Eye floaters are spots in your vision. With as much hope as that experience gave me, the reality on the ground in Sheikh Jarrah today is troubling. When I read articles on Local Call, I was exposed to a reality I did not previously know - the occupation. © 2019 Just Vision. Just Vision gave me a platform to tell my story and struggle as a Palestinian activist and as a woman. Mohammed El Kurd is a Palestinian boy growing up in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in the heart of East Jerusalem.

He is also the author of the upcoming book, Colonial Jerusalem: The Spatial Construction of Identity and Difference in a Divided City.

For her influential work in shaping media in the US and beyond, Julia is the co-recipient of the 2009 King Hussein Leadership Prize, 2010 Search for Common Ground Award, 2011 Ridenhour Film Prize and the 2012 O Globo “Faz Diferença” Award.
To organize a screening, please contact us or check out our upcoming events for a gathering near you. She is currently the CEO and founder of Localized, which connects students in emerging markets to opportunities in advanced market economies via diaspora networks. (Non-profit).

To this end, Just Cause has produced five documentaries, runs a Hebrew-language news site called Local Talk, and runs various education campaigns. … (Non-profit), Dorot Foundation [18], Just Vision was founded by Ronit Avni, who served as executive director from the group’s founding in 2003 to 2014. Just Vision, founded in 2003 and based in Washington DC, New York and Jerusalem, uses films: Encounter Point, Budrus, Homefront, My Neighborhood and educational tools to teach people about and support non-violent solutions to the conflict. Just Vision shed tremendous light on issues of settlements in Jerusalem and helped place my neighborhood, Sheikh Jarrah, at the center of global consciousness. Your email address will not be published. Mohammed’s family and their neighbors have yet to regain their homes, and the specter of displacement remains very real for hundreds of others living in Sheikh Jarrah and across East Jerusalem. Shortly after their displacement, Mohammed’s family and other residents begin holding unarmed protests against the evictions, determined not to lose their homes for good. “Suhad Babaa.” JustVision.org. The Zestimate home valuation is Zillow’s estimated market value for a home, computed using a proprietary formula.

“Ronit Avit.” JustVision.org. Since 1994, Mr. Seidemann has participated in numerous Track II talks on Jerusalem between Israelis and Palestinians.

[9] Just Vision also released the story as an Arabic graphic novel.
I never expected to witness these types of interactions in such a volatile area and was very surprised that it was there, at the heart of the battle for the future of Jerusalem, that I witnessed a foundation for peace in the city being laid. MEI also actively engages in community outreach to create a space for dynamic interaction around issues relating to the Middle East.

We created the film with an understanding that these competing visions are being played out on the ground right now, while the city’s future hangs in the balance.Over the past few years, as we toured around with our previous films Budrus and Encounter Point, we’ve been repeatedly struck by the transformative power of an audience’s attention. My Neighbourhood follows Mohammed as he comes of age in the midst of unrelenting tension and remarkable cooperation in his backyard. My Neighbourhood premiered in April 2012 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York and has been met with support and recognition at venues including the Paley Center for Media, the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, the Al Jazeera International Documentary Festival and the European Parliament.

He introduced himself to me asking if he could interview me for a film he was making. Just Vision collaborators, Jessica Devaney, Neta Patrick, Aida Shibli, and Uri Ayalon will present in full their new short My Neighbourhood, fresh off of it’s Tribeca premiere.