PIJ ESSAY CONTEST -- please pass along

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Time: January 26, 2009 at 6pm to March 10, 2009 at 7pm
Location: Jerusalem by e-mail
Website or Map: http://www.pij.org
Event Type: essay, contest, for, israeli, and, palestinian, youth, ages, 18-26
Organized By: Palestine-Israel Journal
Latest Activity: Feb 17, 2009

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Event Description

Palestine-Israel Journal
of Politics, Economics and Culture

The Simha Bahiri
Annual Youth Essay Prize

The Palestine-Israel Journal (PIJ), Middle East Publications, declares the launching of the Simha Bahiri Annual Youth Essay Prize. The prize competition is open to all Israeli and Palestinian youths between the ages of 18 and 26.

The topic of the 2009 essay is “The Day after the Gaza War: What Can Young People Do to Strengthen the Prospects for Peace?"

The essay should be between l, 000 and l, 500 words and submitted typed and double-spaced in one of the three languages: English, Arabic or Hebrew.
The deadline for submission is March l0, 2009.

There will be one Israeli and one Palestinian winner who will receive a prize of $l,000 each.

An award ceremony will be held on March 28th, 2009, the anniversary of the launching of the Arab Peace Initiative.

Middle East Publications retains the exclusive copyright for reproducing the winning essays in a future issue of the Palestine-Israel Journal, the PIJ website, or any other medium as chosen by the PIJ Editorial Board.
Essays not selected will not be returned to their authors.

The PIJ was able to offer this prize thanks to the generous donation of the PIJ’s Editorial Board member, Dr. Simha Bahiri and his family.

Questions can be directed to heidi.pij@gmail.com

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Comment by Joy Harmon on February 7, 2009 at 8:44am: BRAVO! I will certainly pass this information on to friends who live in Israel....
It's a great beginning! joyfully-----or simchah!

Comment by Dale Adams Segal on February 7, 2009 at 4:23am: I am going to send on your proposal to friends who are part of the peace process and who work with Israeli and Palestinian teens - may your project thrive!
In peace! Dale