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RELAXATION & STRESS by Collins Osariemen Omokaro, Nigeria

Author: Collins Osariemen Omokaro, Nigeria
Published: October 27, 2019
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, Education, English, Life Style, Nigeria
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According to Marian Webster dictionary, relaxation is to spend time or do something enjoyable, especially after a restless time of doing work. The human body is a biological system that is made up of components that harmoniously work together fruitfully when given the appropriate time to relax and reorganize. This can be likened to a […]

YaLa CineClub: The Spy by M, Syria

Author: M, Syrian filmmaker
Published: September 10, 2019
Categories: in Art, Culture and Heritage, English, Israel, Life Style, Politics, Syria, War and Conflicts, YaLa CineClub
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I have just finished watching the first two episodes of a TV program called ‘The Spy’. These new series relates the story of the Israeli spy, Eli Cohen. I have been waiting to broadcast it as soon as Netflix announced the series. I was very curious to hear the story of this dangerous spy from […]

Football’s Peace Team in a FairPlay Tournament by Abdullah K, Palestine and Dalya Arussy, Israel

Author: Abdullah K, Palestine and Dalya Arussy, Israel
Published: August 26, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Education, English, Friendship, Identity, Israel, Life Style, Palestine, Politics, Tolerance, Travel
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It’s 3 AM. We’re blinded by the fluorescent lights of Ben Gurion Airport’s Terminal 1. Our eyes want to close but we know we must keep them open to try and recognize the last participants to arrive before we can check-in. We met only once before, so that, combined with the early morning hours makes […]

YaLa Poetry | Selene’s Genes by Thilleli G, Algeria

Author: Thilleli G, Algeria
Published: August 14, 2019
Categories: in Algeria, Culture and Heritage, English, Identity, Life Style, YaLa Poetry, כללי
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1- A non-validation somehow turned into humility, a fear somehow turned into control, an indecisiveness turned into nihilism, a repressed desire turned into philosophy, some books learnt somehow turned into wisdom … your name is complicated. So your boss calls you Melissa. You probably drink a lot, but you answer emails quickly. What more to […]

If you want an Apple, you have to plant a Tree – إذا أردت تفاحأ فعليك أن تزرع شجرة تفاح by Mahmoud H, Palestine

Author: Mahmoud H, Palestine
Published: August 8, 2019
Categories: in Arabic, Art, Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Development, English, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Politics, Tolerance, War and Conflicts, YaLa Poetry
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In our environment, we care about agriculture a lot, and our ancestors cared, even more, they took care of trees and planted them carefully, leaving the good reaps its own good fruit. They cared more about the trees and agriculture than they cared about the fruit, but their faithfulness gave them their harvest every year, […]

Memories from Damascus… By Moulham, Syria

Author: By Moulham, Syria
Published: July 24, 2019
Categories: in Art, Culture and Heritage, English, Friendship, Human Rights, Identity, Iran, Lebanon, Life Style, Syria, Tolerance, Travel, War and Conflicts
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Tags: Art, cinema, damascus, Inspiration, Knafeh, nostalgie, syria, syrianyouth

In 2005, I was studying at the best private school in Damascus. Al Saade School, which in English means “the happiness school”, and I thought I was happy, when my biggest dream was to run my father’s jewellery shop and study cinema at the Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts. As a result of the War […]

The story of a grandmother by Youba D, Morocco

Author: By Youba D, Morocco
Published: June 20, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Culture and Heritage, Development, Education, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Identity, Life Style, Morocco, Tolerance, Uncategorized
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By Youba D, Morocco Scholars of gender have identified two significant divisions among Moroccan women’s movements. Secular-oriented Moroccan women attempt to achieve gender equality outside the realm of religion and based on international conventions, such as the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Alternatively, Islamic-focused Moroccan women turn to feminist interpretations of the Quran to […]

It’s a Matter of Perspectives

Author: Elianne Kremer, Israel
Published: May 29, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Education, Friendship, Israel-Palestine, Tolerance, War and Conflicts
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Tags: Israel-Palestin, meditation, stories, terror

Six months after I arrived to Israel, I was living in Jerusalem and the terrorist attacks began. I didn’t really understand what was going on. People were afraid, it was possible to feel the discomfort in public spaces, in the bus mainly. Nobody wanted to be there, as if the expectancy of a terrorist attack […]

6 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT HOUN, THE GEM OF THE LIBYAN SOUTHWEST

Author: Malak, Lybia
Published: May 21, 2019
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, Libya, Travel, Uncategorized
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The way history was taught in Libya when I was young wasn’t interesting, but I was very interested in history, especially Libyan history. It wasn’t easy to learn more since the former regime managed to erase any trace regarding Libya before 1969. My first visit to the National Museum of Tripoli was the time I […]

Becoming my Choice

Author: Oumeima, Tunisia
Published: May 21, 2019
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, Education, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity, Special Edition Archive, Tolerance, Uncategorized
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Tags: cultural diversity, hijab, hijab and choice, Inspiration, religion, self awarness, tunisia, Tunisian

On September 19 2017, I came to a realisation that my faith and spirituality should not be something I would like strangers to identify me with, and consequently I took off my Hijab. Questioning my Identification with the headscarf was something I have never thought about before. Actuality, it’s something that terrified me altogether […]

Mirror

Author: Mahmoud, Palestine
Published: May 21, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, English, Friendship, Human Rights, Identity, Special Edition Archive, Tolerance, Uncategorized
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Tags: activism, burma, palestine, peaceactivism, religion, Travel, traveling

It was the end of January 2018, the time of year that people in the Middle East expect snow. Alone in my studio apartment in Bethlehem, I remembered images of family gatherings, wearing our warmest clothes, enjoying creatively prepared sweet warm dishes, gathering around a wood stove. We took the warmth from each other while […]

AUTHENTICITY OF AFRICAN CULTURE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON CULTURE APPROPRIATION.

