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“I believe, especially after October 7th, that the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean, including Gaza, is ultimately one space.”

Magda Seewald (VIDC) in conversation with Avraham Burg the former Speaker of the Israeli Knesset

In this interview, Avraham Burg describes a possible but long road to a solution, because decades of fear and hatred need time to heal.

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[Translate to English:] Kontrollpunkt bei Bethlehem. Einreise in die Westbank, © imageBROKER/Wolfgang Noack/Alamy Stock Photo

„Wir müssen einen viel besseren Weg finden, um zusammenzuleben.“

Dr. Rula Hardal im Gespräch mit Michael Fanizadeh (VIDC Global Dialogue)

Rula Hardal is co-chair of A Land for All, a Palestinian-Israeli movement that is in favour of a confederal two-state solution in Israel and Palestine.

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Balkh Universität, © Privat

Silent Dreams: The Story of an Afghan Educator in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan

#10: Life under the Taliban

Hadia was a lecturer at a private university in Balkh province, Afghanistan, before she lost her job and source of income after the Taliban took power.

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"Who's this house's owner?"

A Built, Destroyed and then Built Again Home: Binationalism as a Safe Shelter

by Avi-ram Tzoreff (Zochrot)

Avi-ram Tzoreff analyses the Israeli-Palestinian situation from a post-colonial perspective and comes to the conclusion that binationalism could be the solution to overcome the colonial cycle of violence.

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Reception in the Vienna Town Hall 2024, © AKIS

Overcoming limits, shaping the future: empowering Afghan women and girls through education

Report from 3 May 2024

The Afghan cultural association AKIS, in cooperation with VIDC, organized an event in Vienna with the aim of raising awareness of the pressing educational limitations faced by Afghan women and girls.

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J. Ahmad, , S. Albaradan, F. Khalil-Hammoud, C. Niknafs, S. Papatheophilou, T. Kritt, M. Seewald, H. Neutwirth © OXUS

The Syrian diaspora in Austria

Between humanitarian and political engagement

As part of the event, the study "Syrian Diaspora Engagement in Austria" was presented and commented on by representatives of ADA, MA 17 and the umbrella organisation of Viennese social institutions.

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Salvation through third countries? How the EU neighboring countries should solve our asylum and migration dilemmas

Report from 8 April 2024

Migration researcher Judith Kohlenberger, lawyer Neva Övünç Öztürk and Karl Kopp from PRO ASYL in Germany discussed the reform of the "Common European Asylum System" with moderator Ilker Ataç.

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Afghan women’s war for gender equality

By Horia Mosadiq

Despite the severe restrictions on their rights and freedoms which is amounting to gender apartheid, Afghan women are finding ways to resist the Taliban's oppressive regime and demonstrate remarkable resilience.

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Journey of Resistance: Women Under Taliban Rule

#9: Life under the Taliban

Mahnoor, a doctor from Herat, Afghanistan, tells us her story and how, despite all the adversity, she never loses hope for a better future: "I am fighting for my daughter!"

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Afghan Civil Society Forum in Vienna

Report from 1 - 2 December 2023

The VIDC invited Afghan organizations from nine European countries to a conference to promote dialogue between diaspora groups and people working for peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan.

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