New York, May 3, 2012—The International Engagement Program (IEP) launched a call to action last month, asking Americans to support OneVoice activists in Israel and Palestine by engaging their own politicians to revive the Arab Peace Initiative. ACT NOW.
Exactly 10 years ago, the 22 Arab League member states came together in Beirut to propose a peace plan to end the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Arab Peace Initiative offered a comprehensive resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the normalization of relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors. It represented an abrupt about-face, from the League's refusal to engage with Israel to the potential for a new era of regional stability and cooperation. While not an end-point for negotiations, the document sets a positive new starting point.
Unfortunately, Israel never accepted the Arab Peace Initiative as a basis for peace discussions.
Using social media, community programming and appeals to political leadership, OVI and OVP are mobilizing their communities around the regional peace plan. While OVI is raising awareness and demanding a response to this historic opportunity, OVP is using the revitalized discussion about the document to transform popular frustration into a unified call for the two-state solution.
The call to action, unveiled during IEP's recent Southern California tour, is designed to complement these campaigns, using social media to reinsert the Arab Peace Initiative into the American political parlance concerning the conflict. ACT NOW.
Americans are being asked to bombard the social media feeds on Twitter and Facebook of Members of Congress who exert influence on foreign affairs and hold a tremendous responsibility toward resolving the conflict.
Leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Subcommittees that focus on the Middle East are being targeted, using the hashtag #EndtheConflict.
Learn more about the Arab Peace Initiative and what you can do to support this historic document and break the deadlock here. UK supporters can also highlight the initiative to their Members of Parliament by visiting ACT NOW UK.
Twitter user @YonahLieberman fulfills the call to action, messaging Senator John Kerry to ask him to support the Arab Peace Initiative.
Hundreds of OneVoice youth activists and locals, wearing flag caps of countries supporting the Arab Peace Initiative, released into Israel hundreds of helium balloons carrying the text of the regional peace plan.
Ramallah, April 28, 2012—From a village near Jenin that borders on the 1967 line, OneVoice Palestine youth activists and locals released into Israel hundreds of helium balloons carrying the text of the Arab Peace Initiative on Saturday, drawing attention toward this historic opportunity.
Hundreds of locals, wearing flag caps of countries supporting the regional peace plan, participated in the activity, which was co-sponsored by Jenin’s governor and the municipality, to mark the document’s tenth anniversary. They called on all Israelis to pressure their politicians into accepting the initiative as a framework for serious regional negotiations to achieve the two-state solution and end the Arab-Israeli conflict. Jenin Deputy Governor Ahmad al-Qassam, Minister of Prisoner Affairs Ashraf al-Ajrami, Fatah spokesman Mahmoud Labadi, and other municipal officials also attended the headline-grabbing event.
“We're urging the Israeli public to demand from their government a real response to the Arab Peace Initiative,” said Samer Makhlouf, executive director of OneVoice Palestine. “The document has never been withdrawn or rejected by any Arab state, but despite its apparent resilience, we cannot expect it stay on the table forever.”
Exactly 10 years ago, the 22 Arab League member states came together in Beirut to propose a peace plan to end the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Arab Peace Initiative offered a comprehensive resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the normalization of relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors. It represented an abrupt about-face, from the League's refusal to engage with Israel to the potential for a new era of regional stability and cooperation. While not an end-point for negotiations, the document sets a positive new starting point.
Unfortunately, Israel never accepted the Arab Peace Initiative as a basis for peace discussions. Among Ariel Sharon’s 14 reservations to the 2003 Road Map, reservation #10 explicitly rejected the Arab Peace Initiative. Since then, it has lain dormant.
“Accepting the Arab Peace Initiative as a framework for serious regional negotiations is a far better approach than outright rejection wrapped in unsupportable assertions that Israel has done everything it can for peace over the past 64 years and the Palestinians have only been obstructionist,” said OneVoice CEO Howard Sumka.
The event is part of OneVoice Palestine's campaign, launched in February, demanding the Israeli government to halt its settlement policy and return to negotiations on the basis of the Arab Peace Initiative. From tree plantings in Hebron and Bethlehem and distribution of flyers and bumper stickers across the West Bank, to an online campaign with banners on top local news sites – OneVoice Palestine is creating momentum for the peace plan.
