Friendship has many definitions and it has been a topic since 2500 years ago when Aristotle in his book, Nichomachean Ethics, tried to define it. By the way here I don’t want to talk about Aristotle or definition of friendship.
I’ve been an author here at MEY when I felt I have something to share [...]
Interfaith
Why I like Nissim Dahan!
March 4th, 2010
New Shirt: Interfaith Coexistence – Twitter style
January 28th, 2010We’re not the first to realize that t-shirts are a great way to raise awareness about causes. We wanted to make fun shirts that deliver the message of coexistence without being tedious. We hope you like it! Let us know what you think in the comment section.
You can buy the shirts here.
Writing on the [...]
A Life Defined
October 23rd, 2009As an honor graduate, I’ve always been proud of myself, and so were my family and my friends. After all, I’ve worked hard to earn my degree and I spent days and months gaining experience through extracurricular activities; whether by volunteering, doing internships or representing my country abroad. [...]
Interfaith meetings – article in Jerusalem Post
October 20th, 2009This is the link to the article which was on the cover of In Jerusalem in the Jerusalem Post this past weekend. These are the meetings I co-coordinate monthly. Hope you enjoy.
Israel admitted at least one case of Organ harvesting, Ramadan and more
August 25th, 2009In this digest: I report on a 2002 Israeli admission that a pathologist in an Israeli hospital was harvesting organs without authorization, on the hopeful sign of the start of the academic year, the beginning of Ramadan in Palestine, a video on the free Gaza movement, on follow-up to Rafah clashes (in Arabic), and on [...]
Music heals what destroy!
June 21st, 2009Lyric is in three languages of English, Arabic and Hebrew. Beautiful song and lyric to unite Jews and Arabs, and to heal the wounds.
Watch here: watch?v=RN8B1xvCxI0
There must be another
Must be another way
עינייך, אחות / Einaich, achot
כל מה שלבי מבקש אומרות / Kol ma shelibi mevakesh omrot
עברנו עד כה / Avarnu ad ko
דרך ארוכה, דרך כה [...]
If You Were God
March 30th, 2009Try to imagine being God, or more precisely, being the sum total of all the creative energy in the universe, even the energy of intelligence, and even the energy that is the lifeblood of each and every atom. Some 13.7 billion years ago there was nothing, not even time or space, or so the scientists [...]
Worldly Belongings Invites Students in the Middle East and the US to Share Something Meaningful about Their Lives
March 7th, 2009What would happen if students from the Middle East and the US were able to share something personal about their lives that opened the door to greater understanding and friendship? What if instead of just relying on media misrepresentations or knee-jerk reactions, students were able to use the Internet to interact in a way [...]
Not all Arab countries discriminate against religious minorities!
February 5th, 2009I’ve grown really tired of repeating myself to those who assume that all Arab and Muslim countries discriminate against religious minorities. Yes, it happens in many countries. Yes, we talk about it here as much as possible, to inspire action, not racism or hatred, which is sometimes what it has led to.
I’d like to [...]
Fostering Baha’i-Muslim understanding
January 28th, 2009Many Muslims hold misconceptions and erroneous beliefs on the beliefs and practises associated with the Baha’i Faith. Amongst the most widely believed misconceptions is that Baha’is worship Baha’u’llah as a deity,and that Baha’i texts disparage the Qur’an and Islam and that the Baha’i Faith condones incest.
With these claims being circulated by respected scholars and clerics, [...]

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