ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Aziz Abu Sarah - Entrepreneur + educator
Aziz Abu Sarah helps people break down cultural and historical barriers through tourism.

Why you should listen

When Aziz Abu Sarah was a boy, his older brother was arrested on charges of throwing stones. He was taken to prison and beaten — and died of his injuries. Sarah grew up angry, bitter and wanting revenge. But when later in life he met, for the first time, Jews who were not soldiers, Sarah had an epiphany: Not only did they share his love of small things, namely country music, but coming face to face with the “enemy” compelled him to find ways to overcome hatred, anger and fear.

Sarah founded MEJDI Tours to send tourists to Jerusalem with two guides, one Jewish and one Palestinian, each offering a different history and narrative of the city. Sarah tells success stories of tourists from the US visiting a Palestinian refugee camp and listening to joint Arab and Jewish bands play music, and of a Muslim family from the UK sharing Sabbath dinner with a Jewish family and realizing that 100 years ago, their people came from the same town in Northern Africa. MEJDI is expanding its service to Iran, Turkey, Ireland and other regions suffering from cultural conflict. If more of the world’s 1 billion tourists were to engage with real people living real lives, argues Sarah, it would be a powerful force for shattering sterotypes and promoting understanding, friendship and peace.

More profile about the speaker
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Aziz Abu Sarah: For more tolerance, we need more ... tourism?

Aziz Abu Sarah: Agar toleransi lebih berkembang, kita memerlukan lebih banyak ... pariwisata?

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Aziz Abu Sarah adalah seorang aktivis Palestina yang memiliki pendekatan unik dalam menjaga perdamaian: Jadilah wisatawan. Ia menunjukkan bagaimana interaksi sederhana antara orang-orang dari kebudayaan berbeda mampu mengikis kebencian yang mengakar. Ia memulai dengan membawa orang-orang Palestina mengunjungi orang-orang Israel dan bergerak lebih luas lagi...
- Entrepreneur + educator
Aziz Abu Sarah helps people break down cultural and historical barriers through tourism. Full bio