Separately, OneVoice Israel is complementing the effort though parallel action, igniting conversations about the Arab Peace Initiative across their eight university chapters, from Haifa to Sderot. Next month, they will mobilize people in the heart of Tel Aviv, bringing prominent public figures to make soap-box speeches while a giant ice cube containing the Arab Peace Initiative text slowly melts away. Working with the growing Two-State Solution Caucus, they will then deliver their message loudly in the Knesset.
Local and international media covered OneVoice Palestine's Jenin activity marking the tenth anniversary of the Arab Peace Initiative.
From a village near Jenin that borders on the 1967 line, helium balloons carrying the text of the Arab Peace Initiative were released into Israel by OneVoice activists and locals during the media-grabbing event.
Hundreds led by OneVoice Palestine activists marched to the outskirts of Beit Oula village on Friday to peacefully protest against Israel’s seizure of Palestinian land.
New York, March 23, 2012—Hundreds led by OneVoice Palestine activists marched to the western outskirts of the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday to peacefully protest against Israel’s seizure of Palestinian land to build the controversial separation barrier and expand settlements.
OneVoice’s chapter in Beit Oula village, west of Hebron, collaborated with other local youth groups and mobilized residents to resist land confiscations by planting dozens of trees brought from across the West Bank and putting up a tent to maintain their presence indefinitely. They were also joined by Mayor Rateb al-Omla. The local Imam, Mohammad Osman, led Friday prayer, telling the crowd that action by OneVoice youth and other civil society organization maintains hope of achieving the two-state solution and establishing an independent Palestinian state based on the pre-1967 borders.
Skeptical of the prospects for peace given continued Israeli land grabs and unprecedented settlement expansion on privately-owned Palestinian land, residents nonetheless applauded the courage of youth in resisting the occupation through peaceful means.
Israel claims the 720-km (450-mile) barrier under construction since 2002 is a necessary security measure that prevents Palestinian attacks. Palestinians say the route cuts through their farmland and loops around illegal settlements. The activity took place on land slated for confiscation within the next six months.
“The seizure of Palestinian land whether for alleged security reasons or settlement expansion threatens the viability of any peace process,” said Samer Makhlouf, executive director of OneVoice Palestine. “Trust in the political process among Palestinians continues to slip as Israel fails to heed international calls for a settlement freeze. It is our role during this difficult time to mobilize the people to peacefully safeguard the two-state solution.”
Israeli soldiers in armored vehicles prevented demonstrators from entering certain areas and kept a watchful eye on them. The crowd, however, maintained their poise at all times and avoided the looming possibility of a confrontation.
OneVoice activists said they will sleep in the tent they erected and continue to plant trees in the area as a means to prevent Israel from claiming the land is not in use and, therefore, subject to confiscation. "This initiative is an important message to the whole world,” said Nader al-Omla, one of OneVoice’s activists who led the initiative. “We will stay in our land and we will not give in."
Palestinian media, including Maan News Agency and Palestine TV, covered the protest. It was the second of its kind carried out by OneVoice Palestine youth activists this year. Earlier in March, OneVoice Palestine protested pending land confiscations in Dar Salah, east of Bethlehem.
The local Imam, Mohammad Osman, led Friday prayer, telling the crowd that action by OneVoice youth and other civil society organization maintains hope of achieving the two-state solution.
Palestinian TV covering OneVoice's tree planting activity on land threatened by Israeli confiscation orders on Friday outside Dar Salah, east of Bethlehem.
New York, February 28, 2012—OneVoice Palestine brought around 150 Palestinian youth on Friday to plant dozens of trees and Palestinian flags in a barren area east of Bethlehem under threat of being confiscated by Israeli military order.
This land is categorized as Area C under the terms of the Oslo Accords, giving Israel control over both the security and civil administration of the area. The Quartet – made up of the U.S., the U.N., the European Union and Russia – and other international actors have been pressuring Israel to give Palestinians more access to Area C land, which constitutes 60% of the entire West Bank, as a confidence building measure. Lack of access holds back Palestinian economic development and is a serious impediment to their ability to travel between Palestinian cities and towns.
