Photo Essay | Covid-19 Photo Reporting by Soukayna El Mrini, Morocco.
Author: Soukayna El MriniPublished:
Categories: in Current Events, English, Life Style, Morocco, Photo Essays
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Parents around the world are concerned about their kids’ mental health and are struggling to keep them entertained and busy during the coronavirus lockdown. Public supermarkets and local handicraft bazaars are affected by the coronavirus lockdown and questions about how sellers manage to live without their mediocre income during these times are highly raised. […]
Photo Essay | History by Amir, Dalya, Mohammad, Sereen and Zo, Israel and Palestine
Author: Amir, Dalya, Mohammad, Sereen and Zo, Israel and PalestinePublished:
Categories: in Art, Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, English, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Photo Essays, Religion, Tolerance, כללי
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Jerusalem is a city with millennia-old stories to tell. But it is not a dead city. It is alive with stories being made as we speak. As they say today is tomorrow’s yesterday. In this photographic essay we tried to tap into the layers of history that make up this city – whether they are […]
Photo Essay | Life by Li-Or, Tamim, Besan, Tarneem and Mohammed, Israel and Palestine
Author: Li-Or, Tamim, Besan, Tarneem and Mohammed, Israel and PalestinePublished:
Categories: in Art, Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, English, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Photo Essays, Religion, Tolerance
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Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides. Life and death are just like light and darkness, love and hate, you can’t separate them .You need both of them to recognize each one of them. You want to know if you are alive? then you should know the opposite of […]
Photo Essay | Live Reporting from the Solidarity Protest for Lebanon in Paris by Moulham, Syria/Paris
Author: Moulham, Syria/ParisPublished:
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 […]
Photo Essay | World Humanitarian Day 2019 by Muhammad, Iraq
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Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, English, Human Rights, Iraq, Photo Essays
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When ISIS came to Iraq a few years ago, families ran from the war zones. They lost their houses and everything they owned. Most of the refugees are from Mosul, Tikrit, Diyala and Ramadi. Most of them are Arabs and Turkmen. I personally helped the displaced families of Tal Afar and Mosul. We had a […]
Video | The Quest against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by Bisharo A, Somalia
Author: By Bisharo A, SomaliaPublished:
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, Development, Education, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Religion, Videos
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Tags: #takeaction, activism, Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, Humanity, inspire change, International day, news, Video, YaLa Africa, yala young leaders
FGM is practiced in Somalia and in more than 28 countries worldwide. It is a harmful cultural practice which will take years to eliminate but it must all start with us, our families and the community showing an effort to stop it This is just one example of the important work produced […]
Photo Essay | Desert Women by Hasna, Morocco
Author: By Hasna, MoroccoPublished:
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, Development, Education, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Morocco, Photo Essays
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By Hasna, Morocco. These photos might seem dull, yellow, and liveless; and that is not what they truly represent. I took these pictures during my recent visit to the village where I grew up. But abundance flourishes from those muddy and washed out land. Those ruins were once a place of happiness and hot […]
Photo Essay | Traditional Tunis by Imen, Tunisia
Author: By Imen, TunisiaPublished:
Categories: in Art, Culture and Heritage, English, Photo Essays, Travel, Tunisia
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Tags: #Maghreb, artisan, entrepreneurship, handmade, home, Media, traditions, Travel, tunisia, tunisiantraditions
By Imen, Tunisia
Photo Essay | Chaos & Faith by Paula, Brazil-Israel
Author: By Paula, Brazil-IsraelPublished:
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, Identity, Language, Photo Essays, Travel
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Tags: Al-Quds, conflict, holycity, holyland, jerusalem, peace, photography, religion, YaLa Photo Essay
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Photo Essay | Notre Dame De Sion by Clody, Israel
Author: By Clody, IsraelPublished:
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, English, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Photo Essays, Religion, Tolerance
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Tags: Christians, church, IsraelPalestine
by Clody, Israel
Photo Essay | I am part of this city, and it is part of me by Rowan, Gaza, Palestine
Author: By Rowan, Gaza, PalestinePublished:
Categories: in Art, Culture and Heritage, English, Identity, Palestine, Photo Essays
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Tags: discoverpalestine, discovertheregion, gaza, MENA, MiddleEast, palestine, YaLa Photo Essay
