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The Sound of Bombing by W, Gaza

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The sound of a bombing came again, this noise carries different feelings and memories. I remembered everything that happened throughout my life in Gaza. Three devastating wars that brought nothing but sadness and despair. In that moment I heard the bombing noise, I recalled everything that happened during the last way on Gaza in 2014. […]
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A Trip to Starbucks by Dom O’Connor, United States

Author: Dom O'Connor
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For the past couple of months, I’ve been contemplating a few things…graduating from undergrad, heading off to law school, a few new tattoos, a fun summer, and where this whole “peace process” is heading. In that line of thought, I decided to head down to my local coffee shop, conveniently situated next to my favorite […]
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Video | Women of the Middle East

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Women from all over the Middle East are speaking up – for education, safety, equality, for their freedom of speech. They come from Palestine, Israel, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Morocco, Algeria and Sudan, but they are united in commitment to be the voice of the voiceless.
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Video | Five Misconceptions About the Gaza Strip by Bodour, Gaza

Author: Bodour, Gaza
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Watch this video by Bodour from Gaza that challenges some of the misconceptions about the Gaza Strip.
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Video | The Dual Narrative by Amir, Israel

Author: Amir, Israel
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Watch this short animated video, created by Amir from Israel, that discusses the dual narrative, or how Israelis and Palestinians view their conflict differently.
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Video | Meet Areej, Gaza

Author: Areej, Gaza
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Watch this photo collage titled, “Moments of Hope.”
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Video | Palestine by Fatin, Palestine

Author: Fatin, Palestine
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Watch as Fatin takes us on a short video tour of Palestine.
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A voice from inside Gaza By Adonis Salameen, Palestine

Author: Adonis Salameen
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I don’t like talking about politics. I also don’t like politicians because they are simply professional liars to me. Last week I went to Jordan for a vacation.  All I know is that a “ceasefire” was going on. The two conflicted sides were in Cairo doing “their best” to reach an agreement for the deteriorated […]
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‘Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover’ by Adonis Salameen, Palestine

Author: Adonis Salameen
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I drove my car at seven pm. I had no idea what I would face ahead. All I knew was that I was invited by a friend to attend a strange meeting with strange people who speak another language. All I knew was that I was about to meet with a “religious group”. To me […]
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‘Few hours in Amman’ by Hamze Awawde, Palestine

Author: Hamze Awawde
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How amazing that I crossed the three security checks (first the Palestinian one, then the Israeli, Jordanian the third) in 4 hours only. I couldn’t believe that in none of them nobody questioned my purpose to travel to Jordan. Not all days are bad days in our Palestinian reality. The first thing I noticed, upon […]
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Why would a peacemaker fail and a terrorist succeed in Israel and Palestine By Mutasem Rumi, Palestine

Author: Mutasem Rumi
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Why have the majority of people from both sides become proud of hating, killing and spreading fear in the other side!? I started thinking about the peacemakers and about their roles. In the last twenty years peace makers haven’t achieved much. What is the difference between the leaders from both camps? In a situation like Israel and […]
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The Green Palestine by Hamze Awawde, Palestine

Author: Hamze Awawde
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Last week we Palestinians succeeded in operating the first train journey from the East part of Palestine (West Bank) to the West part (Gaza Strip). It was all easy. Thanks to engineers who worked so hard on this project, cars can also easily drive to Gaza from where I live in Dura, in the south of […]
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Tight Rope Walking Along the Border, by Manuela Rota, Spain

Author: Manuela Rota
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I’m in a bus, on a day trip with my University along the border of the Gaza Strip. I am excited but I can’t really tell why, since I know there will not be much to see around; hopefully there’s not much to see. Netiv Ha’asara is one of our stops. It is a moshav (cooperative agrarian […]
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Unfair Game by Mohammed Zeidan, Palestine

Author: Mohammed Zeidan
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The first time I saw the Yala Young Leaders Facebook page and their online university, I said to myself: “This is strange! What are these people trying to do?” Most people, on both sides of the conflict tend to think that peace and dialogue cannot happen. The circle of violence is simply going on and […]
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The Snake and the Ladder- Part 2 By Ahmed Jenin, Palestine

Author: Ahmed Jenin
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After writing the first part of this article, which was published about two months ago, I was hesitating a lot to continue writing the second part for a number of reasons- the most important reason being that I do not want to frustrate everyone, by again talking about a loss of hope for a better […]
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The Snakes, Ladders and Peace Game Between Palestine and Israel

Author: Ahmed Jenin, Palestine
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As we know, the Snakes and Ladders is a game that contains numbered plates with numbered squares, snakes and ladders, as well as two small plastic pieces with different colors in order to distinguish each player; besides, there is a cube with numbers from 1 to 6 in its sides, a player throws this cube […]
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Loving Home

Author: Hamze Awawde, Palestine
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Loving Home Love is our Land After leaving my house for 10 months to seek immigration in Germany, now I passed the border with Jordan to come back home to Palestine. I never expected to be so lucky with the people around me, to find a cousin waiting for me with his car to take […]
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Friday’s Evening

Author: Hamze Awawde, Palestine
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The tragic reality in the Middle East is no longer dominating our hearts. At least not in these hours, not on Friday evenings. Singers in the Arab Idols program on MBC channel are creating a different reality for us. They are passing on a happiness which allows us to escape the Middle East – at […]
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Playing Hide & Seek

Author: Henriette Chacar, Israel
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Upon asking people what superpower they would most like to possess, one of the most popular answers is the ability to become invisible. In Israel, 20.7% of the population is invisible; we are the Israeli-Palestinians: Israeli citizens of Palestinian descent, living within the 1967 borders. In that case, invisibility is not what makes us omnipotent, […]
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One Cannot Start Speaking About the Middle East…

Author: Tom Dolev, Israel
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One cannot start speaking about the Middle East, and even more so about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, without dissatisfying various groups with various opinions and various claims on the truth, on justice and on suffering, often contradicting. This is all the more true if this specific one is a Jew from Israel, who might even seem […]
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