How American Muslims Are Helping Black Churches Rebuild After Spate Of Fires

“ALL houses of worship are sanctuaries, a place where all should feel safe, a place we can seek refuge when the world is too much to bear,” the campaign organizers wrote on their fundraising page. “We want for others what we want for ourselves: the right to worship without intimidation, the right to safety, and …

Jewish-Muslim slam poetry duo break stereotypes with words

Source HERE. By Jessica Steinberg Jessica Steinberg covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center. COVENTRY, England — One talks about Allah and her mosque, the other talks about her synagogue and the Star of David. Together, they speak about faith, a powerful term when conjured in performance poetry by …

The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra is a youth orchestra based in Seville, Spain, consisting of musicians from countries in the Middle East, of Egyptian, Iranian, Israeli, Jordanian, Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian and Spanish background. The Argentine-Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim and the late Palestinian-American academic Edward Said founded the orchestra in 1999, and named the ensemble after an …

SYRIA: Trading laughter instead of bullets: Amazing photographs of Syrian soldiers and rebels SHAKING HANDS !

These Syrian enemies are trading handshakes and laughter instead of bullets. Soldiers and rebels in the southern Damascus suburb of Babila have agreed a truce, raising hopes that the bloodshed can be resolved. Despite daily battles in the area for more than a year, the truce in Babila is the latest in a series of …

Faces of the Dialogue (1992-2012)

from Libby and Len Traubman Faces of the Dialogue (1992-2012) from Libby and Len Traubman on Vimeo. This 2012 10-minute video illustrates faces of past and present participants over 20 years of Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue on the San Francisco Peninsula of northern California, USA. Also streaming online is the 48-minute film archival film documenting …

20 Years of Palestinian-Jewish Living Room Dialogue (2012)

This 2012 48-minute, grassroots film archives the 20-year history of the Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue on the San Francisco Peninsula of northern California, USA. It documents rich historic roots in the 1980s, step-by-step beginnings from 1992, dramatic progress, and global influence into the 21st Century by a local handful of creative, visionary Muslim, Christian, and …

Our Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue Group in California

Source: HERE (Wikipedia). The Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue Group of San Mateo, California was started in July 1992. The first meeting was held in a local neighborhood residence. As of February 2014, the group is still active and continues to meet monthly in one another's homes, having growing global influence.[1] One of the oldest, sustained, far-reaching activities of its kind, the …

In Balkans, Video Letters Reconcile Lost Friends

By ALAN RIDING Published: June 9, 2005 Source: HERE Filming "Vlada and Ivica," an episode in "Videoletters." PARIS, June 8 - Documentary film directors are often inspired by a dose of idealism, and even by the belief that their exposure of some atrocity or injustice can stir public outrage and government action. But rare is …