Changing Dynamics of a Complex Relationship
Palestine-Israel Journal Vol. 24 No.3 2019
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Laudatory Speech
Women Wage Peace
International Bremen Peace Prize 2019, Foundation die schwelle
Bremen City Hall, 15 November 2019
International Bremen Peace Prize 2019, Foundation die schwelle
Laudatory Speech Women Wage Peace
Bremen city hall, 15 November 2019
Alexandra Senfft
Shalom, dear Eti, Salamat, dear Jullet!
I am very happy that both of you are here today on behalf of Women Wage Peace to receive the Peace Award 2109 given by the schwelle Foundation and to present your movement here in Bremen.
Dear audience,
I invite you to make the acquaintance of two courageous and unusual women: Eti Livni, a Jewish Israeli woman from Tel Aviv, lawyer, former Knesset member – and Julliet Kahwaji, a Palestinian Israeli woman from Akko, Arabic teacher, educationalist. Despite their many differences, they also have a lot in common: Both are mediators, women activists and each of them is the mother of three children. However, the strongest bond between them is their pursuit for peace in the Middle East as members of Women Wage Peace.
Award for Women Wage Peace
Laudatory Speech: Alexandra Senfft
15 November 2019, 6 pm
Rathaus Bremen
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Dan Bar-On Legacy Conference
University of Jena, 3-5 October, 2019
We are not Numbers
Young Gazans between despair and resilience
by Alexandra Senfft
Adapted version from first publication in: „Der Freitag“, Berlin July 25, 2019 https://www.freitag.de/autoren/der-freitag/veraenderung-kommt-von-unten
Despite the misery, the spirit of resistance among the people of the Gaza Strip remains unbroken. For 69 weeks, thousands of Palestinians participated in the “March of Return” at the military barriers to Israel, protesting against the siege and confinement that has now lasted for 13 years. They demand their freedom and the right to return to their ancestral homes. Even the sea is militarily closed beyond the first 6 miles, also true for fishermen. But who wants to swim or fish in it when the sewage from the refugee camps has contaminated everything?
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On stage with Sari Nusseibeh at Körber Foundation Hamburg, 18.09.2008
Foto: Körber Foundation
»Sensible people easily find a compromise when they are aware of the most important needs of the other side’, said Palestinian philosopher Sari Nusseibeh …«
Syasah Dawlia, Issue 182, 10.2010
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The Photographer Judah Passow – An Eye for the Tragedy of the Conflict
Judah Passow
Foto: Frank Dabba Smith
The photographer Judah Passow, four times awarded with the World Press Award, abhors religious fervour and works towards social tolerance. Alexandra Senfft met with Passow in London and offers us a portrait of the man.
Qantara, 08.04.2010
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Palestinian-British Author Samir El-Youssef – The Language of a Lost Youth
The Palestinian writer Samir El-Youssef has found his identity in exile in London.
Yet the idea of a homeland has always been alien to him. A portrait by Alexandra Senfft
Qantara, 06.11.2009
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Dan Bar-On – Dialogue against Walls of Silence and Hostility
Obituary by Alexandra Senfft
Dan Bar-On Foto: Alexandra Senfft
The Israeli psychologist and author Dan Bar-On died in Tel Aviv on 4 September. Bar-On was a leading force in the field of intercultural conflict management between Israelis and Palestinians.
Qantara, 12.09.2008
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The Grand Old Man of Gaza
Obituary by Alexandra Senfft: Haidar Abdel Shafi
His life was inextricably linked with the history of Palestine over the past century, from the end of the Ottoman occupation of Palestine to the collapse of the Middle East peace talks. Haidar Abdel Shafi died on 25 September.
Qantara, 28.09.2007
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