OneVoice youth activists from chapters throughout the West Bank met in Dar Salah and then marched to the hills overlooking the Jordan Valley, which have been threatened with confiscation. Senior OneVoice youth activist Ibrahim Mubarak initiated the activity, bringing members of the nonprofit he leads, Nibras for Youth Generations, to join as well. Several national media organizations covered the activity, and highlights appeared in print media and on TV, even on a day that saw violent clashes in other parts of Palestine.
“This is an effort to preserve this Palestinian land, part of the Bethlehem governorate, under threat of confiscation from the rightist Israeli government,” Samer Makhlouf, OneVoice Palestine’s executive director, told the Palestine News Network. “The message, under the heading ‘This is Our Land, Leave Us Alone,’ called for the recognition of a Palestinian state based on ’67 borders.”
OneVoice Europe’s executive director, John Lyndon, was present at the activity. “It is inspiring to see so many Palestinians take to this windy, rainy hillside and firmly declare both their opposition to expanding Israeli settlement, and their commitment to the two-state solution,” he said. “OneVoice Palestine has shown today that mobilizing youth in a positive and constructive way can have an impact both locally and nationally, as can be seen from the number of people here lending a hand, and the significant media coverage that our efforts have generated.”
OneVoice Palestine hopes to spread this initiatives to other areas facing Israeli confiscation orders.
OneVoice youth activists from chapters throughout the West Bank met in Dar Salah and then marched to the hills overlooking the Jordan Valley.
Senior OneVoice youth activist Ibrahim Mubarak, who conceived of the tree planting initiative, poses with a child during the activity on Friday, east of Bethlehem.
OneVoice Palestine's senior youth leaders meet in Ramallah to discuss political obstacles and outline their street campaigns and activities for 2012.
New York, December 30, 2011—Challenges abounded as OneVoice Palestine (OVP) staff and senior youth leaders met in Ramallah to discuss several political obstacles and outline the street campaigns and activities they will carry out in the coming year. Two issues took center stage in their discussion: the Fatah-Hamas reconciliation and Israel’s settlement policy.
A reconciliation agreement could pave the way for Palestinian elections in 2012, giving OneVoice Palestine the chance to advocate for the two-state solution. “A lot of people think that with the reconciliation the situation on the ground for Palestinians will become better and easier” said Abdullah Hamarsheh, director of the OVP’s youth leadership program. “While that is the hope, we have to read the situation rather than see it. There are people lurking in the dark waiting to perpetuate the situation and we should be ready for them.”
OneVoice Palestine recognized the importance of ending factional divisions as a precursor to ending the occupation, establishing a sovereign Palestinian state, and as a result achieving lasting peace in the region. They launched major activities across the West Bank last March to channel the energy on the street into a cry for national unity.
Despite the initial push, the talks between the two rival parties stalled for months. Recent progress has left many OneVoice Palestine youth leaders hopeful for a resolution. “Reconciliation efforts now are more serious than ever,” said Bashar Shweiki. “We should embrace these steps as a means for strengthening and widening the base of support for the two-state solution.”
Adding to the difficulty of OneVoice Palestine’s advocacy efforts is Israel’s settlement policy and attacks by settlers in the West Bank that threaten the possibility of achieving a contiguous and viable Palestinian state. Israel recently approved the construction of hundreds of units on occupied Palestinian territory, eliciting condemnation from the European Union members of the UN Security Council last month.
“We call on the Israeli government to reverse these steps,” the statement by Britain, France, Germany and Portugal said. “The viability of the Palestinian state that we want to see and the two-state solution that is essential for Israel's long-term security are threatened by the systematic and deliberate expansion of settlements.”
“We should lead more demonstrations asking the Israeli government to take serious steps to move the peace process forward,” said Mohammad Asideh, OVP’s outreach coordinator and a former youth leader. “We shouldn’t rest until we achieve the two-state solution based on international resolutions, within clear terms of reference and a set time frame.”
Such reactions not only reflect the reality of the current situation, but also reveal the deep-seated desire to move past the status quo to a better future. “We have a major role, especially with a growing base of supporters,” Samer Makhlouf, executive director of OneVoice Palestine, told the youth leaders. “We must do all that we can to reach more people and make sure our message is heard loud and clear.”
OneVoice Palestine youth leader Ahmad Omeir speaks with an Italian tourist in Manger Square on why her country should support the Palestinian bid in the UN and what it means for the two-state solution.
