Healing the Wounds of History

26/02/2022

Sharing the podcast of our wonderful Joanna Jurdi . how wonderful to see the HWH community relight the candle of Healing the wounds of history and peacbuilding in their own way.

A heartfelt conversation with Matthew Pruen and Mirvat Bakkour around “Healing the Wounds of History”Starting from an international conference launched by Al...

24/04/2018

Healing Wounds of History is newly featured on PeaceInsight among the dozens of significant peace projects and organizations currently active in Lebanon.

Published by Peace Direct, Peace Insight is the leading online resource mapping local peacebuilding in conflict zones worldwide.
This flagship website maps and profiles over 1,500 local peacebuilding organisations working on the frontlines of war. Their unique network of Local Peacebuilding Experts provides first hand insight into 44 conflicts raging around the world.
The site is a one-stop resource for journalists, academics, peacebuilders and policy makers looking to understand the scope and impact of conflict resolution work around the world.

PeaceInsight maps local organisations to raise awareness of local peacebuilding and increase public support for them.
The work of local people who dedicate their lives to stopping war and building peace is rarely publicised.
Despite saving lives in war zones, their work is routinely overlooked, their projects remain underfunded and their successes aren’t replicated. This must change.

PeaceInsight research demonstrates that there are a wide range of high quality programmes that are identifying and directly intervening to prevent conflicts on a wide range of issues, from land conflicts to demobilisation and reintegration of militia members.
However, a frequently voiced opinion in the interviews they conducted was that there was not enough sharing of information or collaboration between those different projects.
PeaceInsight hope is that the mapping can provide a practical resource to increase coordination, while facilitating more support to local groups active in this area.

https://www.peaceinsight.org/conflicts/lebanon/

Information on the work of local peacebuilding organisations overcoming sectarian divides in Lebanon, in the midst of regional tensions and recent civil war

16/03/2018

Inspiring story: Salima - an English teacher/ Part of HWH community is sharing the drawing of her student in class after performing the ritual of “: I relax, I LL do my best and life is wonderful “ with her classroom every morning! It seems the girl is really relaxed ! Wonderful innocence and blessed childhood! Thank you Salima for sharing the spirit of HWH in your classroom!

07/03/2018

A short film featuring the purpose and benefits of HWH training of teachers in Lebanon to support the psychosocial wellbeing of children affected by conflict in the region.

04/10/2017

Join us for a workshop on the power of language by Alexandra Asseily on October 14th from 6:00 pm to 7 pm in beit beirut

Sacred Catastrophe : Healing Lebanon aims to transform Beirut into a “city of light” through an art exhibition, 40-day public performance, publications, lectures, concerts and workshops targeting art and peacemaking. The multi-disciplinary intervention is using one of Beirut’s most iconic war-torn b...

04/09/2017

04/09/2017

At the 2017 Spirit of Humanity Forum in Iceland, Jim Paymer sat down with Alexandra Asseily to discuss conflict, bridging divides and her experiences in Lebanon JP: There aren’t many countries that have seen conflict as long lasting as the Lebanese. Tell me about the origins of the conflict… AA: I w...

04/09/2017

Jim Paymer sat down with Alexandra Asseily to look at the conflict in Lebanon.

31/05/2017

Published on 20 Jun 2013

Documentary (Part One) of the proceedings of the HWH Conference in Lebanon Nov 2011.

Under the High Patronage of His Excellency, the President of the Council of Ministers, Mr Najib Mikati, the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS) and the Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace (GHFP), in partnership with the Institute of Diplomacy and Conflict Transformation, organised the International Conference on 'Healing the Wounds of History: Addressing the Roots of Violence'. The Conference was hosted by the Lebanese American University (LAU) on 11-13 November at its campus situated in the beautiful ancient city of Byblos, Lebanon.

The Conference explored the innovative psycho-social approaches to addressing the deeper roots of violence. The goal was to establish constructive relations between the people and communities in present-day Lebanon.

Part One of the documentary includes the keynote speeches given by Professor Vamik Volkan who highlighted the need to heal the wounds of history through forgiveness in order to avoid the transgenerational transmission of trauma. It also features other speakers who discusses the necessity of sharing narratives, of listening, of forgiveness and compassion in the process of healing and building solidarity after wars and violence in a society.

Featuring: Alexandra Asseily, George Asseily, Professor Vamik Volkan, Professor Antoine Messarra, Professor Leila Fawaz, Dr Eileen Boris, Reina Sarkis.

06/03/2017

https://healingwoundsofhistory.com/

Experiential journeys enabling people to become more aware of and heal unresolved past wounds, thus addressing the deeper causes of violence.

21/02/2017

The National Center for Historical Memory’s (NCHM) purpose is to contribute to the comprehensive reparation and to the right to the truth for the victims of the Colombian armed conflict as well as society in general. The Center accomplishes this by reconstructing, through the testimony of victims ..

http://www.centrodememoriahistorica.gov.co/

20/12/2016

The success of module 3 in year three of the Healing the Wounds of History workshops conducted by Alexandra Asseily, Mathew Pruen, and assisted by Mirvat Bakkour, is a sign that we have a firm foothold in the future of this exciting and transformative program.
We welcomed a great diversity of participants from different countries and backgrounds: self development, teaching, NGOs, and healing.
The module included once again a diversity of tools to work on relationships with ourselves and “The Other”, “What is my responsibility for peace in the world?”, “The power of language” and many other challenging procedures to bring peace and understanding.
In continuing this transformative journey, we bring to reality new possibilities for the future. As the HWH community continues to grow, it takes HWH further out into the public arena through families, schools, work and communities.

Healing the Wounds of History Training programme Module III, Year 3: Facilitated by Matthew Pruen and Alexandra Asseily took place 18th, 19th, 20th November 2016 at the Silk Musuem, Bsous.

05/11/2016

http://theforgivenessproject.com/event-annual-lecture-the-quality-of-mercy-anger-forgiveness-and-making-peace-with-the-past/

We are very excited to announce that the poet Lemn Sissay will be delivering our 2016 Annual Lecture, on the subject of The Quality of Mercy – anger, forgiveness and making peace with the past. He will be talking about how the rejection and isolation he experienced in foster care has shaped him as a...

05/09/2015

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/wellbeing/11845067/Forgiveness-why-its-the-new-mindfulness.html

Could being forgiving be the answer to everything you've been searching for?

10/08/2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/06/world/asia/witnesses-to-hiroshima-atomic-bomb-pass-their-stories-to-a-new-generation.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share&_r=0

In a Japanese project, volunteers called “denshosha” spend time with elderly survivors of the bombing, learning their stories to pass them along.

10/08/2015

http://toolsforlearning.org/lets-talk

Justine Abi Saad Jun 2015 Plato says: “you can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation...” In addition, through play, we do not only learn more about the other, but also about our own selves... In a world where youth can alternatively be primary victims and/or…

23/06/2015

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/22/world/kim-phuc-where-is-she-now/index.html

An iconic photo from the Vietnam War captured Kim P**c in a little girl's moment of agony. Now she has learned to forgive.