March 5, 2009, Occupied Palestinian Territories: The Alternative Information Center (AIC) is now taking applications for the first Middle East International Political Camp, scheduled to be held in the Palestinian Territories from April 11 – 17, 2009.
The theme of the camp is “Bridges Instead of Walls,” as it aims to promote understanding of the conflict and encourage a positive exchange of ideas among Palestinians, Israelis, and people from the international community.
The AIC, a joint Israeli-Palestinian activist group, organized the camp, which will include lectures, conferences, and meetings with local grassroots associations and local politicians. The AIC is a partner of The Advocacy Project (AP).
The camp will take a hands-on approach, bringing participants to see the living and political conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for themselves, and providing them with an experience on the ground as opposed to an understanding based on media, propaganda or rumors.
The AIC hopes that camp participants will take this understanding back to their own countries, and that this new awareness will contribute to the peace process in a positive and constructive manner.
The camp is open to anyone, and the deadline for applications is March 25.
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Posted Mar 5th, 2009
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Sarah
April 3, 2009
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christopheredwards
January 19, 2011
civil society in the arab world has revitalized itself in the last two decades due to internal. regional and international factors. internaly.as the autocratic and populist regrmes have no longer been able to accommodate or completely supress them. resgionally, protracted armed conflicts have weakend the state.