From the heart of Beirut…with the sounds of missiles, explosions and people screaming, being the only background music for the past week…I am writing to you.
Within less than 24 hours…a country that carried the secrets of a wonderful sea, strength of standing mountains, whispers of wide green trees… was turned upside down… leaving its appealing nature hiding below a dreadful artificial disaster zone.
The same airport where we used to land in after every trip abroad..is now closed, bombarded, and on fire. The same bridges we used cross everyday around the country...the same streets we used to walk on everyday are now void, empty, risky..or a bunch of rubble.
This is my Lebanon. It will always be my Lebanon: A flourishing country with strong,
kind-hearted people that strive to make their dreams come true. Now, they're only seeing their dreams vanishing infront of their eyes in a matter of days.
I am writing to you…with a tear in my eye so much wanting to drop...as I see my own country getting slowly demolished..bit..by bit...day after day..minute after minute. I only wish, that none of you...really none of you would ever experience this feeling. We've been expriencing it for the past week and until this moment..though it isn't new,it is still overwhelming. Eveyrday in Lebanon..is 9/11.
Who started the conflict? Who's fault is it? This isn't the case. Civilians are dying on both sides. And no matter who's fault it was, no matter what happened...nothing justifies the gradual destruction of a whole country and paralyzing it from helping its own self. Nothing justifies the mass murder of citizens fleeing, using
forbidden weapons. Nothing justifies butchering tens of families, new-borns, fathers, and elderlies per day (or is hour more precise),hitting ambulances transporting wounded citizens, massacring a whole nation ruthlessly, basically destroying my Lebanon, my one and only nation.
As I see the thousands of foreigners fleeing,I call upon whoever is in Lebanon and reading this e-mail: Please be safe. The Israeli war machine is so evil, it does not make a difference between a civilian, a militant, an animal or a child, a church or a mosque. But we Lebanese are used to being resistant, strong and solid...never surrendering even in the most devastating moments. This is exactly what makes us proud.
They can destroy our bridges, level our homes, massacare our people..but they can never crush our strong will to survive, florish and strive. They tried doing that in 1978, 1982, 1993, 1996
and 2000...they failed in each an every attempt. July 2006 is yet another date for them to fail once again. A date we will make sure they shall never forget.
I'm Sabrine from Tunisia, and let me first of all wish you all a safe and comfortable trip.
Definitely, we have many challenges and hardships, but we have as Nader nicely put it our education and 'ourselves' with all our potentials and ambitions, since the journey to thousand miles begins with one step, we are all committed to make this step and begin this long but challenging journey.
Dear Reach Out participants, organizers and coordinators;
As we approach the 2nd worksop of this project, many challenges and opportunities remain ahead of us:
We have a challenge because the world today continues to witness cultural clashes, tensions and divides
But we present an opportunity because we're a diverse, yet tolerant group that promotes constructive dialogue
We have a challenge because wars continue to spread, and peace processes are breaking apart
But we present an opportunity, because we are putting forward non-violent approaches to conflict
We have a challenge because we're distant, and have limited occasions to meet up and work together
But we present an opportunity to have a hard working team that launched a website and arranged face-to-face meetings whenever possible to keep us closer
We have a challenge when our resources become limited, forcing us to either slow down or sometimes stop
But we present an opportunity because we have the most valuable resource that no one can take away from us: our education
..and as we get more challenges, we continue to face them with our valuable opportunities, allowing ourselves to move forward. And this second workshop may only be a beginning for many things to come. So let's be ready to seize the
opportunity, and make a change. We're definitely up to it.
Dear Reach Out participants, organizers and coordinators;
As we approach the 2nd worksop of this project, many challenges and opportunities remain ahead of us:
We have a challenge because the world today continues to witness cultural clashes, tensions and divides
But we present an opportunity because we're a diverse, yet tolerant group that promotes constructive dialogue
We have a challenge because wars continue to spread, and peace processes are breaking apart
But we present an opportunity, because we are putting forward non-violent approaches to conflict
We have a challenge because we're distant, and have limited occasions to meet up and work together
But we present an opportunity to have a hard working
team that launched a website and arranged face-to-face meetings whenever possible to keep us closer
We have a challenge when our resources become limited, forcing us to either slow down or sometimes stop
But we present an opportunity because we have the most valuable resource that no one can take away from us: our education
..and as we get more challenges, we continue to face them with our valuable opportunities, allowing ourselves to move forward. And this second workshop may only be a beginning for many things to come. So let's be ready to seize the
opportunity, and make a change. We're definitely up to it.
i was very bussy in palestinian elections , so i oblogize for not responding on your emails , i think this the time that we have to start , especially after reactions from the world of muslims on cartoon that hand our prothit Mohamed , so we must take part and take position and stand against to who want to create crisis and conflict between west and east , to they dont want to bt the peace and dialogue between civilizations and cultures , so we must encourge the dialogues as the base to understand the differnce of cultures and diversity as we emphized that is very important in our project ( reachout )
so i think our responsibilty to estimulate the conversations to solve the problem , before to increase and spread in the rest of the world , so i believe as reachout project we have the responsiblity to make the different by our thougths and our bad believes to except the other .
this the time to start
ehsan naser
selma bouzid <lafilletunisiennepure@...> wrote:
Hello guys
This is Selma from Tunis . I have a suggestion . Could each one of you write sth to present our reach-out to let the press know
about it and like that each one of may say his opinion .
