“With great joy I endorse the work of the Boulder-Nablus Sister City Project.” We were graced with a heart-warming letter voicing support for Nablus as a sister city to Boulder from Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, an elder in the Boulder Jewish community, one of the founders of the Jewish Renewal movement, and an innovator in ecumenical dialogue.
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Palestinian architect Naseer Arafat has dedicated much of his life and work to the restoration and preservation of buildings in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. Last year, his extensive research and work came to fruition as Nablus, City of Civilizations, an impressive and extensive architectural and historical survey
Read more →Green Olive Tour This short video highlights an incredible opportunity provided by Green Olive Tours. Along this journey you can visit Jacob’s Well, The Old City, Balata Refugee Camp, an olive oil soap factory, and Mount Grizim and the samaritan village. A creative and alternative approach to experience the
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“The people [of Nablus] are unbelievably warm, welcoming, and ordinary, and that having a sister city affiliation with Boulder would be an extremely positive thing here.” Hello to the members of the Boulder City Council! My name is Heather and I am a student at CU Boulder studying International Affairs
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“Nablus is home to thousands of refugees from around Israel and Palestine and is home to Muslims, Jews, Christians, and Samaritans. They have a long history of inter-cultural communication that is imbedded in the culture. This acceptance of different backgrounds I think mirrors Boulder’s dedication to acceptance of different backgrounds
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We’re thrilled to receive the support of the well known humanitarian, activist, prolific writer, and professor, Noam Chomsky. “I urge the Boulder City Council to support the measure. Such a proposal is not ‘anti-Semitic’ as some opponents of the measure have claimed, nor is it even ‘anti-Israel’. To the contrary, it
Read more →One of the more common questions that comes up about our project concerns ways to get involved with volunteering and internships in Nablus itself. Of course, my first answer is always join our project, become a member, and we’ll help you get there! Unfortunately, as our project is still very
Read more →This Wednesday, February 20th, at 7:00 pm, the BNSCP will be facilitating a showing of the documentary film entitled, ‘5 Broken Cameras’. This film will take place on campus at the University of Colorado in Boulder, in the Duane Physics building, Room G1B20. This event is FREE and open to
Read more →Our next film series will begin on February 20th with the academy award nominated film 5 Broken Cameras. Look for more information on this event soon!! With that in mind, here is a short recap of our last film festival to give a feel for the films we screen.
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