Daniel Noah Moses's Blog (6)

Over the last years, I've worked with Seeds of Peace Educators--Israelis, Palestinians, Jordanians, Egyptians, Indians, Pakistanis, Afghanis, and Americans-- to collect peace education resources: tools, best practices, curriculum, and reflections on the work that we do.



So far, we've published four issues of The Olive Branch Teacher's Guides. Please take a look. Please use these resources and send them to friends and colleagues who might also find them useful (we have hard copies,… Continue

Here's something that my friend Aaron and I wrote in Jerusalem coffee shops back in January 2009, during those terrible and surreal days of the Gaza War.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2009/0114/p09s02-coop.html

I often think about how much influence the past has on the present and the future. The past is everywhere in the Holy Land. Here's a short piece, published in March 2010, on the importance of working with the past to build a better future. …



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http://www.alarabiya.net/views/2009/10/20/88703.html

Here's an article I wrote late in 2009. As I read the latest news about Jerusalem, the stalled peace process, and the fall-out surrounding Biden's recent visit, I think of what I wrote here. I think it is relevant, still. . . . .

In the Spring of 2006, I accompanied Professor Mohammed Dajani on a tour of the Caucasus--Baku, Tblisi, and Yerevan. In each city, we met with student leaders, with academics, with politicians and civil servants, and with the media. Dr. Dajani spoke about his paradigm for peace-making: "Big Dreams and Small Hopes." He focused on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Our hope: that the Armenians, Azerbaijanis, and Georgians would apply this model as a way of overcoming their own… Continue

This is an old piece--from 2007. In it, I explain some of the ideas that motivate my work with Seeds of Peace. The way I see it, Seeds of Peace is a chance to combine thought and practice, ideas and concrete work in the world. . .

http://www.monitor.upeace.org/archive.cfm?id_article=415