Donnerstag, 23. Juli 2009
"May every human being live and die in peace"

by Dunia Abu Al-Naaj
When I got home from the peacecamp in Austria I tried to describe the experience I had there and translated it into words, but I didn’t succeed, because what I had at the peacecamp was more than words on a paper.
It was more like the opportunity to say all of your opinions and hear the other’s opinions too, to express your self with self confident and also to be patient and understanding while the others are expressing their selves.
The peacecamp made everybody feel that they are important and respected by all of the activities we had there, that made all of the peacecampers positively active.
During the ten days in reibers the participants took part in many workshops such as : the rhythm and movement workshop , the video workshop, outdoor programs that made the young people closer to each other, in addition the discussions at the large group and the history sections gave the chance to all the participants to know about each other’s histories, opinions, thoughts, ideas and personalities .
All of what the peacecampers had at the peacecamp like: the food times, workshops, culture evenings, Vienna day and free times created a very unique relationship between all of the peacecampers (adults and youth), it’s the relationship of friendship based on two important values: respect and hope. The respect that we brought it with us to Austria and realized later that it’s the only way to communicate and the hope that grew inside all of us, because we know now that we are the future’s hope for the change, the change of peace.

May every human being live and die in peace.


By: Dunia Abu Al-Naaj 

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