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Dana Amir: Conversations for Peace *This story was collected in partnership with New Story Leadership. Dana, is from Gan-Ner, Israel, but in the past five years, Dana has been traveling and studying around the world. Dana is currently pursuing a Bachelor Degree in Psychology and Economics, and hopes to focus on Behavioral Economics  and Public […]

Rawan Odeh: There is Always a Way *This story was collected in partnership with New Story Leadership. Rawan Odeh is a Palestinian American. She lived half her life in New York and the other half in Nablus. Rawan holds a BA degree in Accounting from An Najah National University. Since then, Rawan has worked as

Eran Nissan: Building Peace With Younger Generations *This story was collected in partnership with New Story Leadership. Eran Nissan lives in Jaffa. Eran holds a bachelor degree in Political science & Philosophy and currently works for Peace Now as their special projects manager. Eran previously ran the Advocacy and Education department at Peace Now. At

Gilad Sevitt: Mending Relationships Through Language This story was collected in partnership with New Story Leadership. Gilad Sevitt, a social entrepreneur from Jerusalem, is the founder and professional director of Madrasa – an organization that offers a unique free platform in Hebrew for learning spoken Arabic, used by tens of thousands of people. Madrasa aims

Aisha Malik is a member of the 2018-19 MALA Young Leaders Fellowship. Fellows participate in digital seminars, dinner discussions, and other MALA events. As part of the program, Fellows reflect on their multiple layers of identities – as daughters, sons, professionals, athletes, and so much more – and share those reflections into the MALA story collection. Personal

Samir Nomani: On the Transcendency of Hip-Hop Samir’s love for Hip-Hop music started at a young age.  Now, as Board Vice President of Music In Common, he works to empower communities through the power of music. My love for hip-hop started in elementary school. I was visiting my next door neighbor and heard music with

Samea Shanori: The Power of Education Samea’s story articulates her life-long pursuit of knowledge, and how family history influences her own journey in life.   When I was in third grade living in Pakistan with my family, my father passed away. He worked with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Islamabad, Pakistan, and was the

Amir Badr: The Ultimate Underdog Amir discusses the struggles that he had to go through during his journey of leaving Tehran for a more free and uplifting state of mind and country.    I was born in Tehran, Iran, which is where my journey started. There are a bunch of things that if I close