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Empowering Youth in Palestine and the Arab World: Q&A with Tafeeda Jarbawi | UN Dispatch

What attracted us about CGI is the fact that it is a platform for creative ideas. CGI members are looking for solutions to challenging problems all over the world, and with Palestine being one of the most vulnerable countries, we have many challenging problems. Specifically, we are working to support Palestinian steadfastness and empowering Palestinians by fostering excellence and nurturing talent, so that they can stay in their country and they can help develop their community, and develop the future Palestine we all aspire to, a democratic state where all Palestinians live in dignity and prosperity.Attending CGI is a chance to meet with other members to talk about Palestinian problems, and to talk about these same problems at a global level. It helps us to develop programs that will reflect on the development of Palestine and fulfill our organizational goals, and will also allow us to fulfill our commitment to the world in terms of cooperating with other countries.We are coming to CGI with a commitment to enhance the employability of Palestinian youth, and also in Tunisia. This is the first work that the Welfare Association will do beyond the borders of Palestine, and the idea came from being engaged in and attending CGI, which is a platform for inspiration, dialogue and discussion. It gives hope, and we feel that we are contributing to humanity at the global level.In addition, the Welfare Association is also hoping to strengthen existing and create new partnerships with other members. It’s really the way forward, if we’re thinking about better impact. It’s also very important for us to find people who will support this initiative in-kind, and through financial contributions, in order to reach our goal.

Source: Empowering Youth in Palestine and the Arab World: Q&A with Tafeeda Jarbawi | UN Dispatch

 

Good on you Tafeeda!

Video: NJ Bear Who Walks Upright Is Coming To Steal Your Honey

Video: NJ Bear Who Walks Upright Is Coming To Steal Your Honey If you squint long enough, New Jersey sure does look like a magical place, what with all the bears playing on slides, living in houses, chilling in aboveground pools, and frolicking on hammocks. And there’s no local celeBEARty as beloved as Pedals, the black bear who has been wandering around upright through suburban NJ for over a year now. [ more › ]

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Alice Pasquini / Stefano C. Montesi – Under Layers

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Alice Pasquini / Stefano C. Montesi - Under Layers

UNDER LAYERS is an innovative project that unites the street art of Alice Pasquini with the 3D photography of Stefano C. Montesi. This interactive experience with the spectator starts August 3 along the Lungomare Paolo Toscanelli in Ostia, bringing them on a journey into the picture, flying between reality and illusion. Alice Pasquini’s art, with its pictorial representations of the small, everyday moments of the human experience, will be transformed via an optical illusion created with camera of photographer Stefano C. Montesi. The result brings the viewer inside the fantastical world of the artist. Moving beyond the limits of wall painting as a two-dimensional experience, the installations in Ostia, in the niches along Lungomare Paolo Toscanelli (in the vicinity of number 186), will take places in three phases from August 3 until October 3, giving the city the possibility to participate in this unique art installation.

The 3D effect is created by simultaneously photographing the subject, in this case Alice’s artwork painted on different level, with two cameras. Only the “live” image, and not a subsequent conversion from 2D to 3D, assures a proper stereoscopic image for the human eye. The images seem suspended on different planes and gives the spectator the sensation of being an active part of the artwork.

The poster installations are also pleased without glasses, yet when seen with traditional (analog) 3D glasses, Alice’s drawings transform into a world that flies out of the wall, blurring the lines between fantasy and reality. The glasses will be left at various drop off points in the area of the wall, including the Teatro del Lido di Ostia (via delle Sirene 22), as a way to have citizens actively participate in the experience.

The project is being promoted in cooperation with Culture and Tourism Assessor of Rome.

From 23 to 25 October, in Rome, the project will culminate in an event a OPENGRA in via Francesco Negri 51/53.