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for us? Story by Paul Ingles DIANA FRAIJA: I was very worried about my Dad. He works in Lebanon but I tried to call him but it doesn't work. I don't know what's happened there. INGLES: You haven't heard from him? DIANA: no. INGLES: Have any of your family heard from him? DIANA: no. INGLES: Diana Fraija is a 17 year old Palestinian Muslim from the West Bank. She and about 20 other girls from the Middle East arrived at this makeshift peace camp near Santa Fe in early July. Normally, the staff keeps a blackout on news from back home to offer the girls a break from the violence. But this time, camp director Rachel Kaufman brought everyone together to view the news on the internet when the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah exploded. RACHEL KAUFMAN: That morning a lot of crying, a lot of fear expressed, some hopelessness and helplessness. A lot of anger towards governments. And then because they were all concerned, we let them all telephone home. INGLES: Arab-Israeli Fairuz Abadi is an 18 year old Muslim. An alum of the camp, she’s now on the staff. She found her family safe but says she’s been on edge ever since. FAIRUZ: My Uncle lives in Haifa and they are all the time shooting there. So it's very difficult for me, I have my cousins there. I can't imagine what will happen. Hezbollah doesn't care about the Arabs and the Jews and it makes me angry! I want this situation to stop. I want this war to stop because we can't live like this. INGLES: After letting the girls in on the initial news of the fighting, camp staff members have buffered the teens from daily updates. The campers are allowed one call home a week and some of them are hearing the fear in their relative’s voices. Again Diana Fraija. DIANA: My mother told me that I hope that you will not come back. It really hurts me and.how can a mother told me something like that? But the situation is really hard there. INBAR: There's a lot of girls who live in the north, so we're all a bit worried. INGLES: 17 year old Inbar Nir-Hakem is a Jew from upper Galilee. INBAR: .and we're also worried about our Palestinian friend's family because, we're getting bombs only now but they're in danger all the times. INGLES: Fostering this kind of empathy for the other side is what the camp is all about, says director Rachel Kaufman. Each day begins with a group session. The campers sit in a circle to hear each others stories and share their own truths about their lives. RACHEL KAUFMAN: And we have them seated Jew-Arab-Jew-Arab. If someone from Palestine is talking about a bad experience with a soldier, or at a checkpoint, you'll always see the Israelis go over and comfort them, and hug them. And vice versa, if an Israeli is really afraid because their parents are sitting in a shelter somewhere, a Palestinian will walk across the room and sit next to them and just hold their hand. INGLES: Kaufman is a psychologist who was visiting the Middle East in 1973 when the Yom Kippur War broke out. She kept returning to the region regularly and developed a clientele there. Three years ago, she and an artist friend established the Creativity for Peace Camp. The goal is to bring adolescent girls who’ve been taught to think of each other as enemies to a safe place. By living together for three weeks, engaging in daily dialogue, and collaborating on art work, they begin to see each other differently. CAMPER: Hi. The art room is over there. INGLES: The house where the girls stay has been donated for the camp’s use while its owner summers elsewhere. The home's garage has been converted into an art room. Inbar is applying plaster strips to another camper's face. INBAR: I'm making er. I'm making a mask. I'm going to put three layers of these. plasters and then they will dry out and I'll take it off and I'll have a mask exactly for her face. INGLES: Camp assistant Kate Latimer. KATE: There's a sense of empathy and compassion that you see that they're doing right now. I mean you have Israeli Jewish girls laying back in a chair and allowing Palestinian girls and Arab-Israeli girls cover their face, cover their eyes, cover their mouth, they can only breath through their nose. The level of trust that is happening is really beautiful to watch. And yes, there's always that reality present. In three days they have to go home. INGLES: The campers aren't sure what they'll find back home. Some expect their families will have them stay elsewhere until the fighting has eased. And they'll continue to look for support from their new friends, staying in touch via email and at occasional meetings set up by camp staffers living in Israel. The girls have their hearts set on making change. BARAA: We have a lot of solutions for peace. INGLES: Baraa Darawashe is a 17 year old Arab-Israeli Muslim. Her t-shirt says, Peace Also Takes Courage. BARAA: .How great it would be if we put both of our governments in this room. So lock them up in one room so either they understand each other and become friends and there will be peace, or they'll kill each other and both sides will be winners (laughs) INBAR: And we'll have a new government. INGLES: Again, that’s Israeli Jew Inbar Nir-Hakem, who’ll soon begin her compulsory service in the Israeli military, but says she’ll request a non-combat assignment. Ameera Isaed, a Palestinian Christian from Jenin chimes in AMEERA: We will be in the government one day and we already want peace in our hearts. So we can make change in our governments. INGLES: For the World, I'm Paul Ingles, Glorietta, New Mexico. Paul
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Leadership for Israel and Palestine 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 Upon their return home, the girls continue to strengthen coexistence through regularly organized meetings, email, and telephone conferencing. The friendships continue to thrive and grow as they create new relationships that cross religious and cultural boundaries. The girls bring the power of their experiences and fresh perspective into the lives of their families, friends, and communities. Our program results in the development of deep
friendships, which lead to reconciliation and a true desire for social justice
and peaceful coexistence not only among participants but also throughout the
communities to which they return.
