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On a Quest in Search of Purpose by Tom Sagiv, Israel

Published: March 19, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Friendship, Human Rights, Identity, Tolerance
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Tags: activism, change, coexistence, diversity, education, hope, identity, IsraelPalestine, MiddleEast, peace activism, tolerance

Another day of work comes to an end. You survived the last two hours of your shift; glancing at the clock every few seconds wishing the hands would go just a bit faster. 12:00, the office doors swish behind you as you walk out, fast enough to not waste another unnecessary moment there, but slow […]

The Modern Exodus

Author: Miriam Yosef, Germany
Published: March 19, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, English, Human Rights
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Tags: change, egypt, germany, hope, israel, peace, religion

Moses led his people through the desert on the journey to the Holy Land. Those who are coming today don’t have a leader and are not coming for religious reasons: they are mostly Sudanese, Ethiopians and Eritreans who escaped their homeland because of war, poverty and violence. They regard Israel as a safe destination. However, […]

A Walk in Tunisia by Mohamed Omar Attaaoui, Tunisia – photo essay –

Published: March 19, 2017
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, English, Photo Essays, Tolerance
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Tags: coexistence, photography, traditions, tunisia, YaLa Photo Essay

The ancient side of Tunisia As everyone knows Tunisia is situated in the north of Africa which has made it in constant contact with other civilizations like Arabic, European, Berber and more. Thanks to this diversity, our culture and traditions are a mix of the basics of Arabs and the modernity of Europeans. While having […]

Moment of Revelation by Naomi Elpeleg, Israel

Published: March 19, 2017
Categories: in English, Identity
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Tags: israel, military, military service

Looking back at this whole time, it’s hard to tell when that “moment of revelation” was — if it even existed. Sometimes the whole processing happens weeks or months after the actual events, and makes you feel and understand things differently. It sounds funny to tell the story of this very day when its importance […]

Refugee Stories by Mohammed El Amine Dekhissi, Algeria – photo essay –

Published: March 9, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Human Rights
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Tags: children, Humanity, photography, refugees, stories

“My name is Amr and I want to be a policeman in the future” Every picture has its own story but the common thing that you can notice is that refugee people are people just like us. They have talents and dreams. Despite the fact that they lived war and fear, they are spreading happiness […]

Photo Essay | Letter to the Young Me

Author: YaLa Women
Published: March 8, 2017
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ
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Tags: genderequality, MENA, women rights, womenforpeace, womensday, womensrights, youngme

Today women around the world still have to fight for equal rights, equal respect, equal pay… What if we were all raised in the same way? what if we were offered the same opportunities since childhood? What if both boys and girls were told that they are strong, smart, important and that they can become […]

About Borders and Prejudice, by Marwa from Sudan

Published: March 1, 2017
Categories: in English, Human Rights, Sudan
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Tags: Borders, history, love, sudan

It is said that where we find our hearts, we find our homes, but I see it as a limitation to hearts as well as to homes, just like limiting lands with borders and calling them countries. This is not a story of love and prejudice, but rather of geopolitics and globalization. It begins in […]

A Devastating Mishap by Yaara, Gaza

Published: February 27, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English
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Tags: family, gaza, memory, victims, war

It was the third war in the Gaza Strip when a family lost their dearest pregnant daughter along with her two sons, aged six and four. Samar wasn’t an ordinary person that anyone could pass by and easily forget, she was the sunshine to everyone in her life. She wasn’t only my cousin, but my […]

NEW CHANCE FOR A POSITIVE ATTITUDE by Wiem Askri, Tunisia

Published: February 27, 2017
Categories: in English, Human Rights, Identity
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Tags: 2017, newyear, resolution, tunisia, youth

As one year announces its end, another year, 2017, quickly approaches. As usual, many tend to make New Year’s resolutions around this time. Just like others, I have also made mine in anticipation of better days to come. However, I have decided to change things up a bit this time around. I want to commit […]

