Boulder’s First Official Delegation to Nablus You are welcome to join us at a presentation by delegates who participated in the first official delegation to Nablus, Palestine in the Spring 2017. Meet the friends we made and learn more about the activities that are underway connecting citizens of both cities. Available
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In May 2017 the Mayor of Nablus, Mr. Ass’ad Sawalmeh, traveled to Boulder to sign a partnership agreement, thereby making official the sister city relationship that has been underway since 2011. Click below to read the agreement in English or Arabic: Boulder and Nablus Sister City Signed Agreement
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After 6 years of tending and cultivating friendships between citizens of Boulder, CO USA and Nablus, Palestine, mayors of the two cities met on May 2, 2017 to sign a Partnership Agreement making it official: Boulder and Nablus are sister’d! Mr. Ass’ad Sawalmeh and Mr. Abdelafo Aker traveled to Boulder
Read more →Written by: Maria Flegas April 3, 2017 Dear Nablus, we are going to Miss You. Thank you for your shining faces, your deep eyes, for all the welcome songs, for all the hand shakes, all the coffee rituals ( every 90 minutes! I was in Heaven)), and for showing us
Read more →Day Four: “Say khanafe!” This was our first day to divide into sub-delegations. And we ended together with a light meal and stories at our friend Salwa’s home, who lives in the Old Askar refugee camp. Salwa became our friend last fall when she came to Boulder and was hosted
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March 30, 2017 nother very rich and honored day here in Nablus with the company of this warm and dear delegation. Truly a group of curious, delightful, and caring individuals. We started our day off going to Pioneers School. A truly remarkable staff and student body. Just walking down the
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Read more →29 March 2017 I woke up with the ideas of our pen-paling project whirling through my head. The meeting yesterday with the director of general education in the ministry of education, a room full of public school teachers and principals and the head of the school of education program, made
Read more →Written by: Maria Flegas Date: March 28th: This week was Women’s international Day in Nablus! An incredibly fortunate time to be here, where the focus on women was strong and daily. Throughout this week we received the regular acknowledgements of the value of women in many facets of this society,
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