Articles

• Celebration of Ramadan, Hannukah and Christmas
  December 2002
• Al-Media: fourth visit and distribution of first aid kits
  30 November 2002
• Al-Media Village (third visit)
  9 November 2002
• The children’s educational system in 2002 - 2003
  November 2002
• Ramadan celebration
  24 October 2002
• A day of mindfulness, facilitated by Buddhist monk Tai Doji
  October 2002

  Doumia Sakinah and NSWAS hosted a mindfulness practice day which was attended by a large number of people from around the country, as well as some members of the community itself. Talks and instruction were given by Tai Doji, a senior monk from Plum Village (Village des Pruniers), a mindfulness community established by the Vietnamese meditation teacher and human rights activist Thich Nhat (...)

• A meeting with Buddhist monks
  October 2002

  Two Buddhist monks, Tai Doji and Fab Min, from the community of Plum Village in France led a talk for NSWAS members and residents on the ‎subject of "Community life and attention to communication from ‎the heart." Senior monk Tai Doji began with a presentation of tools and methods which had been found useful in Plum Village to ease communication in Community Life. After his presentation, the discussion was opened for NSWAS residents, and a heartful interchange developed.
  Plum Village (or (...)

• Slaves of memory
  21 September 2002
• The campaign for Malak Taiser
  9 September 2002
• "Forbidden Marriages in the Holy Land"
  September 2002

  Michel Khleifi’s film, "Forbidden Marriages in the Holy Land" (1995), deals with various forms of mixed marriage in Israel (particularly between Arabs and Jews), and the difficulties the couples encounter due to religious and cultural traditions.
  Khleifi, a Palestinian born in Nazareth and currently living in Belgium visited NSWAS together with film director Eyal Sivan, during the process of their production of a joint film dealing with the subject of the 1947 line of partition.
  We took (...)

• Study meeting on the Sukkot holiday
  September 2002

  Rabbi Joshua Engleman of Jerusalem came to speak on "The Sukka as a radical reception of guests: the question of how much our gates are open to peace?"
  Rabbi Engleman is a teacher of Judaism at Kolot Seminary and the Hebrew University. In addition he treats children at Ayalon Centre, Jerusalem and is a composer of Jewish soul music.
  The meeting was attended by a small circle of Jewish and Palestinian members of NSWAS and guests. After the presentation, an interesting discussion (...)

• Administrative change at the school
  September 2002
• HAP Program continues
  6 July 2002
• Medical Aid Project in Al-Media village, Ramallah district
  1 June 2002
• A delivery of food and medicines to Nablus
  28 May 2002
• Second Medical Aid project in Nablus, future plans
  18 May 2002
• Medical Aid Project in Nablus / Ideas how to help
  5 May 2002
• Muhammad Bakri’s Film "1948" and a meeting with the director
  3 May 2002
• The role of religion in dealing with the conflict
  25 April 2002
• Medical Aid Project in the West Bank Village of Beit Liqya
  20 April 2002