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Dr. Ada Aharoni is the founder and editor of the electronic magazine Pave Peace Through Literature and Culture. This magazine was conceived during a discussion of the Peace Through Literature commission, within a larger conference in Queensland, Australia, called Building Nonviolent Futures. The magazine features the work of poets Wilfred Owen, Rosalie Bertell, Cheshmak Farouhmand and Shin Shalom, as well as those of unnamed Egyptian and Israeli soldiers killed in the Yom Kippur war of 1973.
Dr. Ada Aharoni was born in Cairo, Egypt. She now resides in Israel, where she writes poems and biographies. She also lectures about the fighting between Israel and Palestine, and was recently co-president of The Bridge, a women's symposium for peace. She was awarded the 100 Global Heroines Award.
Dr. Aharoni's view is that through poetry, people from both sides might come to understand each other better, and that this understanding can lead to lasting peace. Here are some poems from Pave Peace:
CIRCLEby Edwin Markham He drew a circle and shut me out
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SERAPHby Shin ShalomI was sent to raise I could not find where It broke and fell |
THIS CURSED WARFrom an Israeli Soldier's Yom Kippur War Diary The night creeps long |
REMEMBER ME WHEN THE SUN SHINES OVER THE PYRAMIDS AND THE MOON OVER THE SPHINXby An Unidentified Egyptian Soldier Dear Leila, I am afraid I am about |
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Dr. Ada Aharoni's hero is Thea Wolf, about whom she wrote the book Not in Vain: An Extraordinary Life, published by Ladybug books. She is also the author of Peace Flower: A Space Adventure.
