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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

The lost Moon, ‎A. Gaza/Palestine

Published: February 13, 2018
Categories: in English, Human Rights
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Tags: family, familystory, grandma, grandmother, grandson, hope, loss, love, moon, pain, palestine gaza

The life we live in has two sides, good moments and bad moments, this is life. I remember that day well when I was in 7th grade and was preparing for my homework in order to present it to my teacher; my grandmother was very sick at that time. I was looking after her, she […]

Can a Smile Unite Us? by Tom Raz – Israel

Published: February 13, 2018
Categories: in English, Human Rights
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Tags: #thinkactyala, brother, cancer, children, dream, family, fightingcancer, hope, loss, makeawish, nevergiveup, siblings, sickchild, sister, smile, thepowerofasmile, Travel, yalacampaign

In the summer of 2007, when I was 16 years old, I said goodbye to my family and flew with my classmates all the way to Poland to see the horror of what racism and discrimination can cause. For those who aren’t familiar with this subject, when WWII began, the Nazis planned to get rid […]

The strength comes from pain by Maroua, Algeria

Author: By Maroua, Algeria
Published: February 5, 2018
Categories: in Algeria, Development, English, Friendship, Human Rights, Identity, Life Style
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Tags: cancer, denial, family, father, hope, hospital, tears, uncle

Life is not a piece of sweet chocolate, life is much more complicated than that. It is a mixture of joy and sorrow and it can’t just be always bright, there must be some darkness to complete the image of life and to appreciate it. You can’t be strong in facing life issues if you […]

A light of Hope by H., Gaza, Palestine

Author: By H., Gaza, Palestine
Published: February 5, 2018
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Development, Education, English, Human Rights, Identity, Palestine
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Tags: firstjob, gaza, hope, job, opportunity, palestine, youth

When I recall that year and how exactly it passed by, I am not sure if I should smile, sigh, or feel sorry. The year 2012 was the start of everything for me. I graduated in 2007, and since I’ve applied and participated in various programmes that were implemented for the new graduates. Not one […]

They were Not the Enemy by Wassim Najjar, Tunisia

Author: Wassim Najjar
Published: January 31, 2018
Categories: in Civil Activism, Democracy, English, Opinion and Analysis, Tunisia
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Tags: arabspring, demonstration, government, hope, MENA, MiddleEast, NorthAfrica, police, popular, population, tunisia, Tunisian, tunisianrevolution, youth

It was a relatively hot day for a winter; everything was calm as usual, the city sinking into its routine. He was seventeen at that time. He had heard rumors from friends in other districts, the media did not podcast a thing about the issue, but I felt it coming, tension was in the air […]

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 […]

The new decades by Amal Tobich – Tunisia

Published: January 15, 2018
Categories: in Civil Activism, Education, English
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Tags: #newbeginnings, #thinkactyala, arabspring, change, democracy, demonstration, hope, revolution, tunisia, tunisianrevolution, yalacampaign, youth

I was around 14 years old, living just like any teenager. A Tunisian girl from the countryside in the North of Tunisia who barely cared about politics, debates or things like that. I was following all that was happening around me without really getting into details. Yet, I still remember that day as if it […]

A loss of hope by Yuval Bar, Israel

Published: December 27, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, Human Rights
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Tags: 9/11, conflict, hope, humannature, IDF, israel, IsraelPalestine, leaders, optimism, palestine, soldier, westbank, youth

I was young, 19, four months in the army, three at the Nablus headquarters. My first new year’s eve as a soldier just passed, and there was relative peace after the 9/11 attack. It was early, and I am not a morning person… we just got word that the P.L.O. arrested some fighters of the […]

ANXIETY by Ghania Sifodil, Algeria

Published: December 26, 2017
Categories: in Algeria, Human Rights, Identity
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Tags: algeria, anxiety, friend, friends, Friendship, help, hope, love, solidarity, soulmate, youth

