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All opinions expressed in thc magazine ate Where Are They Now? Following the Class of 1993 solely those of the writcrs and not ol'Seeds of Percc. The Olive It has been twelve years since the first Seeds of Peace campers anived in Maine. The Olive Bllnch or its stafT. Branch caught up with some of them to find out where their diffefent paths have taken them since the summer of 1993 The Olive Ilranch Staff Scth Wikrs, Editor.in-Chiel Beyond Borders: The Reunion Danr Naor & l\'lanar Al Nrtsha. Assistant Editors Trading North America for the Middle East, the 2004 Beyond Borders pafiicrpants reunited in Jordan for a week of dialogue, sightseeing and work toward bridging gaps Regional Editors between Arabs and Americans Alghanistan: Nl[rL AkhgaL. Khabir Sallah Cyprus: SLrle,vman Gelcner Community Service around the World Bgypt: Shcrite Abdel Mcssih From Israel to India. Seeds are striving to serve their communities, They are India: Divra Nloorlancv. Shanoor Selvai. Siddhatth Shah promoting co-existence among children, cleaning up public spaces, donating money and Israel & Palestine: Ibrahin Abu Arafeh. Sagi Ganc't. Shuki visiting hospitals. Look and see what they are doing! Hasson. Agam Ralaeii. Yala Uu'av)'ed" A1'a Zuaiter Jordan: Dana Audalhh An Unexpected Tragedy: The December 2004 Tsunami Pakistan: Arooj Babar. Niiah Khan. Rayhan Tariq struck Southeast Asia in No words can explain the shock of the tsunami that Serbia: Cent Salihu react and describe ho"v they are helping to ease the pain December. Seeds fiom the region USA: Niko Johnstone. Eden Tanenbauut it has caused All submissions afe propert) oi Seeds of Peace. and ma1'be Regional edited ior length. content ol style. Send corfespondercc l0: Dialogue across the Border: A Full Program for Indian and Pakistani Seeds THE OLIVE BRANCH Although separated by great distance. Seeds in Mumbai and Lahore strive to keep the P.O. Box 25045 connections between themselves strong and close Jerusalem 97300 Tel. 97 2 -2 -582-0222 F ax. 97 2-2- 582'222 Leadership Skills and Open Debate in Afghanistan Email: olivebranch @ seedsofpeace.org Afghan Seeds learn what it takes to be leaders and sound off on the important issues that continue to affect their societY The Olive Branch is printed b.v Kol Ha'ir' A Walk through the Streets of Jaffa and designed b1' Paul Segal Jewish and fuab Seeds spent a day in Jaffa photographing the city as they saw it '=.,.=t+;+;1=tjt+;t What's Happening in the Middle East? +.u=€, €:F*;*"+:r*: Since the beginning of 2005, there has been an unprecedented surge in programming in the Jordanians" Egyptians and Middle East: at least six seminars for Israelis, Palestinians, John Walhch. FoLrndet' far and wide to learn new Moroccans have taken place, reuniting Seeds from Aaron \'li1ler. President just good skills, define who they are and have a tine Bobbie Gottschalk. Erecutire Vice Presidcnt Jlnet S/allach. Senior Vice Plesidcnt Tim Wiison. Vice President. Crmp and Centel Directof Focus Balbara Zaslol'l'. Vice President Christine Covey. Vice Plesident What Are You? National, Religious and Ethnic Identity around the World to this question by recounting their personal and conmunal Seeds respond Center for Coexistence, Jerusalem experiences in defining who they are, what they are and how they fit into their societies Issa Abed Rabbo. N{azin al-Juncli, Sanri Al-Juncli. Ra'id al- Juldi. Reuven Blrnes. Walid Abed Elhadi. N{egan Hughes. Ariel Huler. Rccm N4ustaia. Seth Wikas. Tim Wilson Elections and Disengagement: Political Change in Israel and Palestine Leena Ylhva 2005 is a momentous year for Israelis and Palestinians; Seeds react to democratic Palestinian elections and the impending Israeli disengagement fiom Gaza Seeds of Peace Cairo Genny Adel Not Just Babysitters: Delegation Leader Program Expands Who are Delegation Leaden? What do they do? Delegation Leaders descrjbe their roles and Seeds of Peace Ramallah explain that they are more than just escorts for campers Zrqloub Said Deportments Seeds of Peace l'el Avir 3 Letters TBD 4 Letter from the Editot 6 Seeds in the Lead Sceds of Peace rs a non-plofit. non-political organization that helps teenagers fiom regions ol conflict learn the skills of niaking peace. Set at out ou n camp in Maine. a salt environment is crclted where can ait their viervs and leartt the Front Cover: A young Hoifon contributes to the Peoce Wcrll ot Hoifo's onnuol Holidoy of 1'oungstcrs Holidovs celebrotron (Credit: Nofor Horel) leadership and conflict resolution techniques required to end the cycles of u'at. Prlo*Unlrn Netlanal Authority ItafulaJi,lt {rlb3Jt alJ*lt Beit Jala Municipality IkqL,i-& P.O.Bot {l} - Td,: :?d 2601 lV{ 11. I :Jt*i!' (1) !.,.!, frrr l?4,145? !vt ttoV rFri -t Itl.,1(l/1,r, J,e6uro llot.