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Opinion | Between Two Extremes, By Fitnat Waked, Palestine-Israel

Author: By Fitnat Waked, Palestine-Israel
Published: June 9, 2020
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, English, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine
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Tags: Arab Israeli, Arabs and Jews, coexistence, Israely society, Palestinians of Israel, Shared society

Amid the struggle for recognition, acceptance, respect and the conflict with their own identities, Palestinian citizens of Israel need to find the middle ground. The middle ground is a place where Palestinian Israeli citizens live with a balance between their heritage and history, and the need and want to integrate and flourish within Israeli society. Despite the […]

Today is Yom haShoah, by Evie Leviten-Lawton, Israel

Author: By Evie Leviten-Lawton, Israel
Published: April 21, 2020
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, Current Events, Education, English, Identity, Israel, Tolerance
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Tags: genocide, holocaust, memorial, never again, Shoah

Today is Yom HaShoah in Israel. The day we remember six million Jews who were murdered, but not before they were rounded up like cattle, chased, hunted, beaten, starved, gassed, shot into mass graves, exhausted to death by work, by marches, by cruelty, separated from their loved ones, from everything they knew and loved, stripped […]

Photo Essay | History by Amir, Dalya, Mohammad, Sereen and Zo, Israel and Palestine

Author: Amir, Dalya, Mohammad, Sereen and Zo, Israel and Palestine
Published: December 22, 2019
Categories: in Art, Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, English, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Photo Essays, Religion, Tolerance, כללי
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Jerusalem is a city with millennia-old stories to tell. But it is not a dead city. It is alive with stories being made as we speak. As they say today is tomorrow’s yesterday. In this photographic essay we tried to tap into the layers of history that make up this city – whether they are […]

Photo Essay | Life by Li-Or, Tamim, Besan, Tarneem and Mohammed, Israel and Palestine

Author: Li-Or, Tamim, Besan, Tarneem and Mohammed, Israel and Palestine
Published: December 22, 2019
Categories: in Art, Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, English, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Photo Essays, Religion, Tolerance
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Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides. Life and death are just like light and darkness, love and hate, you can’t separate them .You need both of them to recognize each one of them. You want to know if you are alive? then you should know the opposite of […]

Opinion | The Isolation of West Bank Palestinian Women by Aida Zsófia, Palestine

Author: Aida Zsófia, Palestine
Published: December 22, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine, Politics, Religion, Tolerance
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Recently, the murder of Israa Ghrayeb, a 21-year-old Palestinian girl from Bethlehem turned the spotlight on the situation of Palestinian women, the spatial isolation of them in the West Bank and the phenomena standing behind it. Generally, with regards to the situation of the Palestinian women there are two determining arguments. Some people might say […]

Opinion | SHE FOR SHE: Together Stronger to Achieve Gender Equality by Iness, Algeria

Author: Iness, Algeria
Published: December 22, 2019
Categories: in Algeria, Civil Activism, Culture and Heritage, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Identity, Opinion and Analysis, Tolerance
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Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but also a necessary foundation for a peaceful and sustainable world. It consists of equal access to opportunities, regardless of gender. Nowadays and despite all the developments the world is witnessing, all the feminist movements, human rights campaigns and the massive changes that have been realized […]

Opinion | Do Right by Those who are Already a Part of Us by Inbal, Israel

Author: Inbal Baron, Israel
Published: December 22, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, Democracy, English, Human Rights, Israel, Opinion and Analysis, Politics, Sudan, Tolerance, כללי
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A week before the September elections, ynet published an article focusing on the policies of the various political parties concerning the immigration issue. Representing the Likud party in the article, was May Golan, who had led the struggle to deport African asylum seekers (“infiltrators”) and who became an MK in the period between the April […]

Opinion | Women in Libya: Caught between Hope and the Civil War by Eman, Libya

Author: Eman, Libya
Published: December 9, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, Development, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Libya, Opinion and Analysis, כללי
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Women in Libya who are trying to find a job are facing multiple challenges, and the civil war is just one of them. Staying safe, working far off from the places of the conflict, finding a job near the home way, and many other conditions women workers in Tripoli finding themselves set as a must […]

Her Pright by James S Namalira, Nigeria

Author: James S Namalira, Nigeria
Published: December 9, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Nigeria, Tolerance
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A true life experience of Kozito Eze I was in Lagos for a weekend for a couple of meetings and other personal arrangements sometime in May. I had to make the quick trip totally unplanned because of how important personally, securing bags is to me. But, I had to make a quick return to my […]

Kurdish Tragedy: The Ugly, the Bad & the Good by Pablo, Mexico

Author: Pablo Q Zepeda, Mexico
Published: November 3, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, Democracy, English, Human Rights, Identity, Kurdistan, Politics, Syria
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Tags: Kurdish from Syria, Kurdistan, Kurds

I am writing about a group of human beings in the Middle East, that conforms around 30 and 40 million people, who live in a diaspora calculated in a number close to one million and a half people. The people I am referring to are the Kurds. While I was studying for my Bachelors in International Relations at ITESO University in Guadalajara, Mexico, […]

Opinion | Muslim Women and the Hijab : To Save or not to Save by Rim ahsissene, Morocco

Author: By Rim ahsissene, Morocco
Published: October 31, 2019
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, Current Events, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity, Life Style, Morocco, Opinion and Analysis, Politics, Religion, Tolerance
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Muslim Women and the Hijab : To save or not to save Hijab: the headscarf worn by Muslim women Last week, in France a mother accompanying her son on a field trip in Dijon was publicly and loudly asked to remove her Hijab by a far right politician of the local assembly[i]. And last month, […]

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, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, English, Israel, Life Style, Politics, Syria, 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, 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, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, English, Friendship, Human Rights, Identity, Iran, Lebanon, Life Style, Syria, Tolerance, Travel
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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
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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 […]

All the Undisclosed Stories of the City by Ala Oueslati, Tunisia

Author: Ala Oueslati
Published: June 16, 2019
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, English, Human Rights, Identity, Life Style, Tolerance, Travel, Tunisia
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Tags: city, diversity, newyork, stories

I still get lost in New York. I will probably still always get lost in New York. Because it is a gigantic city, but also because I have a terrible sense of direction that even my phone GPS can’t rectify. This city is a magical place. With a great deal of diversity, livelihood, and richness, […]

It’s a Matter of Perspectives by Elianne Kremer, Israel

Author: Elianne Kremer, Israel
Published: May 29, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Democracy, Education, English, Friendship, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Life Style, Tolerance
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Tags: israel-palestine, 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 […]