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Solo Travelling By Maroi ECH-CHARKAOUY from Morocco

Published: December 22, 2016
Categories: in English, Identity
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Tags: europe, Feminism, morocco, solotraveler, Travel

After spending a disastrous year at school where I was mentally traumatized by one of my male professors who always picked on me, I decided I needed a break. This professor simply picked on me because he did not like me, even though I was attending all classes, participating in all of his classes and […]

Video | Israel. Palestine. Peace. by Adar, Israel

Author: by Adar, Israel
Published: December 19, 2016
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Identity, Media, Videos
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Tags: IDF, israel, palestine, peace, peacebuilding

My transformation from an IDF soldier to a peace activist. You can follow Adar on his Facebook page.

WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER by Bridget, Tunisia

Published: December 18, 2016
Categories: in English, Identity
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Tags: astronaut, brokendream, dream, tunisia, youth

They say that time heals all scars, but I believe that time only makes the pain feel a bit less painful. However, the scar will always be hidden somewhere in your heart, and you will only notice it when an event or a memory triggers it. This is what I learned during the summer of […]

A CHALLENGING YEAR IN POLAND by Safae El Ouadifi, Morocco

Published: December 8, 2016
Categories: in English, Human Rights, Identity
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Tags: Humanity, morocco, studies, Travel, tunisia, youth

It was the 1st of August in 2013 and it began as any other ordinary sunny morning in my beloved city Casablanca. I was checking my email inbox and it was full to the brim. I was about to logout of my inbox and go back to my unfinished morning nap, an email caught my […]

Change is Possible By Akar, Kurdistan-Iraq

Published: December 8, 2016
Categories: in English, Identity, Iraq
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Tags: Iran, iraq, Kurdistan, Refugee, socialanxiety, youth

I am a Kurdish-Iraqi citizen, born in Iran as a refugee. The place where we lived in Iran was called “Ordogahe Sonqor,” which was near Kermanshah, and there were more than 500 families gathered and living in the area as refugees. There was a school for us where we were mixed with Persian students. I […]

On The Road by Rotem Miron, Israel

Published: December 8, 2016
Categories: in English, Identity
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Tags: backpack, backpacktrip, China, israel, road, traveler, youth

In the summer of 2006, I found myself walking down a country road outside a small mountain village in northern China with a huge backpack on my shoulders, little money in my pockets and absolutely no idea where I was going. I was in China for a few weeks by the time I found myself […]

The UNSTOPPABLE Girl by Elarif Rkia, Morocco

Published: December 4, 2016
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity
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Tags: Dreams, education, girl, morocco, school

It was a rainy afternoon of November, 2000. I was a little girl with an open mind yet my knowledge was very limited. Even though, I carried a pure heart who believed that the universe is limitless and my home town ‘Addar’, a rural area located in the southwest of Morocco was the nucleus in the universe. […]

Impossible means “I’m possible” by Enas Abahreh, Palestine

Published: December 1, 2016
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity
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Tags: impossible, palestine, possible, women, womenempowerement

When I was 20, my life began to change! It was the last year in my major and I got engaged in the same time. His name is “Asem” he was 27 years old at the time. He is tall but not as beautiful as me 😁 I loved him and he also loved me. Suddenly, […]

Making my Voice Heard by Nezha El Masoudi , Morocco

Published: November 30, 2016
Categories: in Gender and LGBTQ, Identity
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Tags: genderemowerement, girls, morocco, studies, women

The day when I decided to make my voice heard: Since I opened my eyes in the world, my father has always had an authoritative character in my life; he is a man of a big size, of which the skin is brown, his facial features reflect seriousness. It is rare that one sees his […]

I got married what about you?! | Marwa, Tunisia

Published: November 29, 2016
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity
Comments: 4 Comments
Tags: gender equality, marriage, morocco, Society, traditions, women, women rights

“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.” Rebecca West It’s undeniable that Arab women have been and are still struggling whether it be to improve themselves as […]

