Comments on: IPCRI (Palestinian/Israeli) retreat in Jerusalem http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/ Promoting a fierce but respectful dialogue among the highly diverse youth of the Middle East Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:54:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Josh (UK)http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-109756 Josh (UK) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:37:20 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-109756 Hi Elinor,Thanks for your nice post and ME style hugs :) I return it with kisses and a Reiki hug for you too. All love :) Hi Elinor,

Thanks for your nice post and ME style hugs :) I return it with kisses and a Reiki hug for you too. All love :)

]]> By: Elinor (Iran)http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-109462 Elinor (Iran) Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:56:14 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-109462 Josh, I am happy you liked the post, because we do, and Leah is inspiring indeed. Me hugs you back mideastern style ( thatwould incclude three kisses on both cheeks :) ) Josh,
I am happy you liked the post, because we do, and Leah is inspiring indeed. Me hugs you back mideastern style ( thatwould incclude three kisses on both cheeks :) )

]]> By: Josh (UK)http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-109421 Josh (UK) Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:15:45 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-109421 Hello all,I found this post and comments because of the Reiki mentioned, was linked here from the reiki digest blog. Just wanted to say Leah's post and the comments are very inspiring and full of hope. Wish you all the best and I agree with Leah about a new world order emerging - all speed to it! Lots of Reiki hugs to you all and best wishes from a cold sunny London. Josh Hello all,

I found this post and comments because of the Reiki mentioned, was linked here from the reiki digest blog. Just wanted to say Leah’s post and the comments are very inspiring and full of hope. Wish you all the best and I agree with Leah about a new world order emerging – all speed to it! Lots of Reiki hugs to you all and best wishes from a cold sunny London.
Josh

]]> By: Elinor (Iran)http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-105298 Elinor (Iran) Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:38:36 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-105298 Leah, Amen to your prayer. I wish I could see that happen in my lifetime too. Although I belief when I die ( of course after 120 years) I will still witness what is happening, and then if the peace comes I will not be able to throw a party, you know :)Leah, in Iran and all the eniboring countries in north-east and east call a dish of steamed or cooked rice Polo ( polo is Iranian Persian accent) Perhaps in Bukhara they call it polaw. We add any thing to rice, different spices, differnt chopped or cut vegetables and pieces of meat. In Iran we don't eat very hot food, like Indians or Pakistanis or Arabs ( Arabs make it moderately hot), although the provinces by the borders cook and serve hot dishes. We make the good sweet smelling, and we use Safron for that, which makes the rice especially look yellow- orange, a beautiful color comes out when we add safron to rice. By the way I love the food from your region which I understand both Israelis and Arabs share, as falafel, humus, baba ganush, Hilba ( a yemenite sauce I assume). Leah,
Amen to your prayer. I wish I could see that happen in my lifetime too. Although I belief when I die ( of course after 120 years) I will still witness what is happening, and then if the peace comes I will not be able to throw a party, you know :)

Leah, in Iran and all the eniboring countries in north-east and east call a dish of steamed or cooked rice Polo ( polo is Iranian Persian accent) Perhaps in Bukhara they call it polaw. We add any thing to rice, different spices, differnt chopped or cut vegetables and pieces of meat. In Iran we don’t eat very hot food, like Indians or Pakistanis or Arabs ( Arabs make it moderately hot), although the provinces by the borders cook and serve hot dishes. We make the good sweet smelling, and we use Safron for that, which makes the rice especially look yellow- orange, a beautiful color comes out when we add safron to rice.
By the way I love the food from your region which I understand both Israelis and Arabs share, as falafel, humus, baba ganush, Hilba ( a yemenite sauce I assume).

]]> By: Elinor (Iran)http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-105290 Elinor (Iran) Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:28:25 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-105290 Omid, The class sounds very interesting. You had been there in the region, I would love to see it myself. I can't wait for the oppotunity of our caravans flowing to the region, getting familiar the region which will definitely be very inspiring. :) Omid,
The class sounds very interesting. You had been there in the region, I would love to see it myself. I can’t wait for the oppotunity of our caravans flowing to the region, getting familiar the region which will definitely be very inspiring. :)

]]> By: leahhttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-105262 leah Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:57:59 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-105262 Actually a course in Iranian cooking would be fabulous too! It would take us away from politics. Is Osh Pulao (spelling?) an Iranian or Bukharian dish (upside down rice and chicken)?Thank you Elinor for your comments and Omid too. I'm waiting for a borderless middle-east so we can actually visit each other easily and chat over a cuppa tea (or good coffee....), and hope I see it in my lifetime... Actually a course in Iranian cooking would be fabulous too! It would take us away from politics. Is Osh Pulao (spelling?) an Iranian or Bukharian dish (upside down rice and chicken)?

Thank you Elinor for your comments and Omid too. I’m waiting for a borderless middle-east so we can actually visit each other easily and chat over a cuppa tea (or good coffee….), and hope I see it in my lifetime…

]]> By: Omid T (Iran/USA)http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-105248 Omid T (Iran/USA) Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:11:06 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-105248 Its a history course dealing with the questions of nationalism on both sides and how it originated from a contemporary point of view. Its once a week for about 4 long hours but it is really stimulating and the professor is very knowledgeable. Im one of the only people in the class who has actually been into the west bank and to the Dome of the Rock (downstairs too). Its a history course dealing with the questions of nationalism on both sides and how it originated from a contemporary point of view. Its once a week for about 4 long hours but it is really stimulating and the professor is very knowledgeable. Im one of the only people in the class who has actually been into the west bank and to the Dome of the Rock (downstairs too).