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00:12
I'm a tourismpariwisata entrepreneurPengusaha
and a peacebuilderpeacebuilder,
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Saya seorang pengusaha pariwisata
dan penggalang perdamaian,
00:15
but this is not how I starteddimulai.
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tapi cerita saya
tidak bermula dari situ.
00:18
When I was seventujuh yearstahun oldtua,
I rememberingat watchingmenonton televisiontelevisi
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Ketika usia saya tujuh tahun,
saya ingat menonton televisi
00:21
and seeingmelihat people throwingpelemparan rocksbatu,
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yang menayangkan orang-orang
melempar batu,
00:24
and thinkingberpikir, this mustharus be
a funmenyenangkan thing to do.
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dan saya berpikir,
sepertinya asyik melakukan hal ini.
00:27
So I got out to the streetjalan
and threwmelemparkan rocksbatu,
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Jadi saya keluar ke jalanan
dan melemparkan batu,
00:30
not realizingmenyadari I was supposedseharusnya
to throwmelemparkan rocksbatu at IsraeliIsrael carsmobil.
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tanpa menyadari bahwa saya seharusnya
melemparkan batu ke mobil orang Israel.
00:34
InsteadSebaliknya, I endedberakhir up stoningrajam
my neighbors'tetangga carsmobil. (LaughterTawa)
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Malahan, saya melempar batu ke
mobil tetangga. (Tertawa)
00:38
They were not enthusiasticantusias
about my patriotismpatriotisme.
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Mereka tidak terlalu menyukai
semangat patriotisme saya.
00:42
This is my picturegambar with my brothersaudara.
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Ini foto saya dengan saudara lelaki saya.
00:44
This is me, the little one,
and I know what you're thinkingberpikir:
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Ini saya, yang kecil,
dan saya tahu apa yang Anda pikirkan:
00:47
"You used to look cuteManis,
what the heckheck happenedterjadi to you?"
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"Kamu dulu manis, apa yang terjadi?"
00:50
But my brothersaudara, who is olderlebih tua than me,
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Tetapi kakak saya ini
00:52
was arrestedditangkap when he was 18,
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ditangkap ketika dia berumur 18 tahun,
00:55
takendiambil to prisonpenjara on chargesbiaya
of throwingpelemparan stonesbatu.
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dimasukkan ke dalam penjara
karena melempar batu.
00:57
He was beatendipukuli up when he refusedmenolak
to confessmengakui that he threwmelemparkan stonesbatu,
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Dia dipukuli ketika menolak mengakui
bahwa dia melempar batu,
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and as a resulthasil, had internalintern injuriescedera
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dan karenanya
dia mengalami luka dalam
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that causeddisebabkan his deathkematian soonsegera after
he was releaseddilepaskan from prisonpenjara.
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yang berujung pada kematiannya
tak lama setelah dikeluarkan dari penjara.
01:08
I was angrymarah, I was bitterpahit,
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Saya marah, saya kecewa,
01:12
and all I wanted was revengebalas dendam.
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dan yang saya inginkan adalah
membalas dendam.
01:16
But that changedberubah when I was 18.
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Namun semua berubah
ketika saya berumur 18 tahun.
Saya memutuskan saya harus bisa
bahasa Ibrani untuk mencari kerja,
01:18
I decidedmemutuskan that I neededdibutuhkan
HebrewIbrani to get a jobpekerjaan,
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dan saat belajar bahasa Ibrani,
01:22
and going to studybelajar HebrewIbrani
in that classroomkelas
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di dalam kelas itulah
untuk pertama kalinya
01:24
was the first time I ever metbertemu JewsOrang Yahudi
who were not soldierstentara.
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saya bertemu dengan orang Yahudi
yang bukan tentara.
01:30
And we connectedterhubung over really smallkecil things,
like the factfakta that I love countrynegara musicmusik,
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Dan kami nyambung dalam hal-hal kecil,
seperti misalnya saya suka musik country,
01:34
whichyang is really strangeaneh
for PalestiniansPalestina.
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yang sangat tidak lazim
bagi orang Palestina.
01:38
But it was then that I realizedmenyadari alsojuga
that we have a walldinding of angermarah,
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Namun saat itu saya juga menyadari
bahwa kami terpisahkan
oleh dinding kemarahan,
01:43
of hatredkebencian and of ignoranceketidakpedulian
that separatesmemisahkan us.
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kebencian dan ketidaktahuan
yang memisahkan kami.
01:48
I decidedmemutuskan that it doesn't mattermasalah
what happensterjadi to me.
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Saya memutuskan bahwa apa yang
terjadi pada saya tidaklah penting.
01:53
What really matterspenting is how I dealberurusan with it.
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Yang lebih penting adalah
bagaimana saya menghadapinya.
01:56
And thereforekarena itu, I decidedmemutuskan
to dedicatededikasi my life
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Karenanya, saya memutuskan
untuk mengabdikan hidup saya
01:59
to bringingmembawa down the wallsdinding
that separateterpisah people.
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untuk meruntuhkan dinding-dinding
yang membatasi manusia.
02:03
I do so throughmelalui manybanyak wayscara.
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Saya melakukannya dengan banyak cara.
02:05
TourismPariwisata is one of them,
but alsojuga mediamedia and educationpendidikan,
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Pariwisata adalah salah satunya,
namun juga melalui media dan pendidikan,
02:08
and you mightmungkin be wonderingbertanya-tanya,
really, can tourismpariwisata changeperubahan things?
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dan Anda mungkin bertanya,
mampukah pariwisata mengubah keadaan?
02:12
Can it bringmembawa down wallsdinding? Yes.
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Bisakah ia meruntuhkan dinding?
Ya.
02:14
TourismPariwisata is the bestterbaik sustainableberkelanjutan way
to bringmembawa down those wallsdinding
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Pariwisata adalah cara berkelanjutan yang
terbaik untuk meruntuhkan dinding itu,
02:19
and to createmembuat a sustainableberkelanjutan way
of connectingmenghubungkan with eachsetiap other
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dan menciptakan hubungan antar sesama
yang berkesinambungan
02:23
and creatingmenciptakan friendshipspersahabatan.
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dan membangun persahabatan.
02:26
In 2009, I cofoundedcofounded MejdiMejdi ToursWisata,
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Pada tahun 2009,
saya mendirikan Mejdi Tours,
sebuah perusahaan sosial yang bertujuan
untuk menghubungkan manusia,
02:29
a socialsosial enterpriseperusahaan that
aimstujuan to connectmenghubungkan people,
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02:33
with two JewishYahudi friendsteman, by the way,
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bersama dua orang teman Yahudi saya,
