricity crisis…

Meeting the Neighbors by HADAS DAVID

Published: July 5, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, English, Human Rights, Identity, Tolerance
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Tags: border, checkpoint, crosscultural, crossculturalexperience, hebron, israel, neighbor, other, palestine, peace, understanding, yalacampaign

ISRAEL — I want to share with you my first encounter with Palestinian people. I am from Israel. Born and raised. Ever since I can remember, it has always on the table- us and them. Jews and Arabs. The endless conflict over land in the name of religion. I was raised by a center- right […]

Be Your Best Friend by NIHEL BENDIHASSANE

Published: July 5, 2017
Categories: in Education, Human Rights, Identity, Latest Articles
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Tags: #crossculturalXchange, #eupeacebuildinginitiative, #thinkactyala, algeria, childhood, growingup, identity, inspirational, violence, yalacampaign

ALGERIA — My story began when I was around five years old. I had two sisters and one brother much older than me, and much busier than me. My parents worked a lot, especially my mother, and I respected her a lot…

Behind the Gates of Death, There Is a New Life by AHMAD

Published: July 4, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, English, Human Rights, Latest Articles
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Tags: #eupeacebuildinginitiative, #thinkactyala, cancer, gaza, hope, israel, palestine, peacebuilding, rolemodel, women, yalacampaign

GAZA, PALESTINE — The cancer that raged through the body of Eman, 45, a Palestinian lady from the Gaza Strip, was not the end of her life or her soul. It was the beginning of a new life and a new hope, a story worthy of being followed by every woman in the world…

My Religion is Humanity by ABDELHAK EL OUARGUI [Photo Essay]

Published: July 4, 2017
Categories: in English, Human Rights, Media, Photo Essays, Tolerance
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Tags: #eupeacebuildinginitiative, #thinkactyala, Humanity, humankind, identity, morocco, peacebuilding, photography, portraits

MOROCCO — It does not matter where you are from, it does not matter if you are young or old, black or white or yellow or red, rich or poor, healthy or disabled, it does not matter what your religion is… we are all human beings, we want and we deserve to live in peace and happiness. We have to honor the dignity of each one of us!!

I Want You to Be a Man by MOHAMED

Published: July 4, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, English, Human Rights, Latest Articles
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Tags: #eupeacebuildinginitiative, #thinkactyala, conflict, family, future, gaza, hopes, palestine, peacebuilding, war, youth

GAZA, PALESTINE — The power was off while the dark sky was moonless, empty, except of some reconnaissance drones that I thought were bright stars in the dawn. Everything was pretty quiet, and everyone from my family inside one room of our small unpainted house was sleeping and snoring on their mattresses without blankets. The atmosphere was really hot, and I was listening to the radio. That was the last thing I could remember before I slept.

The Bride

Author: YAZAN ORABI
Published: June 22, 2017
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Latest Articles, Syria
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Tags: childbride, childmarriage, childrensrights, Gender, syria

SYRIA — She was 13 when the war began in her country. She still remembers the days of playing and happiness: the sun shining, children running around the trees, and the sound of the birds…

Hotter than Hell by KESSEM ADIV

Published: June 21, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, English, Human Rights, Latest Articles
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Tags: bedouin, conflict, israel, negev, village

ISRAEL — Mid-August 2016. 5AM. I am lying in my bed in my small room in my students’ apartment in Be’er Sheva, a big, quite city in southern Israel, in the middle of the desert. The air conditioner in the room is broken. Hot is an understatement…

Peace is Possible by HALA ATASSI [Photo Essay]

Published: June 19, 2017
Categories: in Art, Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Human Rights, Photo Essays
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Tags: peace, syria, syrianyouth, youth

SYRIA — “Peace is possible.” That was the title of the community initiative on the day of world peace on November 21, this past year, led by the Junior Chamber International of Hamah City in Syria we participated in this special day. This initiative was sponsored by UNICEF and received media coverage, because of good […]

Small acts lead to big changes by Maroi Ech-Charkaouy, Morocco

Published: June 14, 2017
Categories: in English, Human Rights
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Tags: #yalaalumni, children, help, Humanity, kindness children, morocco, solidarity, streetchild

Today, I decided to take my little siblings to the beach. It is Ramadan so the beach was quite empty; there were only a few kids there, swimming and having fun. My siblings easily made new friends, and they started to hangout and play games together. My little brother approached me and asked if we […]

“Just ignore it!”

Author: Fatima Zahra El Hafa, Morocco
Published: May 16, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Morocco
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Tags: Action, Feminism, Inspiration, morocco, sexualharrassment, street harrasment

No matter the situation, I always prefer to confront the problem rather than just ignoring it. An accident I had last year was no exception. I was on my way home after a long and tiresome day at school. It was evening time and the street was busy with people rushing back home to rest. […]

Photos From Around the MENA Region – photo essay pt.1 –

Published: May 3, 2017
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, Human Rights, Photo Essays
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Tags: #yalaalumni, challenge, community, discovertheregion, MENA, region

Last week YaLa Alumni participated in a photo challenge. Participants from all over the region, including from Syria, Ghana, Palestine, and Israel, submitted photos from their weekend. Many photos included buildings and architecture, and they are pictured here.

Nabatean Civilization by Ashraf, Palestine – photo essay –

Published: April 26, 2017
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, Human Rights, Identity, Photo Essays, Tolerance
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Tags: coexistence, diversity, history, hope, identity, IsraelPalestine, nabatean, peace activism, tolerance, yalayoungleaders

From the north of Damascus to the south of Ola, and from the east of Sham and Naqab to Gaza and Sinai, they built an Empire. The Nabateans were smart people. They worked on copper mining , agriculture, and trade. They established sophisticated systems and lifestyles in this region thousands of years ago. At the time, these […]

Suspended In The Twilight Zone, by Sharona, Israel.

Published: April 26, 2017
Categories: in Human Rights
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Tags: cooperation, family, hope, israel, love, optimism, perseverance, women

As the only daughter of Iranian immigrants to the United States, I felt fortunate to grow up in a warm community. In the 1970’s and 1980’s my family from both sides had sacrificed a lot to flee to the U.S., in order to escape persecution from the tight grip of the Iranian regime. My mom […]

My Story with The Super MOM! by Yasmine Alice, Algeria

Published: April 20, 2017
Categories: in English, Human Rights
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Tags: backpack, bike, child, generosity, indonesia, mother, Travel

I rented a bike to visit the rice fields scattered around Ubud, the capital city of Bali, one of the most famous islands in Indonesia. I lost myself in a village little known to foreigners and rode quietly in snake-like streets that separated the rice fields from each other. The green and quiet was all […]

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