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How Social Media Shapes the Way We Think: Its Influence on Our Decisions, Opinions, and View of the World

Author: DB from Morocco
Published: January 11, 2026
Categories: in Analysis, Current Events, Development, English, Friendship, Latest Articles, Life Style, Morocco, Opinion and Analysis, כללי
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Tags: #thinkactyala, change, discovertheregion, education, Humanity, MENA, morocco, yala young leaders, yalayoungleaders, youth

Truth. We often speak of it as if it were solid and unquestionable, yet our understanding of truth has never been more fragile. What we call “truth” today is shaped not only by facts, but by perception, by how we see the world and, perhaps more importantly, how we see ourselves within it. Is truth […]

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN NIGERIA: Sumayyah’s Story and the Thousands Like Her

Author: Mutmainat
Published: October 21, 2025
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, Friendship, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Nigeria
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Tags: #thinkactyala, activism, change, discovertheregion, education, family, gender equality, genderequality, hope, Humanity, MENA, women, women rights, yala young leaders, yalayoungleaders, youth

Sumayyah is a thirty-year-old Muslim woman. She is beautiful, kind, hardworking, religious, and a Yoruba woman from Ondo state who grew up and lives in Lagos. While studying in Lagos for her BSc, she began training as a tailor so she could become a fashion designer after graduation. She comes from a small family of […]

The Last Tie: Will Morocco’s Artisan Traditions Endure the Modern Era?

Author: K from Morocco
Published: October 16, 2025
Categories: in Art, Culture and Heritage, English, Identity, Life Style, Morocco
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Tags: #thinkactyala, Culture, education, identity, Inspiration, MENA, morocco, traditions, women, yala young leaders, yalayoungleaders, youth

The afternoon sun filtered through the courtyard of my friend Amina’s home in Fes, creating geometric shapes on the stunning handmade rugs adorning the walls. Each rug was a work of art created stitch by stitch, telling tales of Berber ancestors with saffron-dyed wool and indigo patterns. Amina’s father, Abdelkarim, was seated with us, his […]

Letter to my anti-Zionist friend in the West

Author: Kacper Max
Published: August 3, 2025
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Opinion and Analysis, Politics
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Tags: #thinkactyala, change, conflict, education, identity, israel, IsraelPalestine, peace, thewest, tolerance, yala young leaders, yalayoungleaders, zionism

Why write it? Why try? The complete breakdown of a political and social relationship between the Zionist and anti-Zionist Left after October 7th must belong to the most alarming (and interesting) developments on the Western Left as a whole in recent years. The loss of mutual trust and bilateral allegations of betrayal of values have […]

Whose Responsibility is it?

Author: Ma’ayan
Published: December 24, 2024
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, Education, English, Human Rights, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Latest Articles
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Tags: #thinkactyala, activism, change, coexistence, conflict, discovertheregion, education, family, hope, Humanity, identity, Inspiration, israel, IsraelPalestine, love, MENA, palestine, peace, peace activism, peacebuilding, tolerance, women, womenforpeace, yala young leaders, yalayoungleaders

“You are not an observer, you are a participant.” ― Thích Nhất Hạnh. There is a moment when you can’t sit still anymore. An energy bustling from within you makes you speak or take a step. You are standing in line and hear a conversation you think could be different if you were part […]

قصة نور Nour’s Story

Author: Nour Yahya
Published: December 9, 2024
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, Education, English, Human Rights, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Politics, Videos
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Tags: activism, conflict, education, gaza, gazawar, gazayouth, hope, identity, israel-palestine, IsraelPalestine, Life in Gaza, Palestinian Women, women, womenforpeace

Opinion | We need more Women in Health and Science, by Amira, Palestine

Author: Amira Sublaban
Published: February 19, 2020
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, Development, Education, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Israel, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine
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Tags: education, emancipation, Science, women

When I first applied for my Bachelor’s degree in Medical Imaging at Al Quds University, I was honestly taken aback by the number of females majoring in the scientific field. I was under the impression that the field was over filled with the male community given the fact that some females are encouraged to take […]

Connecting Peace and Education- Wadi Ben-Hirki

Author: By Eunice Amoka, Nigeria
Published: January 29, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Education, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Nigeria, Tolerance
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Tags: education

“Kids need people willing to fight for them” Her arms move wildly, the arch of her body, the brightness in her eyes, excitement radiates from her entire being. As a member of her audience, you cannot but be swept up in her deep passion for the subject she speaks about; thoroughly evident even in her […]

Gaza from the Inside Out by Husam, Palestine

Author: By Husam, Gaza, Palestine
Published: November 14, 2018
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, Education, English, Human Rights, Identity, Israel-Palestine, Life Style, Palestine, Travel
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Tags: education, gaza, Life in Gaza, Travel, warandconflict

How does life look outside of Gaza?! I have always asked myself what a young man in his twenties – exactly like me – is doing in another part of the world? How will I get through my twenties without having tried great experiences? I haven’t tried to jump from a plane, camp in nature, […]

How to create change by Raghda s. Elziyadi – Libya.

