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Palestine: the teacher as pivot point for change and challenging trauma

Teaching with Theatre in Adversity: Issam Sahori Issam Sahori is a teacher in a village near Bethlehemin in the occupied Westbank, here he tells ProMosaik about his students: “My project is about how to protect students and children from violence…

Thankfulness and gratitude for individual and social well being (now Science also says so)

“Whenever you find great strength, joy, and kindness in your heart, or when you feel free and without contradictions, immediately be internally thankful. When you find yourself in opposite circumstances, ask with faith, and the gratitude you have accumulated will…

32 years ago a man took a decision that saved the world and no one knows

By Alesia Miguens, for Informador público Sometimes in history it is more important what almost happened than what really took place. And perhaps the most astonishing thing about these incredible stories of heroes, so far removed from the glamour of comic…

The ideal of peace in Judaism

“There is good reason for pessimism”: Adam Keller, Israeli pacifist By Milena Rampoldi, ProMosaik e.V. An interview we did last summer with Adam Keller of Gush Shalom, the Israeli Peace Block. A very challening matter in these difficult days of…

The challenge of disarmament: still nonviolence or nonexistence

As the UN General Assembly debates issues of world peace, a space is given to civil society organisations to make presentations.  This statement by Andrew Lichterman, of Western States Legal Foundation, was delivered by Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States…

Palestine is not a local issue, it is a global issue with global ramifications

“Palestine is not a local issue, it is a global issue with global ramifications” ProMosaik e.V. interviews Mazin Qumsiyeh By Milena Rampoldi, ProMosaik e.V. An important interview with the Palestinian writer and scientist Mazin Qumsiyeh, born in Beit Sahour in…

International Day of Nonviolence celebrated around the world

This year’s international Day of Nonviolence witnessed a whole host of activities around the world. Among the activities held on the annual October 2nd included: In Nakpanduri, a conflict area that experiences curfews in the northern region of Ghana, there…

Bangladesh: Bitipara Park immersed in the light of joy

To Pressenza, I am sending you a link to see some pictures from yesterday [October 2, 2015] when we celebrated The Day of NonViolence in Bitipara Park [of Study & Reflection, Gazipur, Bangladesh]. It was an interesting celebration where many…

Humanists call on MEPs to work for a culture of peace and nonviolence

Among the events taking place on the 2nd of October, the International Day of Nonviolence, was a March in Madrid which started at the Syrian Embassy and ended at the offices of the European Parliament. At the Syrian Embassy an…

Photos and video from the Budapest Peace Sign

Moving video and photos from the peace sign formed on the 2nd of October to mark the International day of Nonviolence. Video images: Tamas Csefko, Balazs Szigeti, Editing: Tamas Csefko

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