Stories

Dr. Khalid Dimyati is the first of our Zamalah Fellows to return home from a successful research-training visit abroad. The visit allowed him to complete a liver transplant training course at one of the world’s most advanced liver transplant  facilities: the Apollo Hospital in New Delhi, India.Read More...
Al-Nayzak Association for Supportive Education and Scientific Innovation launched the first of its kind free Arabic iPad application that is based on the thoughts and ideas of Palestinian teachers and educators.Read More...
Mona comes from a family of 8, all of whom are supported by her father. Mona’s father is a street vendor and thus  he earns an irregular daily income.Read More...
21-year old Omar was always determined to receive a world-class education. He excelled in his SATs ( write the full words)  and was accepted at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in 2010, but he couldn’t afford the tuition.  Omar applied for and got a full scholarship.Read More...
The Art Bus is fully equipped with colors? Coloring tools? and materials needed to unleash creativity. Trained volunteers use the bus to roam marginalized areas of our beloved Palestine.  To date, the Art Bus has reached more than 1,000 children.Read More...
My son Walid was smart and confident and interacted well with his teacher. My problem with Walid was his fear of the dark. After nightfall he wouldn’t leave my side, scared to even go near the balcony. His phobia worried me, what if it was the sign of a serious psychological problem?Read More...
Wednesday March 4, 2015 Ramallah, Palestine Seven Palestinian entrepreneurs who took part in the Welfare Association’s FastForward business accelerator program presented their businesses, progress to date and plans for the future.Read More...
A group of children from Mustaqbali Program participated in painting and coloring walls at Gaza Seaport to enhance the area and recreate talents of the children. Read More...
We walk through the narrow alleys of the Old City of Ramallah, alongside women in loose white scarves and embroidered Palestinian thob, children well-dressed, men with checkered kufiya or hair gelled back, some playing chess or barcges Read More...
“I WRITE UNDER PROTEST. I HAVE ESCAPED TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, BECAUSE, HAVING LOST THE CENTER OF MY WORLD, I BECAME FREE TO ROAM, TO FLOAT, TO TRY TO FORGET THE UNFORGETTABLE.  IT IS TOO PAINFUL TO TRY AS YOU ASKED ME TO RECONSTRUCT MY DAYS IN ARAB JERUSALEM, ALQUDS, OR AS WE SAID IT, AL’UDS.” EXCERPT FROM A LETTER BY ARTIST VLADIMIR TAMARI TO HIS SISTER VERA TAMARI Read More...