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Selma, sorry to say thai, but you are late, many of us have had interviews with press, ma, I had one with newspaper and TV too.
You can still do yours and let us know.
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Hello guys
This is Selma from Tunis . I have a suggestion . Could each one of you write sth to present our reach-out to let the press know about it and like that each one of may say his opinion .
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well, contact Pukul if you want to join us, that is what he said, if anyone wants to join us, we should let him know first.
Have a good day!
Rim Nour <Rim_nour@...> a écrit :
Hi Salma, many participants have already contacted the press in their respective countries and were interviewed by their local newspapers. Do you have a specific idea?
Do you guys know what is going on with the british council on this project? any update? news about the new web site? what are the modules of the web site, etc?
thanks, Rim Tunisia
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Hi Salma, many participants have already contacted the press in their respective countries and were interviewed by their local newspapers. Do you have a specific idea?
Do you guys know what is going on with the british council on this project? any update? news about the new web site? what are the modules of the web site, etc?
thanks, Rim Tunisia
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This is Selma from Tunis . I have a suggestion . Could each one of you write sth to present our reach-out to let the press know about it and like that each one of may say his opinion .
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i wish to tell you that reach out discussion board is constructed.. each of you have a username and password for this site..
If you don't receive your account information , please email me or Pukul as soon as possible .. because we want to activate our website and talking about project steps..
Thank you
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Hi everyone,
I wont be able to make it for the audioconference. You guys are lucky u'll
get to talk. Unfortunately i have a dial up connection so any audio is so
unaudible for me. Enjoy it!!!!!
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>Dear Khaoula balsam sarah sabrine alaa ghassan malika ehsan intisar nader
>selma basil nadia rim manel and every body else..
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>I wish you all a happy new year.. and may 2006 bring to u happiness,
>success and satisfaction.
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>I just want to make sure.. are we having the audio-conference on Skype
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No, we are not, I guarantee you that as I have recently spoken to Alaa, and he told me so.
Afnan <arch_f9@...> a écrit :
Dear Khaoula balsam sarah sabrine alaa ghassan malika ehsan intisar nader selma basil nadia rim manel and every body else..
I wish you all a happy new year.. and may 2006 bring to u happiness, success and satisfaction.
I just want to make sure.. are we having the audio-conference on Skype today? r u guys coming?
Yours,
Afnan
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Dear Khaoula balsam sarah sabrine alaa ghassan malika ehsan intisar nader selma
basil nadia rim manel and every body else..
I wish you all a happy new year.. and may 2006 bring to u happiness, success and
satisfaction.
I just want to make sure.. are we having the audio-conference on Skype today? r
u guys coming?
Yours,
Afnan
Happy new Year to all of you my friends. I hope the new year brings
prosperity and happiness to everyone. And hopefully we can get to meet again
this year :)
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>Subject: [reachout_project] Happy new year to all of you
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>Happy new to all the members of REACH out and may all your dreams come
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My best wishes to all of you : Happy New Year . Sorry I couldn't be with you
because i was too busy those few days .
Selma
Tunisia
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Dear friends, thank you to Alaa, and Sabrine for sending me the
invitation here. I'm sorry I have not had the time to write much but
I've been busy job hunting and interviews etc... it's the same as those
who have exams ;) you have to be prepared. I wanted to wish you all a
Happy New Year and to let you know that I miss you very much. Moreover,
does anyone know what happened to Karim ?
It's great to hear what each one of you is up to , you have been very
active I can see.
My skype ID is : therock1966 but my internet connection is not always
perfect, still I'd love to chat with you guys.
regards
Intissar from Libya
Hi, I've just joined this group after Afnen send me the invitation for.It's me Khaoula, we met here in Tunisia.I'm really happy to see that the group is still in touch and that there are new members. Bye for now and my best greetings for all of you
Sorry for my absence these few days.. actually i'm busy preparing for the final exams, project submissions and presentations.. wish me luck and everybody else"
I'm trying to follow up with you guys but not posting messages.. anyway I 'd like to welcome Sara and Nader nice to hear from you guys" i hope all our colleagues in UK get to participate here.. to introduce my self for u.. I'm Afnan Alrubaian 21 years old, from Kuwait and I study Architecture at Kuwait University and this is my last year. my skype nickname is : Afnan_r
I wish a merry Crismas for whoever celebrate it and a happy new year.
my greetings to all reachouters ( as Sabrine always said) "
Welcome to all our new coming back reachout participants, and Season's greetings from Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco.
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Hi, I've just joined this group after Afnen send me the invitation for.It's me Khaoula, we met here in Tunisia.I'm really happy to see that the group is still in touch and that there are new members. Bye for now and my best greetings for all of you
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