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  • ON THE SHEIKH HASSOUN AND JOHN PAUL, BY HUDA ORFALI and PETER PATON

    This expresses some of my feelings since returning from Syria. More poems by Huda can be found here.

    The Peacemakers

    by Huda Orfali

    Friday, September 15, 2006

    Dedicated to His Holiness Pope John Paul II and the Grand mufti of Syria Sheikh Ahmad Hasoun

    The Peacemakers

    Collaboration by Peter Paton and Huda Orfali

    As the religious divide grows

    In the troubled world

    They call for dialogue and harmony

    In a country where prayers are heard

    From two divine neighbors

    The church and the mosque

    They echo one another

    In one call for love

    In the world of Islam

    He is a shining light

    Who teaches tolerance

    And unconditional love for all

    A spiritual leader

    Of great virtue and purity

    Who extols and promotes

    The Brotherhood of Man

    A magnificent orator

    Whose words celebrate the truth

    Healing all the divisions

    That separate faiths and beliefs

    A tireless and blessed worker

    …

  • BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS: Women Cleaning the Mess Men Have Made of the Holy City of Hebron

    THIS LETTER FROM ELANA ROZENMAN:

    February 26th, 2009
    TRUST- WIN visit to “Cordoba” school, Hebron

    The ongoing conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians in the aftermath
    of the violence in Gaza and southern Israel has put a strain on the ability
    and willingness of many Israelis and Palestinians to engage in
    peace-building activities. In that context last Thursday morning a group of
    Israeli women (Jewish and Christian) set out from Jerusalem with enthusiasm
    and some trepidation to meet with Reem Alshareef who is the Muslim director
    of the Cordoba school in the H2 area of Hebron which is under Israeli
    control. For pictures, press here and search under ‘Women Hebron’.
    The Israeli women were from the left, the right, and the center politically.
    All of them are in our wonderful book “Sixty Years, Sixty Voices: Israeli
    and Palestinian Women” (www.sixtyvoices.org) One was an Armenian Orthodox
    woman who is a …

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