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Watermelon with Cheese

Author: Rafaela Barkay, Brazil
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I am on my flight back home, and to distract the tears that insist on running, I decided to write. I should have delivered my last blog some time ago, but the immersion in so varied and deep experiences prevented me from doing it. I was born in Israel, raised in Brazil, and for many […]
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Our Differences Cannot Surpass Our Similarities

Author: Rafaela Barkay, Brazil & Naima Nas, Egypt
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  The only Arabs I knew were those of Jewish origin, but these were not so Arabs. The others, I should fear. The Lebanese were Arabs, the Palestinians, the Moroccans and the Iranians were Arabs too. Anyone who lived in the Middle East and was not Jewish, was an Arab, except a few Christians, who […]
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Peace-building & Social Media: Virtual or Real Changes?

Author: Rafaela Barkai, Brazil
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Last November, I had to write a paper for my Master’s in Jewish culture, about any aspect of Israeli society. The war operation Amud Anan (or Pillar of Cloud) was taking place in Gaza, and I was getting involved in a Facebook group called “Turning a New Page for Peace”, linked to a community with the same […]
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