Peacefulness has been a common theme throughout my life and my journeys. My mother and father have been through so much growing up under Israeli occupation in the West Bank. Many of my dad’s friends have been imprisoned during the occupation, and many have died from the military violence and shootings that occur. Still my […]
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Peacefulness in a Chaotic World
Zein Mosarsaa, Grade 10, Westtown School
Posted in: Student Voice Project 2018, Student Voices Project, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
Forum May 2018
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Posted in: Forum, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
Forum April 2018
Letters from our readers 🔒 Friends Journal Member? Sign in here! Not an FJ member? To read this piece, please join us today! For $28, you’ll get: A year of Friends Journal delivered to your mailbox (11 issues) and email Full, instant access to the world’s largest online library of Quaker information: every Friends Journal ever published, going back […]
Among Friends: All Land Is Holy Land
An introduction to our March issue on Quakers and the Holy Land.
Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.
Posted in: Among Friends, Quakers and the Holy Land
Palestine and Israel
A decolonial framework for justice and peace.
Tabitha Mustafa is a name without a title. Sandra Tamari is a Palestinian American Quaker living in St. Louis, Mo. She is the director of strategic partnerships for the Adalah Justice Project, a Palestinian human rights organization.
Posted in: Features, Quakers and the Holy Land
Where Do Dreams and Dreaming Go? White and Black
Where Do Dreams and Dreaming Go? A Palestinian Quaker in America By May Mansoor Munn, edited by Ann Walton Sieber. Anemone Press, 2017. 165 pages. $15/Paperback White and Black: Political Cartoons from Palestine. By Mohammad Saba’aneh. Just World Books, 2017. 193 pages. $19.95/Paperback. May Mansoor Munn and Mohammad Saba’aneh could hardly be more different in […]
Karie Firoozmand is a member of Stony Run Meeting in Baltimore. She edits the book review column for Friends Journal.
Posted in: March 2018 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, Quakers and the Holy Land
News February 2018
News of Friends: Statement from AFSC on being banned from work in Israel; Remembering Muted Voices symposium; Quakers in Britain denounce recognition of Jerusalem; Friends celebrate World Quaker Day. 🔒 Friends Journal Member? Sign in here! Not an FJ member? To read this piece, please join us today! For $28, you’ll get: A year of Friends Journal […]
Posted in: February 2018, News
The Challenges We Face and Community We Forge
An interview with Sa’ed Atshan.
Martin Kelley is Friends Journal’s senior editor.
Sa’ed Atshan is a professor of peace and conflict studies at Swarthmore College and holds a doctorate from Harvard University. He sits on the corporation of American Friends Service Committee and the board of Pendle Hill study center. He is a member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting.
Posted in: Conflict and Controversy, Features
Writing Opp: Quakers and the Holy Land
In March 2018 Friends Journal is publishing an issue on religion and politics in the Middle East. We could have gone with a more neutral description of the region than “Holy Land,” but we wanted to indicate that we were interested not only in the political struggles but also in the region’s unique and sometimes […]
Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal. Email: [email protected]friendsjournal.org
Posted in: From the Editor's Desk
America has always welcomed immigrants from all over the world
Student Voices: “About two years ago, I visited the Statue of Liberty for the first time. I can recall being at Ellis Island with my family where we looked up my great-great-grandpa’s name from all those who immigrated to the United States in 1911. Mr. President, those immigrants made America great.”
Posted in: Quaker Summers, Student Voices Project, Uncategorized
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