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Hometown:: NYC

Relationship Status:: Single

My personal story:: ME peace activist since 2002.

Why I want peace:: What's not to like?

Interests and activities:: Traveling, Learning Foreign Languages, Reading, Trying to Knit

Something you didn't know about me:: I love Bollywood movies

How I found mepeace.org:: Through a friend

What I want to achieve here:: Meet/keep in touch with other people active in ME peace

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At 12:21pm on September 23, 2008, sina maher said…: hi leila
how are you?
i like to be peace on the world
best
sina

At 4:18am on August 31, 2008, Max S said…: Hi there Leila I left a comment for you in the group.

Hi there Leila. As far as I am aware the only person on this site who was in SOD is Amani.

http://www.mepeace.org/profile/amani.

Cheers.

At 11:33am on June 13, 2008, Mugaruka Maimona said…: you are welcome , Hie Leila

At 3:23pm on May 30, 2008, Rob Schrama said…: The ‘Big Hug’ and the future of Jerusalem

The sting of all problems between Israeli and Palestinians lays in the Old City of Jerusalem. Her status has to be solved in such a way, that all parties fighting for control over her can agree upon.

On June 24, the ‘Big Hug’ will be hold in Jerusalem. Light workers from Israel, Palestine and from all over the world, ‘Lovers of Jerusalem’, will come together to bring warmth and energy to this city, embracing holding hands the Old City. If we bundle all our positive energies and bring these to Jerusalem, we can create peace to this exceptional place.

We are organizing the Big Hug to make the people aware –especially the Israeli and Palestinian inhabitants of Jerusalem- that there is a very shaped perspective for the city of Jerusalem as a city of peace: a new, undivided Jerusalem, as the capital of Palestine, Israel and at large.

Let go of the conflict concerning her command and dedicate the city to the Omnipresent. The Old City as a whole is His Temple. To give the walled Old City free to God, as a "Status Apart”, as an independent city, will be the most feasible way to come out the current impasse.

The Old City of Jerusalem must become an open city; a House of Prayer for all the Peoples. This perspective is written down in the Holy Books, this is the perspective we, as ‘Lovers of Jerusalem’ embrace as well as solution. But how many people does already notice this hopeful point of view?

What I saw in Jerusalem and also everywhere else where I meet Islamic and Jewish people is, that not so many persons really think about a future for Jerusalem. Most of the time, they stick with old ideas that the Old City of Jerusalem will always remain a part of Israel, or in opposite, that it will be absolutely a part of a new Palestinian state, as stolen land that has to be given back. With these visions, a future Jerusalem will be a divided city with an East Palestinian and West Israeli part, with barbed wire and checkpoints in between, like the situation of the city from 1948-1967. Or, coming closer to an agreement, people suggest -like proposed in the “Geneva Accord” in 2003- to make a complicated dividing of the Old City in a Israeli and Palestinian part. That will mean that the small alleys will be split by walls and barriers too. The idea that a future Jerusalem will become a divided city, is something that we have to prevent.

There are living about 250.000 Palestinian and 500.000 Israeli rather close together in one city. Do they want to make a separation of Jerusalem in parts or do they choose, deep in their hearts, for unity? So my best friends, it is our task to inform the whole city that there is an alternative for the Jerusalem of today.

All lovers of a united Jerusalem will come together to encircle and embrace the Old City of Jerusalem with love and devotion. We have to encourage all inhabitants of Jerusalem to join the coming Big Hug, with the idea of a New Jerusalem that might be realized with their support.

Rob Schrama Phone:0031-646608660 www.loversofjerusalem.org

At 10:59pm on April 28, 2008, amal abu zaidan said…: hi
nice to meet you here. this is the first sentence every one begin with but wanted to say that u put your picture in the citchen so that make me think that you like cooking .hope u will find here new space to share with people about your thoughts and activities

best
amal

At 1:27am on April 27, 2008, B. SAM said…: hiii,

Nice meeting you here , im not a way from you now i live beside Niagara city, Canada.
Hope to meet you one day.

At 12:16pm on April 22, 2008, Vincent Mespoulet said…: Dear Leila,

You're right, Leila, Internet can be a strong extent for "PeaceMakers". I'm a teacher from France and i use the internet for Education to Peace. But an extent is not exactly a substitute. We can BOTH use Internet for Projects Audio/video Meetings and also Real Meetings in the true life :)

Maybe you'll take pleasure to visit our educational network School Beyond the Walls and specially our Group Education to Peace. Some members of mepeace.org have given to me good resources to help my students to get a better awareness of the world: Check out here !

If you have any idea to join israelian and palestinian teacher to plan educational projects with us, you're welcome :)

Have a good day !