A cooperative Arab-Jewish children's project led to the creation of this peace sculpture, now permanently installed in the Peace Garden at Seattle Center, in the shadow of the Space Needle.  Under the direction of project founder Amineh Ayyad, Palestinian-American, and local Iraqi Artist Sabah Al-Dhaher, Arab and Jewish children came together for many weeks to create this sculpture.  The project was sponsored by The Arab Center of Washington, The Middle East Peace Camp (an Arab & Jewish children's summer camp), Kadima (a progressive Jewish community), and the Iraqi Community Center.  

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This is the web site for the Arab Center of Washington in Seattle and the Arab Festival.

Kadima is a progressive Jewish group based in Seattle, Washington.

The camp was created jointly by the Arab and Jewish Communities to build bridges to peace for our children. The camp is located in Seattle and its program includes art, games, sports, singing, drama, cooking, and much more! The camp is open to all children -- Arab, Jewish and others.

Website for the Iraqi-American sculptor Sabah Al-Dhaher.

The inspiration for Children Sing for Peace arose from Mary K. McNeilll’s work as an artist in residence with the Seattle public schools. Creating and singing songs gives children a creative outlet for their concerns, helping them to grow in their awareness of the world and their sense of self-confidence.

Seattle Center exists to delight and inspire the human spirit and bring us together as a rich and varied community.  Consistently rated as the city's top attraction, Seattle Center's reputation is rooted in a world-class collection of museums and permanent exhibits.

This is the website for the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Declaration On A Culture Of Peace and  Declaration and Program of Action on a Culture of Peace.

This is the official web site for the World Peace Project for Children based in Washington State. The mission of the project is to promote world peace by educating children about global matters that concern them and by giving them tools to build positive connections with children in other cultures.

It is also the official web site for the world's largest peace paper crane.  The paper crane has become an international symbol of peace in recent years as a result of it's connection to the story of a young Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki born in 1943. Sadako was two years old when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. As she grew up, Sadako was a strong, courageous and athletic girl. In 1955, at age 11, while practicing for a big race, she became dizzy and fell to the ground. Sadako was diagnosed with Leukemia, "the atom bomb" disease.  Sadako's best friend told her of an old Japanese legend which said that anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes would be granted a wish. Sadako hoped that the gods would grant her a wish to get well so that she could run again. She started to work on the paper cranes and completed over 1000 before dying on October 25, 1955 at the age of twelve. 

 

 

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