Category Archives: Wi’am News
Film discussions on stereotype
On December 4th, 12 youth gathered at Wi’am Centre to watch the film entitled, Reel Bad Arabs. Reel Bad Arabs is film based on Jack Shaheen’s book by the same title. The film looks at how Arabs have been portrayed in Hollywood. Shaheen says that through movies like Aladdin, Delta Force, True lies, and many […]
Continue ReadingNon-violence Workshops
Report on the non-violence meetings delivered by the academic Johannes (Juan) Diederick Mienie in different areas, 4-10/12/2010. Juan is a visiting professor from South African with ample experience and knowledge in non-violence action and the South African experience in that field. Juan’s objective is to share with young people in Palestine lessons about nonviolence he […]
Continue ReadingField visit to the village of Budrus
On November 27, 53 women from Wi’am Center in Bethlehem, crowed into a bus and headed to the village called Budrus. Budrus is a Palestinian village located in the far west of Ramallah and Al Bireh, surrounded by the apartheid wall and the villages of Ni’lin, Qibya. It has a population of nearly 1500 people. […]
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