Middle East Post

A few days ago I met the children of my cousin who was killed in 2001 in the beginning of the intifada. The moment I saw his son Odai, I remembered when I was holding him on my shoulder while still he was forty days old on the day his father died. His young six years old sister was standing and smiling to me, she said aren’t you my father’s friend? This tragedy that I saw in my eyes made me think about what war does bring us.

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Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad Palestinian, Israeli Conflict abu, beliefs, east, israel, khalil, martyrs, middle, palestine, peace, post, war, zayyad, ziad

A group of students gather together in one room to discuss what literature says about values and beliefs of our life. These students come from several places and cultures. They have been taught different meanings of what is honor and courage. Each one of them beliefs and sees things in the eyes of his community and culture.

When they look together into a play or a poem and see what Shakespeare thought about these values, some would agree and some would argue.

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Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad International Concerns abu, beliefs, dignity, east, honor, love, middle, peace, post, values, zayyad, ziad

Is it easy to criticize ourselves, how can someone talk about his community and the wrong and right things that are done in it. What if you see something in a different way than your community does, or you decide to change your system of beliefs that you were taught since you were a young child. In his amazing seminar Unleash the Power Within in London 2007, Tony Robbins the known life coacher talked about this and asked from the twenty thousand participants to try to Read more…

Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad Palestinian, Israeli Conflict beliefs, israel, khalil, palestine, Robbins, Tony, zayyad, ziad

Believe in something and work and serve for it, this is how life goes. Starting from your childhood, your parents will start teaching you what they were taught when they were children, and the community will start affecting on you so you become what you become when you are an adult. You see things happening around you and when you are a mature you see yourself exactly as others are at your age and live at the place you live. Read more…

Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad Palestinian, Israeli Conflict beliefs, group, israel, khalil, palestine, youth, zayyad, ziad