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Started this discussion. Last reply by Nicolette Jun 22, 2009. 2 Replies 0 Likes

My personal story:: I grew up with immigrant grandparents from Greece in the US for a few years. I ended up an immigrant back in Europe myself! They went to the US to escape poverty; I escaped the US to live here in poverty--then gave up and went back home. It sucks being an immigrant, that's for sure..

Why I want peace:: Because of my own life experiences, I'm interested in knowing more about how people experience discrimination, forced displacement, adjusting to other cultures, or just hearing what it's like to be immigrants or minorities.

Interests and activities:: Reading, learning foreign languages, foreign films, biking, photography.

What I want to achieve here:: Learn more about conflict resolution and trust building.

At 12:45am on February 28, 2010, Lennart Sundström said…: And the small world is getting greater with people like you :-)

At 10:24pm on February 27, 2010, Lennart Sundström said…: "Trust building" seems to be an important subject. Do you have any good links?

At 10:21pm on February 27, 2010, Lennart Sundström said…: Thanks Nicolette,
your kind words are encouraging.

Yours,
Lennart

At 10:04pm on February 27, 2010, Hatem The-Bedouin said…: Thank you for your added as friend.

At 7:27pm on February 27, 2010, Irit Hakim-Keller said…: OK!!!!!!
so it works!!! how nice. I thought I did something wrong hahaha
nice to neet you here too.

At 3:35pm on January 3, 2010, Waleed Hammad said…: Thanks for your good comment. I read your profile information and i think it gives some background about you.

At 7:39pm on December 27, 2009, fesalk411 said…: A True Story By Faisal Al-kateep
I am a Palestinian Arab from Hizmeh, a village between Jerusalem and Ramallah. When I was 15 years old I fought against the Israeli Occupation in search of freedom. At that time I thought every Jewish person, whether soldier or citizen, man or woman, young or old, should be killed. I rejected the right for any Jew to live and every Jew was a target. I was just a kid, believe me, and I didn’t understand anything about politics or the Arab-Israeli conflict. I was arrested and sat in jail for 12 years. This was during the first intifada from 1987. At that time nobody talked about peace but only of violence. I matured during my time in jail. I started studying and reading books on politics, literature, poetry, and about the Madrid Conference.

It gave me hope to live in peace and dignity. I learned that violence only breeds violence and that peace is the only solution for the two nations, the only way for both to have a respectful and beautiful future. We live on the same land. We are neighbors. We drink the same water and both pray to a monotheistic God. We must live in peace on the basis of religion for God and land for everyone.

At 7:19pm on December 27, 2009, maher marahil said…: if we want peace. the palestinian state must see the light

At 10:54pm on June 22, 2009, Ramez E. said…: Hi
I am writing to you just because I believe every body in this network is my friend. Even if we did never meet, I respect and value your support to peace in the Middle East.
For this reason, I am trying to build up a group of participants/volunteers in the Galilee, with a multi-national taste.
Please check out our program:
http://www.ivsp.org/vfpdetails.aspx?campcode=IsrJab01-09&begin=07/20/2009&end=08/03/2009&type=O

We would like more people to join us in Eilaboun for this summer!

If you think you might be interested, or even your friend/family member, please contact me.

Thanks
Salam
Ramez