The first day of middle school, I was sitting alone not knowing anyone in the classroom, feeling bored and sad because I couldn’t start a conversation with strangers, until this girl came out and asked if the spot next to me was empty. I answered with a yes and a smile. I asked about her […]

One Day in the Revolution by Mostafa Amr from Egypt

Author: Mostafa Amr
Published: December 19, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Egypt, English, Identity
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Tags: change, demonstration, discovertheregion, egypt, egyptrevolution, hope, tharirsquare, yalacampaign, youth

It was a customary tradition in our school to wear whatever you liked on the last day of every semester, so you didn’t have to wear the school uniform. As a result, everyone was trying their best to wear their most beautiful clothes . I was 14 years old. I remember that I had a […]

The Egyptian Revolution by Omar Shalan, Egypt

Published: December 12, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Egypt, Human Rights
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Tags: altahrir, arabspring, egypt, Egyptian, egyptrevolution, hope, Humanity, MENA, solidarity, youth

On January 25, 2011 was the date of the greatest event that ever happened to me. It changed many things about my personality and my viewpoint. I am proud that I was one of the participants in the Egyptian revolution and I was in the sit-in at AL Tahrir Square. We sat until the departure […]

Falafel is the new Chocolat, Rahma Henchiri, Tunisia

Published: December 11, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, English, Human Rights, Identity
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Tags: #crossculturalXchange, #thinkactyala, #yalacampaign #peacebuilding, community, Culture, exchange, falafel, Food, greece, hope, Humanity, refugeecamp, refugees, volunteering

When I first tried Falafel at Skaramagas refugee camp in Greece, I couldn’t eat anything else for the following couple of months. Falafel was the common language between the camp communities and the social workers from different countries. When I first tried it, excuse my ignorance, it totally skipped my mind that it was made […]

I want you to be a man by M. Gaza, Palestine

Published: December 7, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English
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Tags: #endviolence, #thinkactyala, destruction, fear, gaza, hope, IsraelPalestine, savinglives, war

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 […]

Life Story by S. from Gaza, Palestine

Published: October 18, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Human Rights
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Tags: gaza, gazalove, gazawar, gazayouth, hope, love, palestine, Travel, younglove, youth

In 2012 I traveled to Egypt with my brother and stayed in Moqtam. When I was there I learnt a new principle in life: First of all, I learnt how to deal with people from different backgrounds. For example, I made friendships with Christian girls. I loved all of them, I learnt how I could […]

This is Gaza by S.

Published: July 5, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, English, Human Rights, Latest Articles
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Tags: #eupeacebuildinginitiative, #thinkactyala, darkness, discovertheregion, electricity, gaza, hope, inthedark, night, palestine, photography, powercut, youth

GAZA,PALESTINE — At 2:35 AM I hold my phone, and stand in front of the window to took a picture of the landscape. As you see the picture is empty. The darkness covered it. I will not say “this is Gaza”. Gaza is suffering from a terrible electricity crisis…

Behind the Gates of Death, There Is a New Life by AHMAD

Published: July 4, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, English, Human Rights, Latest Articles
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Tags: #eupeacebuildinginitiative, #thinkactyala, cancer, gaza, hope, israel, palestine, peacebuilding, rolemodel, women, yalacampaign

GAZA, PALESTINE — The cancer that raged through the body of Eman, 45, a Palestinian lady from the Gaza Strip, was not the end of her life or her soul. It was the beginning of a new life and a new hope, a story worthy of being followed by every woman in the world…

Everything is going to be OK, by Tal Gur- Arye, Israel

Published: June 4, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, English
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Tags: elections, elections2017, europe, hope, macron, politics, trump

It was November 8th and I was in an apartment belonging to an American friend residing in Tel-Aviv. We were watching the news for hours, changing the channels back and forth between CNN and Fox-News in a white night of politics and hopeful anticipation. That night, me and my friends were surprised to learn that […]

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 […]

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