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Shel Israel... the sequence
Imagine you being invited to a nice dinner in a good restaurant with some interesting people.
You thik 'Good food' let's go and see, interesting people is a very nice surplus.
Imagine ending up in a really interesting conversation.
And then imagine weeks later seeing this text:
5 Stories Destined for the book
I've had a chance to mull over the trip without the advantage of the notes on my wayward computer. So I'm skipping a few names and links for now. But these are stories and points that will be featured in Global Conversations.
* A young, talented Belgian photographer studied for a time in Israel. When she was there, she got a group of Israeli and Palestinian teenagers to start blogging to each other about there everyday lives. They wrote about their clothing, about preparing for holidays, about school. Over time they learned that they were more alike than they had believed. It seems to me that this is among the most powerful stories that I yet have heard. It is a shining example of how social media can transcend even the harshest of borders. If these kids grow up understanding the similarities they share, they will be much less likely to wish war and terror on each other.
Ok, I grew 2 inches.
But most of all, I hope this story might open up some extra doors.
LanguageConnections is doing really a nice job in talking to MIT and trying to get the program into a bigger story. The main problem is still 'lacking funds' and next to that the fact that software keeps on evolving and SnowBlog should be able to keep up with these evolutions coz the kids do so.
In a short time, I'll be sitting with Kris to talk about that.
Tx Kris, for sending the link. Didn't have time yet to check all my feedreader due to the hectic past week.
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Posted on November 9, 2006
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Ine,
Posted by shel Israel | November 9, 2006 4:00 PMI'm very pleased to have had the pleasure of meeting you and am excited about interviewing you in greater detail for Global Neighborhoods. Thanks, Ine.