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THE BARD

PALESTINIAN

YOUTH

INITIATIVE

2013-2017

ROLE

 

co-director, curriculum designer, grant writer, teacher, coordinator-

 

LOCATION

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1) Mas’ha + Bidd’ya: + Zawi’ya: 3 small towns in the West Bank, Palestine 

 

MISSION

 

In collaboration with local Palestinian organizations in the West Bank, we support Palestinian voices through youth programs and documentary initiatives.

 

TIMEFRAME

 

 4 years

Multimedia Storytelling Portfolio, Jorda
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On the way to Hebron, we stopped for tea,

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“Look at where we

cannot go.”

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"If the separation wall

was a person, 

what would you tell it?"

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I am standing on the Jewish

settlement side on a tour.

I am walking where my Palestinian friends,

on the other side of the wall,

have never been.

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A conversation about borders with two friends

West Bank, Palestine

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“You want to know the story?”

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Standing in the town of Mas'ha, the West Bank, we talk about his families farm land across the highway where he can rarely, if ever travel.

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“That’s my family's land.”

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PROJECT OUTCOMES:

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A clinic was built (Mas’ha’s first/only)

 

A library was built (Mas’ha’s first/only)

 

Bi-annual programming (winter and summer)

 

The first youth debate held in the West Bank

 

Programming was designed collaboratively with neighborhood students, bard college students, Al-Quds University students, and the local town councils.

 

Funding: Davis Grant for Peace, Violet Jabara Foundation

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Significant References:

-Hollow Land: Israel's Architecture of Occupation, by Eyal Weizman

-Side by Side: Parallel Histories of Israel-Palestine, by Sami Adwan (Editor), Dan Bar-On (Editor), Eyal Naveh (Editor), Peace Research Institute in the Middle East(Editor)

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