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Freedom

Author: Yosra Béjaoui, Tunisia
Published: March 6, 2018
Categories: in Civil Activism, English, Human Rights, Identity, Tunisia
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Tags: demonstrating, demonstration, freedom, freedomofspeech, future, gaza, police, revolution, tunisia, youth

I don’t remember the exact day but it was on January 2009. It was a very normal and peaceful day in Tunisia but unfortunately it wasn’t the case in another place of the world (2300 kilometers away to be exact). It was the Israel-Gaza war. The Gaza strip was hit by airstrikes, unfortunately, bombs don’t […]

Refugee Pride by Houcem, Tunisia

Published: March 6, 2018
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Human Rights, Identity
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Tags: canada, future, gay, germany, homophobia, LGBTQ, Refugee, syria, war, youth

Omar is a 32 years old male refugee from Kobbaijep- Syria. He moved to Canada a year ago under the asylum program. His story started 9 years ago when he started his bachelor degree in music at the University of Damascus. His first year was “hell” as he described it. People didn’t like the way […]

Demonstration in Tel Aviv by Yahel Galili – Israel [PHOTO ESSAY]

Published: January 31, 2018
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, English
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Tags: demonstration, future, israel, palestine, peace, peacenow, rabinsquare, rally, Tel Aviv, twostatesolution

To mark 50 years of Israel’s ongoing occupation of the West Bank, a large rally was held in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square. Left wing politicians, artists and organization leaders got on stage to speak for peace and against the current government’s choice not to promote it. Further captions for each individual photo: 1- Largely unpopular […]

I Want You to Be a Man by MOHAMED

Published: July 4, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, English, Human Rights, Latest Articles
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Tags: #eupeacebuildinginitiative, #thinkactyala, conflict, family, future, gaza, hopes, palestine, peacebuilding, war, youth

GAZA, PALESTINE — The power was off while the dark sky was moonless, empty, except of some reconnaissance drones that I thought were bright stars in the dawn. Everything was pretty quiet, and everyone from my family inside one room of our small unpainted house was sleeping and snoring on their mattresses without blankets. The atmosphere was really hot, and I was listening to the radio. That was the last thing I could remember before I slept.

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 […]

מלאכי השלום לא משגיחים על העיר הלילהנכתב ע”י זוהר ינקו מישראל

Published: March 30, 2016
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Hebrew
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Tags: future, israel, palestine, peace, peace activism, yala young leaders

התלבטנו אם לסגור את הדלת הראשית או לא. שישי בצהריים בשוק לוינסקי, זהו סוף השבוע ותחילת השנה החדשה. במרחק של קילומטר מכאן כמה חייהם של כמה בחורים הגיעו לקיצם. צעיר אחר נכנס לבר ברחוב דיזנגוף בתל אביב וירה בהם למוות. הוא עדיין מסתובב איפשהו. אחותי הצעירה הייתה בקרבת מקום, וליבי ונישמתי נעצרו ל-40 שניות עד […]

Brain Drain by Firdaousse Ouknider from Morocco

Published: January 28, 2016
Categories: in Civil Activism, English
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Tags: braindrain, change, education, future, Immigration, morocco, opportunities, tunisia, youth

27,300,000: This is the number of the highly educated foreign born in developed countries in 2010. 16,050,000: This was the number in 2000. A 70% increase in a decade. Intriguing, isn’t it? Almost appalling. The question begs to be asked: Why? Why do so many educated young men and women seek life away from home? Between […]

Tel Aviv-Ramallah-Kigali: a peacebuilding journey, by Sarah from Israel & Hamze from Palestine – video –

Published: December 1, 2015
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Tolerance
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Tags: coexistence, forgiveness, future, genocide, israel, palestine, peace, peace activism, rwanda, yala young leaders

Together we went to Rwanda and discovered what peace and reconciliation really means. Together we faced our fears and faced each other. Do Israelis and Palestinians have to go all the way to Rwanda to finally believe that peace is possible? We spent 10 days together in Rwanda. And when we say that, we […]

Say Salam, say Shalom, make a change in the holy land… by Mohamed Sheriff, Gaza, Palestine

Published: November 19, 2015
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Past Special Editions, Tolerance
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Tags: activism, children, future, israel, palestine, salam, shalom, yala young leaders, youth

I will start with the words of the prophet Mohammed who once asked his followers: “Do you want me to tell you about something you can do to spread love among you?” He said, “Spread the Salam (Salutation) among you.” I now have a new mission in my life thanks to a Jewish child […]

To Lead To A Better Future by Aviv Ayash, Israel

Published: May 28, 2015
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Tolerance
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Tags: future, israel, leadership, peace, tolerance, yala young leaders

My name is Aviv Ayash. Born in 1987, both sets of grandparents immigrated from Morocco with the establishment of the Jewish State of Israel, leaving all of their possessions behind them. I grew up in a very Israeli Zionist family; we kept Jewish tradition and I never had to consider the question of what was […]

Immigration to Palestine by Hamze Awawde, Palestine

Published: December 17, 2014
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English
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Tags: future, HamzeAwawde, hope, israel, palestine, yalayoungleaders

If the only option is immigration, then let’s immigrate to Palestine. Although the state of Palestine has not yet been established, Palestinians are already living in the land where the state of Palestine will be established in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem; so I call for the young frustrated Palestinian men and women […]

‘When Reality Fades Away’ By Henriette Chacar, Israel

Author: Henriette Chacar
Published: May 25, 2014
Categories: in English, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Tolerance, Travel
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Tags: future, israel, womenforpeace, yalayoungleaders

What if our world isn’t real? Do you believe in an alternative universe? What if our most critical decisions, and the ideals we value the most…are simply a trivial choice determined by an alien being that’s playing the Martian version of “The Sims”, with us as its imaginary characters? Crazy, right?! I could swear to you […]

Tag: future