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Volunteers' News

Youth Arab Forum by Hiba Huneini:
Our volunteer, Hiba Huneini, participated in the 5th Youth Arab Forum which was held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina from 27 February till the 1st of March. Hiba moderated a session concerning volunteerism in the Arab world and was selected to read the recommendations of the Youth Arab Forum in the introductory session of the 7th Arab Reform Forum (1st till 3rd of March).

Ekhtelaf mn doon Khilaf by Mohamad Hafzah:
Who said that “human rights” is about liking each other?
I didn’t, and obviously not even Gandhi did that too
That's what I've learned during "ekhtelaf mn don khelaf", my first tremendous experience which taught me that out in this world exists not only living humans, but also a worldwide laws that protect them no matter how different they are, and whether I like them or not. These laws are known as "human rights", and one of these rights is the right to be different.A lot of activities were done during that period; and one of them was to mark participants with different colors on their backs. The concept was to describe the current reality: similar colors meant similar thinking. But after an intended chatting session with each and every member, we were asked to find our "brothers and sisters in color" without looking to the colored stickers. The shocking fact was that the only two members that I've liked and respected the most were in other teams.
In short, difference is something neutral, and the rational case would be using this difference to make the world a better place, not to distance between us as humans and that was the core of the activity.Search for difference and learn from others by creating a common ground.





 

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