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 […]
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 […]
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”.
Video | Cent mille by Islam Bouroudi, Algeria
Author: Islam BouroudiPublished:
Categories: in Algeria, Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, Development, English, Human Rights, Identity, Tolerance, Videos
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Tags: algeria, Humanity, money, refugees, solidarity, Video
In the recent months many African refugees from Mali and Niger have left their countries escaping from hunger and war. Some of them have found themselves in Algeria, but they didn’t get the best care. I decided to react and do my best to help them. Due to my experience in social media and film-making, […]
Video | My Favorite Place by Haneen, Gaza, Palestine
Author: Haneen, Gaza, PalestinePublished:
Categories: in Education, Identity, Videos
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Tags: gaza, Library, palestine, Reading
Haneen from Gaza is taking us on a tour of her favorite place, the library. Ready to join her?
Video | Israel. Palestine. Peace. by Adar, Israel
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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.
Video | Meet Yair, Israel
Author: Yair, IsraelPublished:
Categories: in Media, Special Edition 2016, Videos
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Meet an Alumn of the Aileen Getty School of Citizen Journalism, Yair from Israel.
Video | Women of the Middle East
Published:Categories: in Civil Activism, Culture and Heritage, Egypt, Friendship, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Identity, Israel, Media, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tolerance, Videos
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Tags: algeria, education, egypt, equality, Freedom of Speech, iraq, israel, middle east, morocco, palestine, sudan, syria, women
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.
Video | Tel Aviv-Ramallah-Kigali by Hamze, Palestine and Sara, Israel
Author: Hamze, Palestine and Sara, IsraelPublished:
Categories: in Media, Videos
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Tags: forgiveness, reconciliation, rwanda, YaLa Africa
In Tel Aviv – Ramallah – Kigali, Sarah and Hamze invite you to join them on a life changing journey of understanding and peace-building through youth empowerment. What lessons can the youth from Palestine and Israel learn from the youth of Rwanda? What do those young people have in common?
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Video | Middle East Youth by Ronni, Israel
Author: Ronni, IsraelPublished:
Categories: in Civil Activism, English, Israel, Media, Videos
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Tags: Video, YaLa Citizen Journalist, youth
Watch Ronni’s video asking people from all over the world what they think the biggest problems in the Middle East are.
Video | The Kurdish People by Saphir, Israel
Author: Saphir, IsraelPublished:
Categories: in Israel, Kurdistan, Media, Videos
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Tags: israel, Kurdish People, Kurdistan, YaLa Citizen Journalist
See as Saphir from Israel talks about the Kurdish people, their unique culture, and how many of them are forced out of their countries of origin.
Video | Five Misconceptions About the Gaza Strip by Bodour, Gaza
Author: Bodour, GazaPublished:
Categories: in English, Media, Palestine, Videos
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Tags: gaza, Video, YaLa Citizen Journalist
Watch this video by Bodour from Gaza that challenges some of the misconceptions about the Gaza Strip.
Video| Equal Rights for All by Warid Albaroudi, Syria
Author: Warid Albaroudi, SyriaPublished:
Categories: in Media, Syria, Videos
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Tags: Equal Rights, syria, Video, YaLa Citizen Journalist
Watch as Warid from Syria addresses some of the issues regarding youth and gender equality that many people in the Middle East experience.
Video | Egyptians Embrace Dancing in Culture Festival by Ahmed, Egypt
Author: Ahmed, EgyptPublished:
Categories: in Egypt, Media, Videos
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Tags: Culture, egypt, YaLa Citizen Journalist
See as many Egyptians try Indian dancing at a festival in Egypt, posted by Ahmed from Egypt.
Video | The Dual Narrative by Amir, Israel
Author: Amir, IsraelPublished:
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Media, Palestine, Politics, Videos
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Tags: israel, Narrative, YaLa Citizen Journalist
Watch this short animated video, created by Amir from Israel, that discusses the dual narrative, or how Israelis and Palestinians view their conflict differently.
Video | While We Played Frisbee by Lyoka, Israel
Author: Lyoka, IsraelPublished:
Categories: in Israel, Media, Videos
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Tags: community, israel, unity, YaLa Citizen Journalist
It didn’t matter who was a Jew and who was an Arab, who was Israeli and who was Palestinian, who was living in Jaffa and who was coming from Hebron. All what mattered was co-playing: Frisbee is not about winning or losing or simple CATCHING AND THROWING, it’s about YOU throwing the disc in a way that THE OTHER PERSON will be able to catch it.
Video | Seeds of Hope by Youness Ben, Morocco
Author: Youness Ben, MoroccoPublished:
Categories: in Media, Morocco, Videos
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Tags: hope, morocco, Video, YaLa Citizen Journalist
A short video by Citizen Journalist Youness Ben from Morocco, a graduate of the Aileen Getty school of Citizen Journalism.
Video | Chance Meeting by Ali, Yemen
Author: Ali, YemenPublished:
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, Development, Friendship, Identity, Life Style, Media, Videos, Yemen
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Tags: Video, YaLa Citizen Journalist, yemen
I’d been staying with my friend the past week. He works for a relief agency that operates in a very remote area. He has 20 high days every 3 months. When he’s in town, we usually paint it red…
Video | Safe Place Project by Abdelrahiem Faisal, Sudan
Author: Abdelrahiem Faisal, SudanPublished:
Categories: in Media, Sudan, Videos
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Tags: sudan, Video, YaLa Citizen Journalist
Abdalrheem from Sudan made this lovely video for the Aileen Getty School of Citizen Journalism with the help of his friends at the NetHUB-Check it out here:
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.