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Leadership for Israel and Palestine 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 Upon their return home, the girls continue to strengthen coexistence through regularly organized meetings, email, and telephone conferencing. The friendships continue to thrive and grow as they create new relationships that cross religious and cultural boundaries. The girls bring the power of their experiences and fresh perspective into the lives of their families, friends, and communities. Our program results in the development of deep
friendships, which lead to reconciliation and a true desire for social justice
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Leadership for Israel and Palestine 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 Upon their return home, the girls continue to strengthen coexistence through regularly organized meetings, email, and telephone conferencing. The friendships continue to thrive and grow as they create new relationships that cross religious and cultural boundaries. The girls bring the power of their experiences and fresh perspective into the lives of their families, friends, and communities. Our program results in the development of deep
friendships, which lead to reconciliation and a true desire for social justice
and peaceful coexistence not only among participants but also throughout the
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Tue, 25 July 2006  Time: 59 minutes The girls took turns interviewing each other and asked questions about their experiences at the camp. They leave for home in two days. Click here to view the picture gallery For media inquires, please contact
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Leadership for Israel and Palestine 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 Upon their return home, the girls continue to strengthen coexistence through regularly organized meetings, email, and telephone conferencing. The friendships continue to thrive and grow as they create new relationships that cross religious and cultural boundaries. The girls bring the power of their experiences and fresh perspective into the lives of their families, friends, and communities. Our program results in the development of deep
friendships, which lead to reconciliation and a true desire for social justice
and peaceful coexistence not only among participants but also throughout the
communities to which they return.
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Wed, 12 July 2006  Time: 34:50 Last summer the girls from the Creativity for Peace Camps worked with Project Life Stories in Santa Fe to create their monologues: stories of life and living in conflict and violence and their feelings about their home-lands. What you will hear in this Podcast is a sample of those monologues. All source audio and video recording by Grant Taylor Please make sure you visit our web site by
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Leadership for Israel and Palestine 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 Upon their return home, the girls continue to strengthen coexistence through regularly organized meetings, email, and telephone conferencing. The friendships continue to thrive and grow as they create new relationships that cross religious and cultural boundaries. The girls bring the power of their experiences and fresh perspective into the lives of their families, friends, and communities. Our program results in the development of deep
friendships, which lead to reconciliation and a true desire for social justice
and peaceful coexistence not only among participants but also throughout the
communities to which they return.
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Sat, 8 July 2006  Time: 35:45 Last summer the girls from the Creativity for Peace Camps worked with Project Life Stories in Santa Fe to create their monologues: stories of life and living in conflict and violence and their feelings about their home-lands. What you will hear in this Podcast is a sample of those monologues. Upcoming schedule: All source audio and video recording by Grant Taylor Please make sure you visit our web site by
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Jo Dali/Administrator Rachel Kaufman LINKS The Next Generation of Creative
Leadership for Israel and Palestine 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 Upon their return home, the girls continue to strengthen coexistence through regularly organized meetings, email, and telephone conferencing. The friendships continue to thrive and grow as they create new relationships that cross religious and cultural boundaries. The girls bring the power of their experiences and fresh perspective into the lives of their families, friends, and communities. Our program results in the development of deep
friendships, which lead to reconciliation and a true desire for social justice
and peaceful coexistence not only among participants but also throughout the
communities to which they return.
