Word: abuelaish
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...Understanding and communicating with each other is the most important,” Abuelaish told the group of Muslim, Jewish, Arab, and Palestinian undergraduate and graduate students at Harvard Hillel. “Our problem is lack of communication. We must listen and deal with each other, and realize in the end that others are similar...
Today’s youth, such as students at Harvard, bear the burden of finding the path toward peaceful co-existence, Abuelaish said. He added that students in America and abroad should make themselves knowledgeable about the current conflicts in the Middle East and take action in order to make a difference...
...Abuelaish said that in honor of his three daughters, he believes it is time for women to take the lead in the path toward peace. He added that he is currently creating a foundation to provide access to education and healthcare to women and girls in the Gaza Strip and the rest of the Middle East...
...have to speak with honesty, with openness, to put everything on the table,” Abuelaish said at the invitation-only event. “There is a window of opportunity here for us to be creative, to be honest, and to be human [so as to] find a way to live in collaboration—in peace—so that dignities of both [Palestinians and Israelis] are equal...
...Abuelaish received a masters in public health from Harvard in 2004. His visit to Harvard Hillel was sponsored by the Chicago-based Brit Tzedek v’Shalom—the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace...