Yesterday, during the 1001 night, we had the opening of our exhibit in the sumud peace house in Bethlehem. This is a house estabslished by the Arab Educational Institute near the area of Rachel's Tomb. The Tomb, annexed to Israel though in the heart of Bethlehem city, is presently surrounded by a nine high meter Wall.
[1]This is a project which involves Christian and Moslem Palestinians from Bethlehem, both women and youth. As the situation in Bethlehem and Palestine is very de- and oppressive under the present political and economic circumstances, AEI-Open Windows thought to have this project in which people ate encouraged to express stories and visuals (drawings especially) of hope, displayed through an exhibit opened on May 22.
AEI-Open Windows
Bethlehem, Palestine
aei@p-ol.com [2]
www.aeicenter.org [3]
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YouthOpening exhibit [6]
Stories made by Palestinian youth (16-30), added by stories of some foreigners telling about their hopeful experiences with Palestinian youth
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A selection of stories by Bethlehem women. In addition to these stories, women made drawings which are exhibited in the Sumud Peace House of AEI-Open Windows, in Bethlehem near the Bethlehem-Jerusalem checkpoint.
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Objectifs (maximum de 50 mots):
Holding an inter-religious dialogue between Moslem and Christian Palestinian women and youth from the Bethlehem area.
Developing skills in narrating, symbolizing and dialoguing about the concept of hope.
Showing inter-religious expressions of hope by Palestinian women and youth toward an international audience.
Groupes cibles (maximum de 50 mots):
Direct target group: 20 Palestinian Christian and Moslem women and 40 Palestinian Christian and Moslem youth (15-30) from the Bethlehem area
Indirect target groups: (1) some hundreds of visitors of the exhibition in Bethlehem; (2) some thousands of visitors of the AEI website and websites of partners
Activités (maximum 130 mots):
1. Formation of three mixed Moslem-Christian groups of 20 persons each, one women group and two groups of youth (15-22, 22-30 years).
2. 2 sessions of each group: participants exchanging stories of hope related to their own experiences, and writing down their stories.
3. 2 sessions: training in identifying stories/symbols of hope in the Moslem and Christian traditions.
4. 2 sessions in which individual participants make drawings or symbolizations that fit their religious traditions and stories of hope, and during which they dialogue about their products.
5. Editing the stories.
6. Preparing an exhibition of 60 drawings/stories of hope.
7. Putting the drawings/stories on the websites of AEI and partners.
8. Festive opening of the exhibition on the Dialogue Night at AEI’s peace house.
Les dates et la durée d'action:
jeu, 01/05/2008 - ven, 30/05/2008