Dignity, Solidarity and Purpose: Reflections from my Summer Camp experience
Some people may think that WYA’s International Summer Camp program is a standard summer camp program where kids have fun, meet new friends and enjoy nature. Well, it is definitely so much more! I don’t think I will be able to sum it all up in just a few of words, but I’d like to share some of […]
How WYA changed my perception of citizenship and leadership
The greatest change that happened in the modern history of Tunisia is certainly the Jasmine revolution. It was so fundamental that it changed, personally, my perception toward my citizenship. Words like freedom and dignity were barely highlighted in the past but now they are the core challenges that hold the structure of our society. […]
A Valuable Internship at the World Youth Alliance Middle East
When I first came to Lebanon, I was constantly looking for opportunities to integrate into the active youth society. One day, as I was going through my newsfeed on Facebook, I came across an event entitled “Arab Emerging Leaders Forum: The Impact of the Arab Spring on Youth”. Eager to know more about the event […]
The preservation of human rights and human dignity in practice
We live in an age in which humanitarian crisis around the world belong to the daily agenda. Political and military conflicts have created the worst human tragedies attacking the weakest of the weakest, those who cannot defend themselves. The majority of these troubling scenes occur in many countries around the world particularly the Middle East. […]
World Youth Alliance: An Eye-Opener
When I first heard about World Youth Alliance, I didn’t give it much attention; I perceived it as one of the many organizations in the country. However, my interest in the human rights field drove me later on to inspect the WYA’s website. And I was surprised by what I laid eyes upon. The historical […]
Lessons of dignity, courage and strength
Growing up, I would always hear a lot of stories from cancer victims and survivors around me. On a personal note, I also had a number of close friends and family members who have gone through difficult time struggling with this unpredictable disease. After I and my fellow interns decided to organize an animation day for children suffering from cancer […]
Tolkien’s optimism about human nature: A lesson for our society today
As a young student committed to make a change in today’s world, I have been struck by our society’s lack of optimism concerning certain people. Indeed, I often hear sentences like: “this person is a lost cause and we cannot do anything for him or her”. This sentence mainly concerns people who are poor or […]
Ideas About The Human Value of a Person
I love reading novels and have just been caught up with a book called The Inferno by Dan Brown, a thriller where the famous Robert Langdon, a professor of Symbology, is drawn into a grievous world focused on the world’s most mysterious literary masterpieces Dante’s Inferno. From Dante’s dark epic poem, Langdon races to find […]
Internship in WYAME
Hello Everyone! My name is Alena, and I came from Belarus to Lebanon to be an intern in WYAME. When I just found out that I have got accepted in WYAME, I have told my parents and friends about this good news. When I told them that the internship is based in Beirut, Lebanon, the […]
What I Would Have Said At the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly
Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Fellow Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Last summer, while I was having lunch with a dear American friend, we started an interesting conversation. We expressed our thoughts and ideas about how we view the current situation of the world: I told my friend that the differences on many levels between the […]