New York, September 21, 2011—United behind the mantra ‘independent state,' OneVoice Palestine (OVP) youth leaders stood on the forefront of change in this week’s OVP campaign to spread support on the upcoming Palestinian bid for statehood.
Much like their Arab Spring predecessors, Palestinian youth, both men and women, assembled as activists collecting on college campuses and bustling Palestinian holy sites to renew anticipation for a brighter Palestinian future embodied by a sovereign state within the United Nations. Their support for the Palestinian bid comes with the primary intent to mobilize thousands of Palestinians behind the two-state solution. Their activities will lay the basis for nonviolent and constructive responses in the aftermath of the vote.
“The youth are the future for Tunisia, Egypt, and Palestine. They negotiate the future by deciding what Palestinians want,” said Mohammad Asideh, OVP youth council delegate.
Negotiating this future for Palestinians, OVP youth leaders took to the streets in an OVP weekend outreach to Bethlehem’s Manger Square distributing flyers with the logo 193 plus one – the number of UN member nations with the addition of a Palestinian state. International tourists joined this conversation as OVP youth leaders urged visitors to push their government in support of UN recognition.
“We came to Bethlehem today to send a message of regards to the countries who decided to support Palestine as well as to encourage those who have not yet decided,” said OVP participant Mohammed Zaid.
In tandem with the Bethlehem outreach that affected an estimated 1,000 individuals, OVP also launched a signature drive at Al Quds University in Jenin appealing to the distinctive climate of the university on Saturday.
“The majority of the university is women, so it is important for them to have a role in the discussion,” Asideh said.
Desiring to engage the female demographic, OVP youth leaders collected hundreds of signatures from students waiting up to ten minutes in line to show support of a future Palestinian state. Partaking in heated discussions with peers, OVP youth leaders also elaborated on the necessity for peaceful approaches to achieving statehood.
“Palestinians want to see progress. They want to see change. We are at a juncture, it can get worse or it can get better,” Samer Makhlouf, OVP’s executive director, said on the need for Palestinians to continue nonviolence regardless of the UN’s decision.
Makhlouf spoke at a women’s empowerment event in Salfeet on Sunday where guest speakers Fadwa Barghouti, wife of political prisoner Marwan Barghouti, and Najat Abu Baker, Palestinian Legislative Council member, were in attendance. Allowing women a place in the deliberation within the West Bank, this event encouraged the estimated 250 women present to have a voice in their community for promoting a Palestinian state.
“The role of women must be greater and broader,” said Abu Baker. “The voice and the role of women is important to carry the message, and I urge that their role not be artificial. I appeal to Palestinian women to engage in political action and empower themselves.”
As the world watches the Palestinian bid unfold, OVP has continued to rally support empowering the diverse demographics of Palestinians to hope for change.
“There is big hope and expectations are increasing,” said Makhlouf. “Even in the best case scenario, it doesn’t mean that there will be no more war, settlers, or occupation, but this UN bid represents a big step.”
OVP Executive Director Samer Makhlouf (center) sits next to Fadwa Barghouti and PLC member Najat Abu Baker at a public event for women in Salfeet.
Qalqilya Governor Rabeeh al-Khandakji (left), Palestinian Legislative Council member Walid Assaf, and OneVoice Palestine Executive Director Samer Makhlouf speak at a Qalqilya public meeting about Palestinian statehood.
At first glance, it may appear that Palestinian support for our leadership's bid for statehood at the UN is something obvious or simple. In truth, the situation on the ground is far more complicated.
OneVoice Palestine is the only civil society organization running a campaign to educate the people about the UN initiative, explaining to them the benefits while tempering expectations. We are using traditional grassroots tools with social media platforms to bring people into a constructive conversation about what it will take to end the conflict.
Last Thursday, we held the first of several planned town hall meetings in the West Bank city of Qalqilya to talk about the Palestinian UN bid and its effect on the two-state solution. Nearly 200 residents crowded the hall. An elderly woman wondered if her jailed son would be released once Palestine was recognized. A farmer asked if his confiscated lands would be returned. Another worried about compromising refugee rights. The comments ran the gamut and left me convinced that our campaign was incredibly important.
On hand to answer questions with me that day were Qalqilya Governor Rabeeh al-Khandakji and Palestinian Legislative Council member Walid Assaf. We all stressed that only good faith negotiations, with clear terms of reference and a limited time frame, will produce a mutually acceptable and equitable resolution that sees two states for two peoples. Those same words have been stated repeatedly by President Mahmoud Abbas to local and international media.