-u. lf #,;s, New Era, New Hope Io: Sc*ds ol Peace Ccntcr for Cocxi*tencc, Jerusalenr The death of our leader, President Yasser Arafat (May Allah Bless his Soul), left the Palestinian people at an examination point. YasserArafat was Dcu Sir, Madar, elected in the first Palestinian elections in 1996, the first democratic step in Palestine, and now all It grrts rlc ;r grar! picrsurc () cxtctd (r litr! !n\: iirccrr rtgrrrls end ii)p((:irrr)rl i il that this man built was put to the test. iorrt'contirirlrr cliirrrs n tchrctrng pracc ihlrullr deihcrrcrl progranr t;1it itrr .,r cdpa,tcing Ittlc*rirriarr rn,i irrtelt vouth rvith rhc le:rilcrshr| sliils tcilr'rr.l r' rdlrrcc rtconcr[alon ard coc'xrste*cc The Palestinian people showed its ability to lead itself and to choose its leader from a number of I \r'ulci rl:o h1*c D rxteild fiy ipprrcration ior thc rolrrntrrn \'orli rhlr nrnr: irl:cr:d: candidates and political partiess in free elections. oi lrrlcc rrnrieri c,mrlucrJ in !hl lJcrct Prrhlq: 1'rrk ir llc:r llh.rr l.rrrilr llrrch This went better than anyone expected. llii' f0|5. lt wr! r L:\luablr *rrrk thrr._hr'q,s iurcrrsr rnri supp,rrt r, !Nr i)f.)it( {r Best regatds and npprecirtion, -:\ Palestinians, one more time, showed their ' .-.+r \ Sincete!-, - x{\, commitment to peace by electing MahmoudAbbas, /^o one of the people who took part in making the , 2S MAR2oos_j \rZ Oslo Agreements. Israel kept making Arafat as an -"oo,*yj-*no-" excuse to reject peace initiatives but now that he is gone, Israel has no excuse. Now people are hanging on to hope, hope for a fair peace, and we should not miss this chance. Ghassan B'arah fNablus) Dear Seeds of Peace: my country. Many things were are the greatest characteristics for destroyed. and many innocent human beings and society. Four years have passed since I took people were killed. During the war, part in the Seeds of Peace Camp. I and after it. there were many In my country live three different will always remember each moment questions that I did not know how nations with three different religion I spent there, because the experience to answer. During that period, I got and cultures, and many pedple I went through in during the SOP a chance to take part in the Seeds of thought this is the biggest reason for program has remained deeply not Peace program. The experience I the war. But through my experience only in my personality, but also in got at camp helped me realize many in SOP, I realized that this diversity my life. things. With the help of SOP, and was a positive, not a negative for especially with the help of two great my country, and we need to be proud Then, I was living in a state of war, facilitators (Sonja and Olga), I of it. as were many other Seeds, and I saw reahzed that hate and revenge are a lot of dreadful things during this the greatest causes of evil, and First, thanks to God, than thanks to war which lasted for many years in forgiveness, toleration and patience the founder of SOP. John Wallach (God bless his soul), and thanks to ji'rli all the people of SOP, because they managed to unite young people of different religions into one voice, A VOICE OF PEACE, so we can plant peace in the world. "Never doubt that a small group of committed individuals can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Erol Cinara (Sarajevo) r Afte al-J men of si llloSt romlhelilllot onl snd I was In the Middle East, one never wants to I hooe vou also like the new look of The sarc sitting in a hotel sound overly optimistic; but as far as Seeds Oliv-e dranch.
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