My First Egalitarian Prayer by Binny Zupnick, Israel

Published: November 24, 2016
Categories: in English, Fall Semester 2016, Friendship, Human Rights, Identity, Tolerance
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Tags: egalitarian, israel, judaism, religion

“Want to come with us to the synagogue we’re praying at?” “Okay.” What seems at first glance like an innocuous and rote question and answer, this exchange has stuck with me over the years. It was Shavuot[1] night, 2014, Jerusalem, Katamon, at my family friend’s with whom I was staying for the holiday. Two other […]

Light Blue Eyes by Orit Eldar, Israel

Published: November 24, 2016
Categories: in English, Fall Semester 2016, Human Rights, Identity
Comments: 1 Comment
Tags: AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU, family, familyhistory, grandmother, Shoah

It was at the end of winter 2005. I found myself sitting in the living room of a 2.5 bedroom apartment I knew too well. The curtains, sofas and paintings on the walls reminded me that I was in a safe place, they have been a part of this house my entire life. But I […]

The day I became a man by Denis Woniala, Uganda

Published: November 24, 2016
Categories: in English, Fall Semester 2016, Identity
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Tags: circumcision, kenya, traditions, youth

As the saying goes “east or west, home is the best.” In 2010, I had to travel back home from a vacation from Kenya. I was 18 years old at the time and had just finished my senior year. During this time, back in my village it was a circumcision season in my tribe, Bagisu, […]

Into the unknown by Brianna Perez, USA/Israel

Published: November 22, 2016
Categories: in Identity
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Tags: diversity, identity, israel, jerusalem, Travel

It was in 2011. The calming voice from the loud speaker murmurs words in the background, only a blur to me. A woman dressed in uniform stands in the aisle performing a safety routine as the airplane taxis to the runway. Everything is a blur in the background. My body is filled with sadness as […]

Laura | Eyal David, Israel

Published: November 14, 2016
Categories: in English, Identity
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Tags: family, familyhistory, grandmother, libya

I always have had a special bond with my 88 year old grandmother, Laura. It began when I was a baby, as she helped my mother raise my twin sister and I. It continues to this very day (30 years later): each time I visit, she prepares my favorite Libyan cuisine – Mafroum (meat-stuffed potatoes), […]

Theatre: My own Peculiar World | Kaoutar Chahbane from Morocco

Published: November 14, 2016
Categories: in Art, English, Identity
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Tags: adayinthelife, morocco, theatre, youth

This story is not finished… yet. In a world of cruel reality It is somehow compulsory To find a way To stay away To find magic In some peculiar world of magic. My story starts with a dream, a decision, and determination. It was at the age of 10 that I decided to be an […]

Being Gay in Iraq – Behind The Bars of Borders | Enana Hermez, Syria

Published: November 14, 2016
Categories: in English, Identity, Iraq, Tolerance
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Tags: Homosexulity, LGBT, LGBTRights, syria, UNICEF, youth

I just completed a blogging internship with UNICEF’s Voices Of Youth. One of the assignments was to conduct an interview with an inspiring young person in my community. For my Inspire! post I chose to interview Logal Bet Kako, who is an Assyrian-Syrian gay activist advocating for the rights of the LGBT+ Community. Logal has […]

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 […]

A Mother’s Gift | Aya, Morocco

Published: October 15, 2016
Categories: in English, Identity
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Tags: Daughters, education, morocco, Reading

Ever since the first days of my childhood, I can recall the nature of my relationship with mom. I could plainly see love, self-sacrifice, dedication and inspiration all embedded in her every deed, both daily and unconditionally. My mother has been my refuge in my bad times before my good times, has been my supporter […]

Smashing Stereotypes, Hoping for an Asexual World | Robyn, Israel

Published: October 14, 2016
Categories: in Gender and LGBTQ, Identity
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Tags: Gender, israel, LGBT, Sex, Stereotypes

In a world where gender has only been a public question for less than a century and a personal choice for a few decades – and either of these in only limited parts of the planet – what do we really know about it? Self-determined gender has emerged as an opportunity at a time when […]

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