In Palestine, the battle lines have been drawn. The overwhelming majority of those in favor of the September bid are pragmatic proponents of the two-state solution. Those opposed belong to two camps: either with Hamas and others who call for one state or with those who claim it will undermine the issue of refugees.
Although we realize the potential risks of the UN initiative, we strongly believe that the consequences of abandoning it are far worse - for both Palestine and Israel. If President Abbas were to withdraw now, it would undercut his leadership. It would fuel the disillusionment with the two-state solution on the street and fan the flames of absolutists. Backtracking now, we all felt, would dash the dreams of millions that desire an independent state - based on the 1967 lines and free from occupation - and need the affirmation of such a reality.
Regardless of the outcome at the UN, our campaign in Palestine is providing a much-needed platform for people to take nonviolent actions that advocate reviving the peace process and returning to negotiations. We're countering extremists on both sides that promise to exploit all of us and plunge our lives into chaos.
This week, while we campaign in Bethlehem, Jenin, Salfeet, and across the West Bank, we will be risking for hope over fear and giving Palestinians and Israelis a chance for a better future.
*Samer Makhlouf is executive director of OneVoice Palestine. You can follow him @samermakh.
A resident of Qalqilya raises a concern over the topics addressed in the wake of the UN deliberation on Palestinian statehood.
OVP Field Coordinator Abdullah Hamarsheh (right) answers questions from inquiring youth after the Qalqilya panel discussion.
Listen to the Guardian Focus podcast entitled, ‘What will UN recognition of a Palestinian state mean?,’ featuring OneVoice Palestine Executive Director Samer Makhlouf.
Transcript of Samer Makhlouf's comment:
My name is Samer Makhlouf. I am the executive director of OneVoice Palestine movement. September vote for Palestinians means hope, and I don’t really agree with what some Israeli politicians say, that this is a unilateral action and that it is an alternative to negotiations.
After twenty years of useless negotiations, the Palestinians reached a conclusion that the international community should be part of setting the references for these negotiations. The reason why these negotiations did not produce any tangible outcome or did not end the conflict because every time the Palestinians are asked to compromise the compromise.
The September vote does not at all contradict with the basic concept that we all advocate for, which is negotiations. I think that the Palestinians are also intending that they will go back to the negotiating table. Abu Mazen and the Palestinian leaders clearly said that this is never an alternative for negotiations, and he said that our first, second, and third option are negotiations. So, they will come back to negotiating.
New York, September 8, 2011—OneVoice Palestine’s youth activists unveiled their ambitious online and on the ground campaign on Thursday in support of the fast-approaching Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations.
OneVoice Palestine launched a campaign, entitled “We have a homeland, we want a state,” in partnership with Wattan TV and other local news agencies to mobilize thousands of ordinary Palestinians into collective action to gain full admittance to the UN on the road to a two-state solution. Their activities will lay the basis for nonviolent and constructive responses in the aftermath of the vote.
“For Palestinians, the UN bid for statehood serves to protect and secure our homeland,” said Samer Makhlouf, executive director of OneVoice Palestine. "It is a symbolic action that will definitely be followed by negotiations. Both the Israeli and the Palestinian leaders have to go back to serious talks, with clear parameters and fixed time frame, and agree to bring peace and security for both peoples."
Palestine TV and Wattan TV began airing a short promotional video produced by OneVoice Palestine that envisions an international Palestinian airport. An online banner that reads, “1967 borders + implementation of international resolutions + removing settlements = state, freedom, peace, democracy, sovereignty, dignity, independence,” was posted on Wattan TV’s site, and appears on Al-Jazeera’s Web site and the popular sports site Kooora.
In tandem, OneVoice Palestine will have on the ground activities, including distributing thousands of posters and flyers in the West Bank with information about the UN bid.
OneVoice Palestine will leverage its extensive network of youth activists to create a platform for the involvement of all Palestinian citizens in this diplomatic effort. The youth activists will set up tents in the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Salfeet and invite residents to talk about the UN bid and its aftermath. Town hall meetings will be held in Hebron and Jenin with Palestinian Legislative Council and Fatah Revolutionary Council members attending and connecting with the people on steps to take the day after the vote.
