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Friends’ Central students protest cancellation of Palestinian speaker

 Sa’ed Atshan, Swarthmore College Peace & Conflict Studies Assistant Professor. By Kathy Boccella Philly.com Friends’ Central School in Wynnewood has called off a talk by a Swarthmore College professor who is a Palestinian Quaker after receiving complaints from the school community that he is an anti-Israel activist. The cancellation prompted students to protest twice this … Continued

Meet me at Jafra: Peace in Lebanon

By Sarah Kaddoura, Lebanon We Are Not Numbers/ Contributing writer A group of friends recently organized a small gathering, which ended up including more than 40 people—both acquaintances and strangers—within the confines of a newly established café and meeting place in Beirut called Jafra (named after a well-known Palestinian folk tale). This small meeting place, … Continued

My promise to Palestine

By Aya Ibrahim, for the We Are Not Numbers project “Everybody has a country to live in, except us; we have a country that lives in us.” This is how our honored guest started his speech at the recent graduation ceremony for ULYP (Unite Lebanon Youth Project). Frankly, I am not a very good listener during speeches, but … Continued

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