Text of interview published in http://www.globalonenessproject.org/ Sami Awad When I talk about nonviolence, and when I discuss nonviolence with people, the first word that comes to mind related to nonviolence is the word empowerment. And this is, for me, what nonviolence is all about. It is to empower individuals, empower families, empower communities, empowerContinue reading “Empowered by Nonviolence”
Category Archives: Interviews
Global Oneness Interview…
The challenge is to create a common thread of values where Jews, Christians, and Moslems begin to see that what is common between them outweighs, tremendously, what makes them different from each other. Sami Awad in The Core Essence iiiii 1 2 3 Sami Awad is the Executive Director of Holy Land Trust (HLT), aContinue reading “Global Oneness Interview…”
The Man Who Brought The Mahatma To Palestine
In between all the violence, Mubarak Awad has slowly brought the Gandhian way to bear… by Robert Hirschfield, Mubarak Awad LINK TO ARTICLE
Response to Article by AP’s Brian Murphy
In a recent article written by AP Religious Writer, Brian Murphy, I was quoted as saying that Palestinian Christians are eager to leave the Holy Land with the implication that this was due to Palestinian Muslim pressure and attacks. To begin with, I would never make such a statement or imply such thoughts. What IContinue reading “Response to Article by AP’s Brian Murphy”
Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research
The following is a link to an interview conducted by Vicky Rossi from the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research. INTERVIEW.
The Awad Family
by Lorin Peters When Sami realized, that night, that I had no family to eat with, he immediately said, “Come to dinner with us.” He didn’t tell me it would be a beautiful buffet at his father Bishara and mother Selwa’s home, or that his uncle Alex and his family, and two American pastors wouldContinue reading “The Awad Family”
Sami Awad, Every Church a Peace Church Interview – Part 1
Sami Awad, Executive Director of The Holy Land Trust-Palestine, a resident of Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine and an advocate for the use of non-violent resistance to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. In Part 1, Sami discusses what it is like to live and work under the Israeli occupation; the prospects for peace in the MiddleContinue reading “Sami Awad, Every Church a Peace Church Interview – Part 1”
Sami Awad, Every Church a Peace Church Interview -Part 2
In Part 2, Sami continues the discussion of the use of non-violent resistance as a technique to confront the oppression and humiliation of the Israeli occupation. Listen to the personal and poignant narrative of being held hostage to the IDF. Why did the Israeli military commander in Bethlehem tell Sami that his nonviolent resistance effortsContinue reading “Sami Awad, Every Church a Peace Church Interview -Part 2”
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