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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 | The Real deal of the century – Mondial 2022 and a regional emergency climate and peace plan by Matai, Israel

Author: Matai Ben Aharon, Israel
Published: December 15, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Environment, Israel, Life Style, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Tolerance
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Today it is known that global warming is a fact. The latest alarming reports by the IPCC (Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change) and the IPBES(Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) are suggesting , alongside civil protest movements, cities and countries, that the world is now in an actual climate emergency. Still the main contributor to this climate crisis, […]

Opinion | The Time to Ban Nuclear Weapons is Now by Tomas, Sweden

Author: Tomas, Sweden
Published: December 15, 2019
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Human Rights, Opinion and Analysis, Politics
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In 2017, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was awarded the Nobel Peace Price ”for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition on such weapons”. The treaty referred to by the Norwegian Nobel Committee […]

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 […]

YaLa Poetry | The One in the Mirror by Abigail, Israel

Author: Abigail L, Israel
Published: December 9, 2019
Categories: in Art, Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Identity, Israel, Life Style, Tolerance, YaLa Poetry
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Tags: notoracism, poem

It’s upsetting To discover That there is still Racism Inside of me Still, fear That can turn into Something ugly In moments of pressure I can take it Out there Even though It’s so sad But to find it inside Is heartbreaking Everyone is racist My friend said Even I am Even you are But […]

Opinion | Women in Libya: Caught between Hope and the Civil War by Eman, Libya

Author: Eman, Libya
Published: December 9, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, Development, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Libya, Opinion and Analysis, כללי
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Women in Libya who are trying to find a job are facing multiple challenges, and the civil war is just one of them. Staying safe, working far off from the places of the conflict, finding a job near the home way, and many other conditions women workers in Tripoli finding themselves set as a must […]

Her Pright by James S Namalira, Nigeria

Author: James S Namalira, Nigeria
Published: December 9, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Nigeria, Tolerance
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A true life experience of Kozito Eze I was in Lagos for a weekend for a couple of meetings and other personal arrangements sometime in May. I had to make the quick trip totally unplanned because of how important personally, securing bags is to me. But, I had to make a quick return to my […]

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 […]

Opinion | Muslim Women and the Hijab : To Save or not to Save by Rima ahsissene, Morocco

Author: By Rima ahsissene, Morocco
Published: October 31, 2019
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, Current Events, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity, Life Style, Morocco, Opinion and Analysis, Politics, Religion, Tolerance
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Hijab: the headscarf worn by some Muslim women Last week, in France a mother accompanying her son on a field trip in Dijon was publicly and loudly asked to remove her Hijab by a far-right politician of the local assembly[i]. And last month, a teacher in a school in Montreal had two choices either remove […]

I Will Stay by Trezer Oguda, Kenya

Author: Trezer Oguda, Kenya
Published: October 28, 2019
Categories: in Current Events, Development, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Identity
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The first time I saw a ‘real’ grown woman in her underwear was under very distressing circumstances. I say real because the only ones I had ever caught a glimpse of in that state were from the cast of the American soap opera- ‘The Bold and Beautiful.’ Although it was forbidden to watch this show […]

RELAXATION & STRESS by Collins Osariemen Omokaro, Nigeria

Author: Collins Osariemen Omokaro, Nigeria
Published: October 27, 2019
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, Education, English, Life Style, Nigeria
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According to Marian Webster dictionary, relaxation is to spend time or do something enjoyable, especially after a restless time of doing work. The human body is a biological system that is made up of components that harmoniously work together fruitfully when given the appropriate time to relax and reorganize. This can be likened to a […]

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 […]

Semaine de la santé mentale: Depression Post Partum; Quand le bonheur se fait attendre by Morgane, Israel

Author: Morgane, Israel
Published: October 14, 2019
Categories: in Current Events, Education, French, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity, Israel, Life Style, Tolerance
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Tags: Femmes mere feministes, Post Parthum, Sante mentale

Aujourd’hui c’est la journée de la santé mentale, et a cette occasion, je voudrais vous parler de mes premiers mois de maman. Ma première grossesse a été si facile, parfaite. Après presque 3 ans d’infertilité, de traitements, de pauses et de doutes, j’ai vécu une grossesse finalement spontanée avec joie, avec un sentiment de […]

The Fossil Fuel vs. Renewable Energies: The Transition Dilemma by Sara, Morocco

Author: Sara Amar, Morocco
Published: October 3, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, English, Environment, Morocco
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The call of a full worldwide energy transition model is getting louder each day. The planet is on the edge of destruction, in fact, according to the recent CFCCC report; we do not have enough time to save the planet if we do not act quickly and efficiently. Climate change does not stop at the […]

Kayayai by Day, Prostitute by Night by Theodora Aido, Ghana

Author: Theodora Aido, Ghana
Published: October 1, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Education, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Ghana, Politics, כללי
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Abena, a fourteen (14) year old teenage girl, is the fifth child of eight (8) children born to her parents in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of Ghana. She travelled to Kumasi in April 2015 with the hope of a better standard of living. She narrated how she was inspired by other very young […]

YaLa Poetry | The Ones Who Lead Us to the Troubles, Who? by Mahmoud H, Palestine

Author: Mahmoud H, Palestine
Published: September 26, 2019
Categories: in Art, Civil Activism, Current Events, English, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Politics, YaLa Poetry, כללי
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The ones who lead us to the troubles, who? Now I am going to tell you bro The problem is not the two fighting kids The problem is with the greedy elders Even though they get grey and bold They are like mountains, selfish, and solid Yes, they remain Like this mountain With this selfish […]

Opinion | Tunisian Elections: Between the Devil and Deep Blue Sea by Nourjahen Jemaa Gara-Ali, Tunisia

Author: Nourjahen Jemaa Gara-Ali, Tunisia
Published: September 17, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Opinion and Analysis, Politics, Tunisia
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On the International Day of Democracy, September 15th, Tunisia had its Presidential Elections. Voters went to their polling locations to give their voices to the person they trust most. However, voter turnout reached only 45,02% despite 1 million people registering to vote in the months leading to the elections, according to the Independent High Authority […]

Le changement climatique et l’énergie : Enjeux et Ambitions by Sara, Morocco

Author: Sara AMAR, Morocco
Published: September 16, 2019
Categories: in Development, Environment, French, Morocco, Opinion and Analysis
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Tags: changement climatique, énergie, énergie fossile, Maroc

Le changement climatique et les énergies fossiles Les combustibles fossiles ont une large utilisation dans divers domaines d’activités. Les plus populaires sont la production d’électricité, les carburants de transport et la fabrication des produits comme les plastiques. Autres applications méconnus mais très fréquents sont dans le secteur des cosmétiques et voir même des médicaments. L’utilisation […]

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 […]

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