Mount Sinai/Gabal Moussa by Yousra Serry, Egypt – photo essay –

Published: February 27, 2017
Categories: in Egypt, English, Photo Essays
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Tags: egypt, gabalmoussa, hike, moses, mountsinai, Travel, wadignai

Mount Sinai, or Gabal Mousa, as we say in Egypt, is the place where it’s believed Mousa/Moshe/Moses received the ten commandments from God. It’s around a 3 to 4 hours climb and takes it takes between 2 to 3 hours to come back down ( depending on your pace and the strength you have left). […]

THE KNOWING MIND by Sharon Stone

Published: February 26, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Human Rights
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Tags: peaceactivism, SharonStone

I am interested in the journey to peace. I can’t remember a time when this wasn’t the most interesting thing to me. This doesn’t mean that I am a tranquil person or that I have quelled every anger and frustration with some type of drug or new age belief releasing them and now rest […]

Ensaf’s adventure

Published: February 22, 2017
Categories: in English, Human Rights, Identity
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Tags: genderemowerement, inspiring

One day it was only an idea, then it became reality. A year and a half ago, I had 10,000 followers on Instagram; now I have more than 70,000. They are jostling to know the details of a girl in her twenties from Gaza and how she lives on a daily basis. Even though I […]

Peace Begins with Us by Moran, Israel

Published: February 19, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Friendship, Identity
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Tags: peace, peace conference, peacebuilding

I was always an adventurous girl, I always try to learn new thing and be present in new experiences. So I answered “why not?” to the invitation to be a participant in Eurasia Model UN in Passau, Germany. Basically I was the only Israeli and eventually only Jew in the conference, but I liked the […]

A Game of Life and Death by Thomas from Liberia

Published: February 15, 2017
Categories: in Current Events, English, Human Rights
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Tags: ebola, ebolacrisis, liberia

Dear Friends, I would like to talk about how Ebola has changed me and many Liberians and our centuries old tradition in just over a period of a year and a half. An experience I call a “Game of Life and Death.” In every society, there are ways of life and things that inescapably bind […]

Dashiki by Khalid Siraj Aldeen, Sudan

Published: February 15, 2017
Categories: in English, Identity, Sudan
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Tags: clothing, Culture, dashiki, diversity, sudan

Wearing my headphones, I hopped onto public transport. Peaking my head up as soon as I left, I was surprised by the passengers staring at me. It was as if I had committed a grave mistake. Followed by their gaze, I took a step back to review my stance. It had only been few seconds […]

It was not Cheetos by Denisse, Israel

Author: Denisse
Published: February 14, 2017
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, English, Identity, Israel, Life Style, Travel
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The room was small. But I didn’t care, I was carried against my own will so why should I even consider to get comfortable? A day has passed since I’ve moved here, and everything was different including the smell, the people, the colors, the sound of the words and the words themselves. My whole life […]

The Sound of Bombing by W, Gaza

Published: February 8, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Politics
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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. […]

Breaking Bricks by Abigail, Israel

Published: January 30, 2017
Categories: in English, Identity, Latest Articles
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Tags: Abigail, innerstrength, Inspiration, israel, life

I may not have broken that physical brick before the festival of liberation that year. But since then, I’ve been fighting painful invisible limits in a seemingly endless battle for my freedom.

Photo Essay | STRONGER TOGETHER

Author: Sarah Perle, Israel
Published: January 22, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, English, Friendship, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Identity, Photo Essays, Tolerance
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Tags: Feminism, women, Women's March, womenmarchonwashington, womensmarch

In times of justice emergency we need to ally, we must act. Today I marched with my global community. I marched by your side today not because we are women or because, like me, you are Jewish . I didn’t march by your side because your skin is the same color as my skin or […]

The Famous Month of Ramadhan by Bridget, Tunisia

Published: January 17, 2017
Categories: in English, Human Rights
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Tags: Culture, family, holiday, Islam, ramadan

Its name is Ramadhane, its classification is holy, its values are sacred, and its memories last a lifetime. I am talking about the month during which all Muslims fast from dawn to sunset. If you have never heard of it nor been in a Muslim country during that time, let me use words to show […]

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