“We, as a movement of Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals, support the campaign of our office in Palestine,” said OneVoice CEO Howard Sumka. “We understand from our discussions with Palestinian officials that this is a diplomatic, tactical move to take us closer to serious negotiations. We believe the Palestinian bid will serve to solidify the viability of a two-state solution and assure a peaceful and stable future for Israel, Palestine, and the region.”
OneVoice maintains local offices in Israel and Palestine that work independently to appeal to the national self-interest of their own societies, but both advocate two states for two peoples and in this pursuit have found a partner in one another.
OneVoice Israel will also launch a campaign in the coming days challenging Israelis to at least consider the potential benefits of a Palestinian state existing alongside Israel in peace and security. They will also encourage a bold Israeli response beyond the UN showdown.
OneVoice Palestine youth leaders discuss upcoming campaigns in light of the Palestinian statehood vote this September.
New York, August 26, 2011—OneVoice Palestine (OVP) held the first part of a new public engagement series called the “Dialogue Café” on August 21 and 22, with its youth leaders, political science students from An-Najah National University, and citizens from Nablus and Ramallah.
The post-iftar meetings, located in the Hayat Nablus and Alhambra Palace Hotel in Ramallah, sought to explore the youth leaders’ opinions in respect to the United Nations bid on Palestinian statehood and OVP’s September campaign supporting an independent Palestinian state. In the coming weeks, a committee of OVP youth leaders will coordinate within all Palestinian cities in the West Bank in order to maximize the impact of the upcoming campaign.
Abdullah Hamarsheh, director of Youth Leadership Program, opened the discussion with quick introduction about September bid and OVP’s support for it.
“Without a doubt, the bid is not the end but the start to call for more support for the Palestinian rights,” Hamarsheh said. “The UN bid will reformulate the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations on the basis of 1967 borders, Palestinian rights and international law, and not the illegal facts on the ground [such as settlement activities].”
Among OVP youth leaders, this engaging discussion revealed much support for the UN bid, including from Ala Salous of Nablus.
“We have been seeking this dream of an ‘independent state’ for decades and for the first time it’s very close to reality,” Salous said. “Our role as OVP youth leaders is to support our community, spread awareness, and advocate to others until we see this dream come true.”
John Lyndon, executive director of OneVoice Europe, and Samer Makhlouf, executive director of OVP, impressed upon the youth leaders the importance of crafting an effective campaign surrounding the UN bid. Lyndon and Makhlouf encouraged an open and continuous dialogue between youth leaders and OneVoice staff in the coming weeks.
The bid’s uncertainties were also discussed, and the youth leaders raised concerns such as the number of states supporting the bid and what will happen after the vote, both on the ground in Palestine and in the international arena.
Mohammad Kilany, a youth leader from Ramallah, has put so much effort into the future of his people, he neglected one important person.
“We worked very hard to reach this stage, more than anything else in our lives,” Kilany said. “I worked for the state more than preparing to build better future for myself.”
OneVoice Palestine Executive Director Samer Makhlouf (center) brainstorms with youth leaders at a "Dialogue Café" session.
New York, July, 25, 2011—OneVoice Palestine (OVP) held a third and fourth performance of their storyteller series in villages near the northern West Bank cities of Jenin and Nablus on June 26, reaching over 500 children.
The first event was held in the village of Faquah outside of Jenin. Later the same day, a second performance took place in a public park amphitheater in the village of Asira ash-Shamaliya, just north of Nablus. It was organized by OVP youth leaders from the Nablus chapter.
“The children became more aware of the importance of building a future state,” said Malaka Samara, 32, who was in attendance. “They started to realize the Palestinian dream through the play, because theater is the language that everyone can speak and understand…this [type of learning] is our way to achieve our future, our dreams.”
Actor, Said Zarzar performs for 250 children in the village of Faquah outside of Jenin.
Khalid al-Massou, owner of the Inad Theater, introduces the play, The Dreams of Said, the Storyteller, to 300 youths in the village of Asira ash-Shamaliya, six kilometers north of Nablus.
Actor, Said Zarzar entertains 300 children in an outdoor amphitheater in the village of Asira ash-Shamaliya, six kilometers north of Nablus.
Khalid al-Massou infiltrates the audience to collect the visions and hopes of the youth for their 2018.
