PEACE
JOURNALISM:
Muslim-Jewish
Food Truck, and more
06 February 2013
"I want to
extoll the crucial importance of imagination.
Imagination is not
only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not,
and therefore the
fount of all invention and innovation.
In its arguably
most transformative and revelatory capacity,
it is the power
that enables us to empathise with
humans whose
experiences we have never shared."
-- J.K. Rowling
British Author: Harry Potter books
PEACE JOURNALISM is rising up, being created.
Solution-oriented and balanced, it is moving
beyond preoccupation with human failures. sensation, taking sides, and lazy.
superficial reporting.
It searches for root causes and sustainable solutions,
and is also know as Conflict Sensitive Journalism -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_sensitive_journalism
"Peace Journalism," introduced in the 1960s,
is now championed by an Australian couple, BBC journalists Jake
Lynch and Annabel McGoldrick.
In 2005 they co-wrote and published PEACE JOURNALISM
-- http://books.google.com/books/about/Peace_Journalism.html?id=iiobAQAAIAAJ
See their Media for Peacebuilding
model at http://mediaforpeacebuilding.com/peace-media-2/2-peace-journalism-model/
Jake Lynch is at Jake.Lynch@sydney.edu.au and
Annabel McGoldrick is at AnnabelMcG@mac.com
The Center for Global Peace Journalism is at
Park University in Missouri, USA -- http://www.park.edu/peacecenter
Steven Youngblood -- Steve.Youngblood@park.edu --
provides formal education and tools for peace journalists.
One of his brilliant practitioners and thought leaders
is Lebanese Vanessa Bassil.
She can be reached at Bassil.Vanessa@gmail.com
WATCH and HEAR Vanessa inspire others:
Peace
Journalism
Vanessa Bassil
- Lebanon
Arabic with English subtitles
TedXLAU - 14-min video - 07 Jan 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBJs7WB1kJs
READ more:
Lebanese
journalist rejects war journalism
By Vanessa Bassil
the Peace Journalist -
October 2012 -- p. 18-19
http://www.park.edu/peacecenter/The%20Peace%20Journalist%20Oct%202012-web.pdf
Here are three examples of Peace Journalism about real people.
Imagining, making a difference.
Creating stories worth telling
Let them ignite you to do. . .the unimaginable.
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L&L
Kosher-Halal Food Truck
Beginning in Washington, DC, Moustafa M. Soliman, a 76-year-old Egyptian American author and
activist, wants to spread the message of attainable peace between Arabs and
Jews with a food truck that serves kosher eats from one window and halal treats from another.
His creativity was awakened as her was finishing his
2012 book, An Arab, A Jew, and A Truck -- http://www.arabjewtruck.com
I have spent years and had numerous meetings trying to
get energy projects to work with Israeli and Arab officials, then a government
minister leaves or Hamas fires a rocket or Israel launches an attack and the
whole thing becomes hostage to whos in power, said
the Muslim entrepreneur-in-the-making," he said.
When political structures are shaky, its
the grass roots that can really make a difference.
"I started to think, lets literally take it
to the streets," said the Muslim entrepreneur-in-the-making.
Moustafa receives e-mail at
intsupportco@aol.com
READ more:
Food
truck will deliver message of Mideast peace
By Emily Wax,
The Washington Post --
Friday, 25 January 2013
"Enemies" Hearting One Another
In March 2012 when war between Israel and Iran seemed imminent, Israeli graphic
designer Ronny Edry shared on Facebook
a poster of himself and his daughter
It's bold message was: "Iranians ... we [heart]
you."
Other Israelis quickly created their own posters with
the same message.
Iranians responded in kind.
The simple act of communication inspired surprising
Facebook communities.
The whole world saw "Israel loves Iran,"
"Iran loves Israel" and even "Palestine loves Israel."
This is the needed communication, the new
"courage," the contemporary "bomb," says Ronny Edry.
Israel
and Iran: A love story?
TEDTalk -- 21 December
2012 -- 15 min video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lp-NMaU0r8
West Bank Partnerships
Yes, there are Israeli-owned industries in the militarily-occupied West Bank.
And among some citizens it is urgent to roundly
discredit and boycott these businesses on land still to be officially
negotiated.
A lesser-told story is of the potential of such
financial enterprises to model Jewish owners and Palestinian supervisors and
employees living, manufacturing, communicating, and profiting as one.
Real day-to-day partners and neighbors.
One living example is SodaStream.
SodaStream
- Building Bridges, Not Walls
8-1/2 min video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl85AL1l0H0
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These and hundreds of other success stories are preserved at http://traubman.igc.org/messages.htm