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How Can an IDF Soldier Wear a Palestinian Flag? by Angy Shavit, Israel

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There were a few hours left before I had to be at our meeting spot in Tel Aviv. So I started packing. Maybe this color isn’t nice? Maybe this color isn’t friendly enough? Maybe this color will scare them away from me? I took out something I could wear to sleep only to then realize […]
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Prejudgements Are Ones First Enemy by Shadi Salameh, Palestine

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In the morning, I left very early leaving no chance to arrive late, and was very happy to see the departure area of the borders at the Palestinian side almost empty. I bought my tickets, got my passport stamped by the Palestinian policeman who liked my name and started to sing Fairuz’s song for me, […]
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From QAIA to my room ! (A long way to the YaLa Conference) by Showki Omer, Sudan

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YALA means “Let’s go!” Well that is exactly what the Jordanian officer told me when I arrived to QAIA (Queen Alia’a International Airport). You could say that those next few hour were the most horrible of my life (well at least for this year)! But he wasn’t showing me the way to Amman, he was […]
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‘My Weekend at the YaLa Peace Conference’ by Ilan Bass from Israel

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This weekend I traveled to the Dead Sea in Jordan to participate in the YaLa-Young Leaders يالا-يا قادة الشباب יאללה-מנהיגים צעירים MENA Leaders for Change 2014 peace conference. There I met some inspiring people from all over the Middle East North Africa region (including Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Sudan, Yemen […]
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