Published: February 14, 2018
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Human Rights, Libya
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Tags: #thinkactyala, civilsociety, education, empowerment, libya, schools, students, yalacampaign, youth

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?” This quote was on brochure […]

Heaven on Earth by Bilal Hussain – Kashmir

Published: February 13, 2018
Categories: in Civil Activism, Education, English, Human Rights, Identity, Tolerance
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Tags: #thinkactyala, children, conflict, education, flood, helping, Humanity, India, kashmir, peacebuilding, solidarity, war, yalacampaign

The place that poets refer to in their verses as “heaven on earth” exists in the fairy tales, and in reality is not far from the Middle East. This real life fantasy is the beautiful valley of Kashmir, which is surrounded by snow clad mountains, lush green woods, and innumerable springs. Like many places globally, […]

My Journey towards education and humanity by Sarah, Egypt

Author: by Sarah, Egypt
Published: January 31, 2018
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Education, Egypt, Human Rights
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Tags: #thinkactyala, change, education, egypt, facebook, hope, israel, learning, MENA, online, palestine, peace, peacebuilding, yala, yalacampaign, yalayoungleaders, youth

YaLa Young Leaders changed me. When I noticed the Facebook ads for the page the first time, I was about 22 years old and in my 6th year of medical school. It was interesting; the page was suggested by Facebook because one person I was following liked the page. I think it was a good […]

Getting Out of My Shell by Bahdja Sehli – Algeria

Published: January 15, 2018
Categories: in Algeria, Education, English, Identity
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Tags: #thinkactyala, algeria, brave, class, education, empowerment, insecure, opportunities, shell, show, yalacampaign, youth

When I was younger, my parents got divorced. with my mother we had to relocate to another far away city, where it was so hard for us to live. I faced many challenges there. I lost the life that I had before, and all my old friends. Simply, my childhood was very difficult, filled with […]

Kids Creating Peace by Rachel Yardeni, Israel/USA

Published: November 15, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Education, Friendship, Identity, Tolerance
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Tags: #yalacampaign #peacebuilding, education, israel, palestine, peace, peaceprogram, teenagers, tolerance, youth

I walk into a room, and at first sight, everything seemed normal. Nothing seemed out of place. I was observing a group of young teenagers enjoying each other’s company, listening to music, and dancing. As a young Jewish 18-year-old, coming straight from New York City to Israel, this type of hanging out was what I […]

What’s Wrong With My Gender? by Oumaima Fathi, Morocco

Published: April 26, 2017
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ
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Tags: education, family, girls, morocco

When I was a kid, I loved my grandfather’s job. He was a known farmer in the village. I liked the way he planted, how he took care of the farm, and his paramount mission in the family. He was the one in charge of nearly everything, while my grandma and aunts were spending most […]

Pondering Poverty Eradication, by Ahmed Idrissi Noury, Morocco.

Published: April 26, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Education
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Tags: change, economics, education, entrepreneurship, hope, morocco, poverty

“Extreme poverty is the best breeding ground on earth for disease, political instability, and terrorism.” – Jeffrey Sachs Poverty, as conceptualized by leading economists and political scientists, is recognized as one of the more sustainable issues and one of the greatest global challenges facing the world today. Poverty eradication is considered an indispensable requirement for […]

The Challenge of Change, by Sama Karram, Israel.

Author: Sama Karram
Published: April 26, 2017
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, Education, English, Israel, Life Style, Travel
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Tags: diversity, education, identity, israel, IsraelPalestine, tolerance, traditions, Travel, United States

There is this moment in life when you decide that you want to get out of your comfort zone. A moment when you decide to say yes to new opportunities, experiences and adventures. That moment of courage is truly life changing. About two years ago, I decided that I wanted to go on an exchange […]

University Life by Imen, Tunisia – photo essay –

Published: April 26, 2017
Categories: in Education, Friendship, Photo Essays
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Tags: education, future, tunisia, university, yalayoungleaders, youth

In the middle of this small community also called “university,” I like to share with you a part of my everyday life, sometimes I even spend almost all the day there. With these strange people whom I meet almost everyday yet I only know a few among this group. These beautiful individuals shown in the pictures […]

What Do They Think About Me, by Walla Shweiki.

Published: April 26, 2017
Categories: in Identity
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Tags: change, confidence, education, youth

There was a little girl named Lele. She was her parents’ only daughter. Lele’s parents pampered her with all sorts of things and had high hopes for her. She grew up to be an intelligent girl; she always got top grades and she was good at sports. All in all she was an ideal student. […]

Photo Essay | نهج الباشا Pacha Street

Author: Khaoula, Tunisia
Published: April 6, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Gender and LGBTQ, Photo Essays
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Tags: change, education, empowerment, genderequality, tunisia, women, womenforpeace, yalayoungleaders, youth

Pacha Street is one of the main veins of the Medina. It starts from Zeitouna Mosque towards Bab Swika. Everyday hundreds of kids and teens pass through Pacha Street to go to the Bacha high school or to Ben Achoor library to study and prepare for their exams. In the previous century, Ali Pacha built […]

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