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Cultural and political dialogue management to enhance the productivity of meetings for a range of clients including European and regional NGOs , peace groups.

Darna was started about 2.5 years ago in the town Tira in the center of Israel to provide a frame work for the youth and the rest of the community in order for them to have a safe environment to think, dream, inspire, and translate their energy into positive actions that brings positive change to the community. Palestinian Arabs Citizens of Israe are a minority group in, we suffer discrimination, lack of resources, neglect from the government, a pathetic education system that needs a lot of attention and work, unemployment and lack of job opportunities. All this has led to a high crime rate in our towns, especially among the community of youth. This has also pushed our students to leave school and not to consider higher education. Finishing high school is the ticket to the Israeli community, and our youth don’t have this ticket. Our youth need people to teach them, show them hope, and support their dreams. Our youth have issues with their identity, in both political terms and social ones. We are Palestinians, yet we are living in Israel. The conflict never leaves us, and it influences our daily life. Due to our complicated identity we are treated as second class citizens. We have no active community centers to fill our kids’ free time, we don’t have youth empowerment programs or leadership projects, and we don’t have volunteering frames or even group discussions to raise awareness. In order to fight all this, raise awareness, and lead the minds of our youth to think and to search for a better future, Darna created a space to provide them with the skills, support, and tools to bring the needed change.

Advisor on politics, Arab Media and the Arab Minority in Israel for MK - Esawi Frej

• Advisor, Middle East Health Initiative/ Palestine Responsible for government relations including establishment of contact/communication with the Minister of Health and other ministry officials; senior regional USAID and United Nations officials; West Bank hospital directors and other thought leaders. Primary in-region contact with U.S. consulate on visa and related matters. Cultural and political liaison between MediSend CEO and regional officials