by Peace and Sport | May 7, 2017 | Watch
Sports promotes cooperation, builds a common identity, and provides an overarching language to communities in conflict. I learned it first hand, because tennis changed my life. Growing up as a Palestinian citizen of Israel, I struggled with an identity crisis, feeling...
by Peace and Sport | May 1, 2017 | Watch
At the beginning of April, I participated in the Harvard and MIT Brazil Conference, an event organized by students at these institutions with the mission of bringing together brilliant minds and key influencers in various fields to discuss Brazil’s social, economic,...
by Peace and Sport | Apr 23, 2017 | Watch
As an academic, practitioners want to understand my knowledge, and I want to understand their experience. Combining knowledge and experience can only promote the cause of peace through sport. However, many times it’s like two different worlds—one of practitioners and...
by Peace and Sport | Apr 18, 2017 | Watch
We have all just witnessed an incredible 4th edition of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. With a record number of projects from every corner of the world, the Day is growing to become the centre-point of an entire movement indelibly etched in...
by Peace and Sport | Apr 10, 2017 | Watch
The international community, activated by Peace and Sport, engaged last week in a successful mobilization, which proved that sport generates positive social change in the world. On the 4th edition of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP),...
by Peace and Sport | Apr 3, 2017 | Watch
Sport is far more than a form of entertainment. It is also a potential catalyst for the promotion of education and culture beyond being essential to human development. Sport is a platform for cultural enrichment and exchange. Like food and music, sport poses a...