These are pictures of a city that is frequently mentioned on the news, often sad news, wars, siege, power and water cuts… This is my beautiful city of Gaza, part of the state of Palestine, with an area of 360 square kilometers, with a population of approximately 2 million. I am part of this city, […]
Photo Essay | Buildings by Youba Darif, Morocco
Author: By Youba Darif, MoroccoPublished:
Categories: in Art, Culture and Heritage, English, Morocco, Photo Essays, Travel
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Tags: #Maghreb, discovertheregion, Inspiration, morocco, tourism, traveling
Buildings also can speak and tell people’s stories, history, lifestyle, visions, struggles, hopes, and aspirations. During my recent travels in my country, Morocco, I discovered the essence of my magnificent culture and civilization by looking at the small details in buildings which witness a tremendous history. Each building in the following photos has so many […]
Video | International Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition by By Hadeel, Palestine & the YaLa Alumni
Author: By Hadeel, PalestinePublished:
Categories: in Arabic, Civil Activism, Current Events, English, French, Human Rights, Identity, Israel, Palestine, Tolerance, Tunisia, Videos
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Tags: history, Humanity, Memorial Day
Being traded and treated as a slave is the worst humiliation one can imagine, and the slave trade is one of the most heinous crimes the world is still trying to eradicate. Every human is bestowed with humanity from the moment of their birth. But it is in the human nature of some to try […]
Photo Essay | Tales of Tripoli: Vivid Colors Despite The Paleness of Dismay by Rawan, Libya
Author: By Rawan, LibyaPublished:
Categories: in Art, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, English, Identity, Libya, Life Style, Photo Essays
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Tags: discovertheregion, libya, Travel
Movements of the Tripoli streets are unaffected by life in Libya, or lack thereof in this case. Every day is a new day. We thank God for what we are given, we drive our children to school, we buy the groceries our wives ordered, we do our tedious jobs and… and we make lemonade.
The Box By Khaled K, Syria
Author: By Khaled K, SyriaPublished:
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Education, English, Human Rights, Media, Syria, Travel
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Tags: #endviolence, activism, Humanity, Inspiration, life, politics, storytelling, syria, SyrianCivilWar, syrianyouth
Five years ago, I was living in a box. Not literally a box, but an extremely small room. When I lived inside this box, I lived like an animal in a cage. My life was controlled by other people. There were eighty people in this small box, all so close together that we were almost one. […]
What’s the craziest thing you’ve done for a cause you believed in? by Khloe, Israel
Author: Khloe, IsraelPublished:
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, Democracy, English, French, Human Rights, Media, Photo Essays, Tolerance, Videos
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“We’ve been outraged, you and me by these new laws, and frustrated because we didn’t know what to do! Well, you have a way to do something now! I am proud of you, your baby nephew is proud of his auntie and Grandma would be the proudest of all! You’re going”.
Photo Essay | My City by Ben Ruttenberg, Israel
Author: By Ben Ruttenberg, IsraelPublished:
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, English, Identity, Israel, Photo Essays, Travel
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For the past week, I’ve tried to notice the little and interesting things about living in my city. Situations that I would maybe miss otherwise if I weren’t tuned to the ”look for a photo” state of mind. I think these little moments can help me share a few things about what it’s like living […]
Magnificence of Sidi Bou by Meriem Somai, Tunisia
Author: by Meriem Somai, TunisiaPublished:
Categories: in Art, English, Identity, Photo Essays, Tunisia
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Tags: colors, Culture, discovertheregion, history, Inspiration, Travel, tunisia, YaLa Photo Essay
I would like to share with you my favorite pictures that I took with my phone. They reflect the oriental taste of the Middle Eastern and Northern African countries. After coming back from the United States, I started looking at my country, Tunisia, from a different perspective. I am proud that Tunisia is rich regarding […]
Photo-essay | Jordanian Gold by Ibrahem Khatib, Israel\Palestine
Author: By Ibrahem Khatib, Israel\PalestinePublished:
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, English, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Photo Essays, Travel
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This was the first time I planned a proper surprise for someone I love and admire. Her name is Hila, and she is an amazing young woman. We traveled by plane from Tel-Aviv to Eilat, crossed the border to Jordan. At the Jordanian side, we met Yousuf, a handsome young man at the age of […]
YaLa Young Leaders
Envisioned by Ambassador Uri Savir, YaLa Young Leaders work together to create and enact a new regional vision of freedom, equality, prosperity, and peace. Following the 2011 Arab Spring events, Amb. Savir was inspired by how a regional exchange of ideas through social media by young people encouraged change in the region.