Wafa Srour
Residence
Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam
Place of birth
Nazareth
Year of Birth
1961
Organization
The School for Peace
Identity
Palestinian citizen of Israel
Languages spoken
Arabic, Hebrew, English
Website(s)
Date of Interview
02/01/2005
05/24/2004
02/01/2005
Interviewer
Joline Makhlouf
"I understand that they are afraid. I am also afraid of them, but I am dealing with it by living in Wahat al-Salam. The way they deal with their fear is by fighting. But war leads only to more war, and fear leads only to more fear."
Before moving to the unique, intentionally mixed Palestinian and Jewish community of Neve Shalom/Wahat Al-Salam in Israel, Wafa Srour was an insurance agent. She was nominally involved in activism with the Communist Party and women's movements in Eilaboun, Ramle and Tel Aviv. Wafa is responsible for women's programming at the School for Peace at NSWAS, and aims to strengthen women's roles in conflict resolution. Her activities focus on dialogue meetings and encounters among Palestinian and Israeli women.