]]> By: elinor(Iran)http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-105150 elinor(Iran) Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:30:15 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-105150 Omid, I would like to know more about the course you have taken, and what you are studying right now, it will be nice if you share it with us. I am very excited with MideastYouth as well, because here i feel free and I can reach out to people from all the corners of Middle East and I feel I can invite all of them to my home and cook Sabzi Polo ba Mahi ( steamed rice and hurbs served with fried fish, an Iranian delicious dish). I just don't know when i can do that :) Omid,
I would like to know more about the course you have taken, and what you are studying right now, it will be nice if you share it with us. I am very excited with MideastYouth as well, because here i feel free and I can reach out to people from all the corners of Middle East and I feel I can invite all of them to my home and cook Sabzi Polo ba Mahi ( steamed rice and hurbs served with fried fish, an Iranian delicious dish). I just don’t know when i can do that :)

]]> By: Omid T (Iran/USA)http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-105006 Omid T (Iran/USA) Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:05:14 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-105006 Im actually taking an upper division course entitled Israel and Palestine at uni right now. Im really honored and happy to see and be a part of this website and see the exchanges and meetings some of you have. May God bless you all. Im actually taking an upper division course entitled Israel and Palestine at uni right now. Im really honored and happy to see and be a part of this website and see the exchanges and meetings some of you have. May God bless you all.

]]> By: elinor(Iran)http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-104582 elinor(Iran) Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:37:08 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-104582 Dear Leah, it was a beautiful post, I had tears in my eyes as I was reading about people there lighting candles and praying for peace in the light of candles. I live my life for moments as such, and with all the pain that conflcits and wars impose on us, I feel the bliss of peace when it returns is worth living forever:) Take care, All the best wishes for you and your Palestinian neighbors and your son who helped :) Dear Leah,
it was a beautiful post, I had tears in my eyes as I was reading about people there lighting candles and praying for peace in the light of candles. I live my life for moments as such, and with all the pain that conflcits and wars impose on us, I feel the bliss of peace when it returns is worth living forever:)
Take care,
All the best wishes for you and your Palestinian neighbors and your son who helped :)

]]> By: leahhttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-104418 leah Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:22:52 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-104418 Hi Sulaiman and Mowaffaq,I usually don't mention "names" of people in my posts (unless they allow me to) because sometimes people like to remain anonymous, especially on the Palestinian side, where peace work and peace gatherings aren't a part of Palestinian society (YET!) and many even have a hard time of it with their community...So all the more power to you!!!And it will be great to continue the discussions. One hour is certainly not enough! This subject needs serious time.Looking forward to seeing you at the next IPCRI and to a time where we won't need "permits" to visit one another! Or at least if we do need "permits" it won't be such a hassle!Leah Hi Sulaiman and Mowaffaq,

I usually don’t mention “names” of people in my posts (unless they allow me to) because sometimes people like to remain anonymous, especially on the Palestinian side, where peace work and peace gatherings aren’t a part of Palestinian society (YET!) and many even have a hard time of it with their community…

So all the more power to you!!!

And it will be great to continue the discussions. One hour is certainly not enough! This subject needs serious time.

Looking forward to seeing you at the next IPCRI and to a time where we won’t need “permits” to visit one another! Or at least if we do need “permits” it won’t be such a hassle!

Leah

]]> By: Sulaiman AL Hamrihttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-104292 Sulaiman AL Hamri Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:42:27 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-104292 Dear Leah I am the man which you described by Fatah man , it was so nice and great discussion with you that time, I described you by a (settler 0 just to let you know the palestinian describtion of every israeli person who live in a settlement, it wasnt to make a negative describtion. I cnsidered you a partner for p[eace and hope to continue talking together and participate in more future peace activities. also I hope that I can attend the coming meetin of IPCRI to continue our discussion about influencing the policy makers. salam shalom Sulaiman AL HAmri 0599211363 Dear Leah
I am the man which you described by Fatah man , it was so nice and great discussion with you that time, I described you by a (settler
0 just to let you know the palestinian describtion of every israeli person who live in a settlement, it wasnt to make a negative describtion.
I cnsidered you a partner for p[eace and hope to continue talking together and participate in more future peace activities.
also I hope that I can attend the coming meetin of IPCRI to continue our discussion about influencing the policy makers.
salam
shalom
Sulaiman AL HAmri
0599211363

]]> By: Mowaffaqhttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-104285 Mowaffaq Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:13:50 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-104285 Hi Leah; It was really amazing to be there wishing to meet again for a longer time to discuss more about things and issues. i would be happy to participate any activity may make hope bigger Hi Leah;
It was really amazing to be there
wishing to meet again for a longer time to discuss more about things and issues.
i would be happy to participate any activity may make hope bigger

]]> By: lirunhttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-104054 lirun Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:52:21 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/12/ipcri-palestinianisraeli-retreat-in-jerusalem/#comment-104054 :) :)

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