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Thu, 6 July 2006  Time: 3:18 This is an expected weekly update from Rachel at the camps. Last summer the girls from the Creativity for Peace Camps worked with Project Life Stories in Santa Fe to create their monologues: stories of life and living in conflict and violence and their feelings about their home-lands. What you will hear in this Podcast is a sample of those monologues. Upcoming schedule: All source audio and video recording by Grant Taylor Please make sure you visit our web site by
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Leadership for Israel and Palestine 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 Upon their return home, the girls continue to strengthen coexistence through regularly organized meetings, email, and telephone conferencing. The friendships continue to thrive and grow as they create new relationships that cross religious and cultural boundaries. The girls bring the power of their experiences and fresh perspective into the lives of their families, friends, and communities. Our program results in the development of deep
friendships, which lead to reconciliation and a true desire for social justice
and peaceful coexistence not only among participants but also throughout the
communities to which they return.
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Wed, 5 July 2006  Time: 23:10 Last summer the girls from the Creativity for Peace Camps worked with Project Life Stories in Santa Fe to create their monologues: stories of life and living in conflict and violence and their feelings about their home-lands. What you will hear in this Podcast is a sample of those monologues. Upcoming schedule: All source audio and video recording by Grant Taylor Please make sure you visit our web site by
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Jo Dali/Administrator Rachel Kaufman LINKS The Next Generation of Creative
Leadership for Israel and Palestine 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 Upon their return home, the girls continue to strengthen coexistence through regularly organized meetings, email, and telephone conferencing. The friendships continue to thrive and grow as they create new relationships that cross religious and cultural boundaries. The girls bring the power of their experiences and fresh perspective into the lives of their families, friends, and communities. Our program results in the development of deep
friendships, which lead to reconciliation and a true desire for social justice
and peaceful coexistence not only among participants but also throughout the
communities to which they return.
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Sat, 1 July 2006  Time: 22:10 Last summer the girls from the Creativity for Peace Camps worked with Project Life Stories in Santa Fe to create their monologues: stories of life and living in conflict and violence and their feelings about their home-lands. What you will hear in this Podcast is a sample of those monologues. Upcoming Podcasting schedule: All source recording by
Grant
Taylor Please make sure you visit our web site by
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Jo Dali/Administrator Rachel Kaufman LINKS The Next Generation of Creative
Leadership for Israel and Palestine 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 Upon their return home, the girls continue to strengthen coexistence through regularly organized meetings, email, and telephone conferencing. The friendships continue to thrive and grow as they create new relationships that cross religious and cultural boundaries. The girls bring the power of their experiences and fresh perspective into the lives of their families, friends, and communities. Our program results in the development of deep
friendships, which lead to reconciliation and a true desire for social justice
and peaceful coexistence not only among participants but also throughout the
communities to which they return.
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Thu, 15 June 2006  Rachel asked the girls from the Creativity for Peace Camps program a simple question: "Has your perspective changed since you've been involved with Creativity for Peace in the last few years?" LINKS The Next Generation of Creative
Leadership for Israel and Palestine 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 Upon their return home, the girls continue to strengthen coexistence through regularly organized meetings, email, and telephone conferencing. The friendships continue to thrive and grow as they create new relationships that cross religious and cultural boundaries. The girls bring the power of their experiences and fresh perspective into the lives of their families, friends, and communities. Our program results in the development of deep
friendships, which lead to reconciliation and a true desire for social justice
and peaceful coexistence not only among participants but also throughout the
communities to which they return.
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Thu, 25 May 2006  Rachel's gives us an update on the near past and upcoming activities at Creativity for Peace. Please visit www.CreativityforPeace.com and support us if you can.
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