02:35
and what we'llbaik do, the modelmodel we did,
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dan yang kami lakukan,
model tur kami,
02:38
for examplecontoh, in JerusalemJerusalem,
we would have two tourwisata guidesPanduan,
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misalnya, di Yerusalem,
kami mengirim dua pemandu wisata,
02:41
one IsraeliIsrael and one PalestinianPalestina,
guidingmembimbing the tripsperjalanan togetherbersama,
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seorang Israel dan seorang Palestina,
untuk memandu secara bersama-sama,
02:44
tellingpemberitaan historysejarah and narrativecerita
and archaeologyArkeologi and conflictkonflik
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bercerita tentang sejarah, kisah,
latar belakang arkeologi dan konflik
02:48
from totallysama sekali differentberbeda perspectivesperspektif.
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dari sudut pandang yang sangat berbeda.
Saya ingat ketika memandu wisata
dengan teman bernama Kobi --
02:51
I rememberingat runningberlari a tripperjalanan togetherbersama
with a friendteman namedbernama KobiKobi --
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bagi jemaah Yahudi asal Chicago
yang berkunjung ke Yerusalem --
02:54
JewishYahudi congregationJemaat from ChicagoChicago,
the tripperjalanan was in JerusalemJerusalem --
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02:57
and we tookmengambil them to a refugeepengungsi campkamp,
a PalestinianPalestina refugeepengungsi campkamp,
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dan kami membawa mereka ke
sebuah kamp pengungsi Palestina,
03:00
and there we had this amazingmenakjubkan foodmakanan.
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dan di sana kami menyantap
hidangan lezat ini.
03:02
By the way, this is my motheribu. She's coolkeren.
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Omong-omong, ini Ibu saya.
Dia hebat.
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And that's the PalestinianPalestina
foodmakanan calledbernama maqlubamaqluba.
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Dan itu adalah makanan Palestina
bernama maqluba.
03:08
It meanscara "upside-downterbalik."
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Artinya "terbalik."
03:09
You cookmemasak it with riceNasi and chickenayam,
and you flipmembalik it upside-downterbalik.
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Dimasak dengan nasi dan ayam,
lalu dibalik.
03:12
It's the bestterbaik mealmakan ever.
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Makanan paling enak sedunia.
03:14
And we'llbaik eatmakan togetherbersama.
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Lalu kami makan bersama.
Dan kami menikmati musik oleh
band gabungan musisi Israel dan Palestina,
03:15
Then we had a jointbersama bandpita,
IsraeliIsrael and PalestinianPalestina musiciansmusisi,
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03:18
and we did some belly-dancingtari perut.
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dan kami menari perut.
03:20
If you don't know any,
I'll teachmengajar you laterkemudian.
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Kalau Anda tidak bisa,
akan saya ajarkan nanti.
03:23
But when we left, bothkedua sidessisi,
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Namun saat kami akan pergi,
baik yang Yahudi maupun Palestina,
03:26
they were cryingmenangis because
they did not want to leavemeninggalkan.
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mereka menangis
karena mereka tidak ingin pergi.
03:29
ThreeTiga yearstahun laterkemudian, those
relationshipshubungan still existada.
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Tiga tahun kemudian,
hubungan itu tetap terjalin.
03:33
ImagineBayangkan with me
if the one billionmilyar people
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Bayangkan jika satu miliar manusia
03:35
who travelperjalanan internationallyinternasional
everysetiap yeartahun travelperjalanan like this,
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yang setiap tahun berwisata
keliling dunia seperti ini,
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not beingmakhluk takendiambil in the busbis
from one sidesisi to anotherlain,
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tidak sekedar dibawa naik bus
dari satu tempat ke tempat lain,
03:42
from one hotelhotel to anotherlain,
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dari satu hotel ke hotel lain,
03:45
takingpengambilan picturesfoto-foto from the windowsjendela
of theirmereka busesbus of people and culturesAntara siniRaswaRRRRRRRRRRRRR BagiRasRRRRRRRR BagiRas,
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memotret orang-orang dan budaya lain
dari jendela bus mereka,
03:48
but actuallysebenarnya connectingmenghubungkan with people.
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tapi benar-benar berhubungan
dengan orang-orang.
03:52
You know, I rememberingat havingmemiliki
a MuslimMuslim groupkelompok from the U.K.
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Saya ingat ketika mengantar
sekelompok Muslim dari Inggris
03:56
going to the houserumah
of an OrthodoxOrtodoks JewishYahudi familykeluarga,
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ke rumah sebuah keluarga Yahudi Ortodoks,
03:58
and havingmemiliki theirmereka first FridayJumat night
dinnersmakan malam, that SabbathHari Sabat dinnermakan malam,
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dan menyantap jamuan malam Jumat pertama
yakni makan malam Sabbath,
04:03
and eatingmakan togetherbersama haminHamin,
whichyang is a JewishYahudi foodmakanan, a stewrebus,
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bersama-sama menikmati hamin,
semur ala orang Yahudi,
04:06
just havingmemiliki the connectionkoneksi
of realizingmenyadari, after a while,
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lalu bersama-sama menyadari,
beberapa waktu kemudian,
04:09
that a hundredratus yearstahun agolalu,
theirmereka familieskeluarga camedatang out
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bahwa seratus tahun lalu,
keluarga mereka berasal
04:12
of the samesama placetempat in NorthernUtara AfricaAfrika.
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dari daerah yang sama di Afrika Utara.
Ini bukan foto untuk profil Facebook Anda.
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This is not a photofoto profileProfil
for your FacebookFacebook.
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04:18
This is not disasterbencana tourismpariwisata.
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Ini bukan pariwisata bencana.
04:20
This is the futuremasa depan of travelperjalanan,
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Ini adalah gaya perjalanan masa depan
dan saya mengajak Anda
04:23
and I inviteUndang you to joinikut me to do that,
to changeperubahan your travelperjalanan.
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bersama-sama mengubah
cara Anda berwisata.
04:26
We're doing it all over the worlddunia now,
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Sekarang kami melakukannya
di seluruh dunia,
04:28
from IrelandIrlandia to IranIran to TurkeyTurki,
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dari Irlandia sampai Iran sampai Turki,
04:30
and we see ourselvesdiri going
everywheredimana mana to changeperubahan the worlddunia.
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dan kami akan pergi ke semua
tempat untuk mengubah dunia.
04:33
Thank you.
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Terima kasih.
04:34
(ApplauseTepuk tangan)
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(Tepuk tangan)
Translated by Dewi Barnas
Reviewed by Arinta Puspitasari