Published: May 21, 2019
Categories: in Art, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, Education, English, Identity, Nigeria, Special Edition Archive, Uncategorized
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Tags: africa, culturalappropriation, history, nigeria

By Timi Aluko, Nigeria Lying on my bed with my eyes glued to my phone screen, I was scrolling through the pages of my Instagram feed. From slaying mamas to small businesses to black Americans screaming cultural appropriation. A particular post caught my eye, cultural appropriation of the Ankara fabric. I read the details of […]

I am Here for my Daughter – Equality in Inheritance for Tunisian Women

Author: Oumeima, Tunisia
Published: May 7, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Countries, Culture and Heritage, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Identity, Tunisia
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Tags: hereformydaughter, humanrights, inheritancelaw, tunisia, womensrights

The issue of women’s rights has always been central to the legal discussion in Tunisia, hence, consistent reforms to family law have been carried out since the 1950s. Guaranteeing basic human rights in family laws means ensuring the protection of women’s rights and by large good family practices. Although since its independence Tunisia has set […]

A Palestinian refugee, between the hammer of pain and the anvil of hope Chapter I/VI, My Family: The pain just started

Published: April 18, 2019
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, Current Events, English, Human Rights, Identity, Tolerance, Uncategorized, War and Conflicts, YaLa Poetry
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Tags: israel-palestine, palestine, palestinianrefugees, refugeecamp, refugees

By Osama. A Chapter 1, My Family: The pain just started 1948. This is the year when my family was first displaced from our homeland in Beer Sheva. It happened during the war, our house and farm were looted in cold blood. My grandfather passed away 10 years ago. He always told me […]

Do You Know What?

Author: By Dean, Israel
Published: April 16, 2019
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Friendship, Human Rights, Identity, Israel-Palestine, Tolerance, Travel, Uncategorized
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It’s late at night and I had been up since 5 am. We’re somewhere in Jordan, a horizon of sand hidden in the darkness. Someone had mentioned sitting outside by the firepit. Strangers, mostly. I’m not sure where the firepit is. I’m not sure anyone is going to want to talk with me, an Israeli. […]

”And wondering about our persistence to live”

Published: March 31, 2019
Categories: in Arabic, Art, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, English, Human Rights, Identity, War and Conflicts, YaLa Poetry
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Tags: gaza, gazalove, gazayouth, palestine, poetry

By Mohammed M, Gaza, Palestine I went to the market, for an emergency. Quickly, I got dressed. I don’t know why I didn’t look back at the mirror this time, As I usually do. Habitually I check myself in the mirror once and twice Before I go out. This has nothing to do with my […]

My Ambassador of PEACE

Published: March 19, 2019
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, Uncategorized
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Tags: activism, music, peacebuilding

by Tamar Shemesh, Israel “We need to separate between two things. There are policies and actions of my government that I don’t agree with. On the other hand, Israel my home, and I love my home”. Achinoam Nini. NOA, Achinoam Nini, is an International well-known vocalist and musician, Israeli peace activist and my example of […]

WE SHOULD ALL BE FEMINISTS! (How a Nigerian man was inspired by feminism)

Author: Abdulfawaz Oyebamiji Tunde, Nigeria
Published: January 20, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, Education, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Nigeria, Uncategorized
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Tags: books, Chimamandangoziachidie, Feminism, Inspiration, learning, nigeria, opinion, weshouldallbefeminists

As I sit behind my desk as Chief Editor at the World Peace Institute, a pen in one hand and ‘Half of a yellow sun’ in the other, my mind drifted off to the moment I actually got acquainted with the works of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. While in high school -especially in my junior years- […]

Unlikely Encounters

Published: January 3, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, Friendship, Human Rights, Identity, Tolerance, Travel, Uncategorized, War and Conflicts
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Tags: #crossculturalXchange

by Moe Azraq, Jordan On a beautiful spring evening in Haifa, I was sitting outside and reading a book at a cafe called Elika while waiting for my friend Daphy to come pick me up to go to a Seder (Passover dinner) at her aunt’s house in Nahariya, when a group of “48 Palestinian” men […]

Desert Women

Author: By Hasna, Morocco
Published: January 2, 2019
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, Current Events, Education, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Uncategorized, War and Conflicts
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By Hasna, Morocco. These photos might seem dull, yellow, and liveless; and that is not what they truly represent. I took these pictures during my recent visit to the village where I grew up. But abundance flourishes from those muddy and washed out land. Those ruins were once a place of happiness and hot barley […]