Amaging Egypt!!! It's the same here in Korea.
All I can say is the queendom is about to surface... There I see a much more wholistic reality emerging now. Best wishes to you from us in Korea, spark 2011. 12. 28. 오후 10:49에 "Dr. Claudia Gross" <i...@claudiagross.com>님이 작성: > Dear All! > > A great year is about to be over soon - and another wonder-ful year is > ready to start. > In Germany, we call this period between Christmas and New Year "between > the years" and this is exactly how I feel right now: > Having a look back on the TaDa's of 2011 (its high points, successes, > joys) and dreaming about 2012 ;-) > > It's the perfect time to have a look back on the development of Open Space > in Egypt. > As you already have seen in Eslam Erman's post, the short movie about one > of the OS events documents our work "live and in colour": > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l7iZ955QH8&feature=share . It was so > fantastic and encouraging to receive your great comments and feedback - > highly appreciated! :-) > > In total, 10 Open Spaces were facilitated (+ 1 happening on Dec 31st - > insha'allah) on topics as diverse as "Egypt at the Crossroads", "Unity in > Diversity"/ interfaith dialogues, refugees in Egypt, voluntarism, effective > citizenship - just to name a few. Over 400 women and men from over 20 > Egyptian governorates have participated in the events. They are still in > contact by closed fb groups and are now working on the next steps > initiatives they have identified. > > Additionally, the website Open Space Egypt was created by Eslam ( > http://www.openspaceegypt.com/) and has its own fb group ( > http://www.facebook.com/groups/257887974253169/). Thanks to Ramy Mortada > we have new great posters with the five OS principles, the law, butterflies > & bumblebees and the final admonition in Arabic and English. We are > currently in the process of translating more material as Arabic resources > for the coming Open Space events. > > To respond to the need of having Arabic speaking Open Space facilitators, > I have trained a group of 13 who are now able to facilitate their own > events. Right after this training, I was asked by others to repeat the > training, so the basis of Arabic speaking facilitators will increase in > 2012 again. The weekend after this training, the new facilitators already > run their first Open Space on Informal Areas: two of them facilitated it > and five were assisting them as a core team. Can't tell you how proud I was > when I saw all of them making this event happen - it was a big and > inspiring success! :-) > > The development of Open Space in Egypt has gained momentum: The new > facilitators are planning to organize more Open Spaces, we all want to > increase the PR to attract more sponsors and interested participants, we > continue our OSLEX meetings to have an exchange on our learning, and we > keep on translating and developing useful materials to support the > facilitators regarding their important work. > I personally believe it's just a matter of time until we start supporting > other countries in the Arab world in facilitating their own Open Spaces ;-) > > Wish you all a great year 2012 filled with health, love, joy and peace! > > Warm regards from Cairo, > > Claudia > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > >
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