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Aziz Abu Sarah - Entrepreneur + educator
Aziz Abu Sarah helps people break down cultural and historical barriers through tourism.

Why you should listen

When Aziz Abu Sarah was a boy, his older brother was arrested on charges of throwing stones. He was taken to prison and beaten — and died of his injuries. Sarah grew up angry, bitter and wanting revenge. But when later in life he met, for the first time, Jews who were not soldiers, Sarah had an epiphany: Not only did they share his love of small things, namely country music, but coming face to face with the “enemy” compelled him to find ways to overcome hatred, anger and fear.

Sarah founded MEJDI Tours to send tourists to Jerusalem with two guides, one Jewish and one Palestinian, each offering a different history and narrative of the city. Sarah tells success stories of tourists from the US visiting a Palestinian refugee camp and listening to joint Arab and Jewish bands play music, and of a Muslim family from the UK sharing Sabbath dinner with a Jewish family and realizing that 100 years ago, their people came from the same town in Northern Africa. MEJDI is expanding its service to Iran, Turkey, Ireland and other regions suffering from cultural conflict. If more of the world’s 1 billion tourists were to engage with real people living real lives, argues Sarah, it would be a powerful force for shattering sterotypes and promoting understanding, friendship and peace.

More profile about the speaker
Aziz Abu Sarah | Speaker | TED.com

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