Cooperation

Positive Change in Action contest winners announced!

We are pleased to announce the winners of 1001 Stories of Common Ground’s Positive Change in Action competition. Selected for their photos, videos and written pieces showing positive change in the Arab world in a constructive way, winning entries highlighted joint Christian-Muslim efforts to help refugees, women working together in Tahrir Square in Egypt, men and women in Morocco speaking out about women’s rights, and new initiatives to empower women in Lebanon.

Positive Change in Action contest winners announced!

We are pleased to announce the winners of 1001 Stories of Common Ground’s Positive Change in Action competition. Selected for their photos, videos and written pieces showing positive change in the Arab world in a constructive way, winning entries highlighted joint Christian-Muslim efforts to help refugees, women working together in Tahrir Square in Egypt, men and women in Morocco speaking out about women’s rights, and new initiatives to empower women in Lebanon.

Once upon a time there used to be a wild moody white sea in the hearth of the blue planet. On the north coast of the sea there was the kingdom of Eurapia, a kingdom of infinite green fertile lands and hard working people. On the south coast of the sea however, was situated another kingdom, the kingdom of Arapia, a land of endless charming sand and generous people. Eurapians never saw any Arapians in their life, and Arapians only heard about Eurapians from the stories reported by the sailors. Yet, every night both people would sit in front of the sea to watch the lights coming from the other shore and tell stories of monsters, ogres and tyrants living on the other side.

The "Peace Research Village" - a plan for community, reconciliation and ecological healing in Israel-Palestine
By: Leila Dregger

A huge source of frustration for any runner is the lack of space, or a street with a parade of cars unwilling to budge, spewing out a host of gray clouds. The runner who does manage to snake through the Beirut traffic unharmed and reach the Corniche can breathe a sigh of relief once there: “Yes, I am still alive!” However, that sigh will be followed by an inhalation of a host of lethal chemicals. Nonetheless, for a growing community of devotees, running is a sport worth sweating for.