Articles

• Young women creating peace – Notes from the village guest house
  3 April 2008

  Ms. Rabya’ Barhoum, sales & marketing manager at the village’s guest house, was especially enthused by a recent group from Creativity for Peace, an organization based in New Mexico (USA). This program works with groups of Israeli and Palestinian young women aged 15-17 to "foster their artistic creativity and communication and leadership skills" and turn them into agents of conflict transformation back in their home communities.
  The program held a seminar here on March 6th to 8th for 22 (...)

• New equipment improves medical services to a West Bank town
  February 2008

  A delegation from Neve Shalom - Wahat al-Salam visit Naalin, together with Japan’s representative to the Palestinian Authority, to mark the successful installation of medical equipment at the town’s clinic.

• Visit by Janet Langhart and William Cohen
  21 January 2008

  January 20: American TV Journalist and author Janet Langhart visited with her husband, former senator and secretary of defense William Cohen; Cohen Group Executive Operations Director Jeffrey Sorenson; US Embassy Cultural Attaché, Efraim Cohen; and the Embassy’s senior cultural affairs specialist Helena Mitchell.
  The group met with NSWAS members, visited the primary school and early childhood education centre and stayed for lunch at the Gallery Café.
  Ms. Langhart discussed with NSWAS members (...)

• School for Peace activity report - 2007
  10 January 2008

  The School for Peace continues to develop its rich program of activities.

• The Municipal Society focusing on village expansion
  10 January 2008

  Growing a village requires infinite care. Municipal Board chair Eyas Shbeta discusses some of the processes in which the board is currently involved.

• Rethinking the work of the School for Peace
  10 January 2008

  New insights into the context of Arab - Jewish relations influence on the macro level influence both structure and content of the School for Peace encounter.

• The volunteers: {Oasis-of-Peaceniks}
  10 January 2008

  The volunteer program has acquired a new director and a new internship position. As always, the program continues to draw alert, lively and interesting people from around the world.

• Update on the Children’s Educational System
  10 January 2008

  Principal Anwar Dawood gives a complete overview of the binational children’s system in mid-term. The truth is out: school doesn’t have to be boring.

• Make way for the youth club
  10 January 2008

  Neve Shalom Wahat al-Salam is quietly preparing a new generation of leaders from among the ranks of its young people.

• The mood in the Village
  10 January 2008, by Abdessalam Najjar

  A glimpse at how Neve Shalom - Wahat al-Salam residents really feel about life here.

• Doumia - Sakinah activity report 2007
  10 January 2008

  A brief summary of the many interesting activities conducted by the Pluralistic Spiritual Centre during 2007.

• {Dirasat} - Scripture and social transformation: the first two meetings
  10 January 2008

  Dirasat, a new program of inter-religious study being piloted by the Pluralistic Spiritual Centre, began with two successful seminars: one looked at feminism in Islam, another looked at the image of Jesus in Judaism.

• British Friends: A master class with Carlo Rizzi
  5 November 2007

  The Master Class conducted by Carlo Rizzi (Music Director of Welsh National Opera, 2004-2007) at Guildhall School of Music and Drama (GSMD) on Sunday 21st October was a resounding success.

• Annual meeting of the German Friends of Neve Shalom - Wahat al-Salam
  October 2007

  At the AGM of the German Friends of NSWAS, in October 2007, NSWAS member Dr. Nihaya Daoud gave a presentation entitled "Envisioning the Future of Arab-Jewish relations in Israel".

• A Holiday on the Opening of the 2007-08 School Year at the Neve Shalom - Wahat al Salam Primary School
  12 September 2007

  On September 2, The NS-WAS primary school entered its 24th year: Reflections on the occasion, and a glimpse at the year ahead.

• Children of War at the Oasis of Peace II
  31 August 2007, by Ranin Boulos

  In July, for the second year in a row, a successful week-long summer camp was organized for Palestinian boys and girls from a refugee camp in the West Bank town of Tulkarem.

• Realizing the Dream in the Middle East
  29 August 2007, by Shelby Port

  Martin Luther King III, gave the keynote address at this Jerusalem conference. NSWAS member Maram Masarwa spoke on the theme "Needed: A Female Arab-version of Martin Luther King, Jr."

• Life as a Volunteer in the Peace Village
  25 August 2007, by Kevin Dürr

  Volunteer Kevin Dürr describes his year in Neve Shalom Wahat al-Salam

• "Inspirations - Oasis of Peace": Documentary on the WAS-NS Primary School
  25 August 2007

  An interesting and informative 30-minute film on the WAS-NS Primary School is now available on Teachers TV.

• "Massa - Massar": A Journey of Discovery
  22 August 2007, by Dorit Shippin, Rotem Mor

  A week-long interfaith-learning peace-building program for Jewish,
  Christian and Muslim youth in Israel