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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Andrea chats with Sandy and Mitsu at an ice-cream break

ANDREA COHEN, M.A., M.S.W., is a communication consultant who has been involved with the Compassionate Listening Project since 1997.  An award-winning video scriptwriter and producer, she directed the film Children of Abraham, which followed the journey of 22 Jewish Americans on the first all-Jewish Compassionate Listening missions to the Middle East.  Since then, she has facilitated Compassionate Listening workshops here and abroad and is co-director of the Jewish-German Reconciliation Project.  She has also been instrumental in integrating the concepts of Compassionate Listening into community dialogue event.

"I was deeply touched by experiencing the openness with which the children came together to create the sculpture - a beautiful symbol of hope for the future. They are truly our teachers."  Andrea commented about her experience with the peace sculpture project.

To learn more about Andrea and her work, please visit www.andreascohen.net. 

 

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