Global Music Project

Summer 2008 Program

Session I: June 1 - July 4
Session II: June 29 - August 1

* An orientation program and an educational tour of Palestine/Israel that include visits and meetings in Jaffa, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Bilin, Ramallah, Tel-Aviv, Kibbutz Lohamei HaGetaot, al-Ghabisiyya (destroyed 1948 village), Nazareth, Dheisheh refugee camp and settlements around Jerusalem.

* One month of working as a volunteer in a grassroots organization, a research organization, or human rights organization in the occupied Palestinian territories or in Israel.

* Meetings with Palestinian and Israeli student activists for peace and justice.

Deadlines to apply: April 30

Recommended books to be read before joining the internship program:
1. The Iron Cage by Rashid Khalidi, 2006
2. The Road Map to Nowhere, by Tanya Reinhart, 2006
3. The Modern Middle East: Revised Edition by Albert H. Hourani, Phillip Khoury, and Mary Wilson, 2004
4. King Abdullah, Britain and the Making of Jordan (Cambridge Middle East Library) (Paperback) by Mary Christina Wilson, 1990
5. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe (Paperback), 2007

Fees:
Housing fee: $100 per session to be paid prior to departure
Application fee: $10, to be submitted with application (non refundable).

It can be paid on line via the Donate button.

Health and travelInsurance is mandatory.

Group health/travel insurance is available to FFIPP interns for $75 for one or two sessions. Call 413-253-0676 for information.

Housing will be provided and local students will assist the interns at different locations.

Application (for college and univesity students ONLY)

Brochure 

Agreement

What Interns say

This internship has opened me up on many levels. I saw the reality of the Occupation in Palestine and was forced to question my own country's (and hence my own) part in what is happening there. Working with a number of organizations I gained a sense of the peace movement in Israel and Palestine and also of the smaller, more local efforts, such as children's centers, to address the disadvantages Palestinians face.
Summer 2006 student intern, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

When I saw the Deheishe refugee camp, I thought it was not true. Just imagine. There are 11,000 refugees there and a segregation wall around them. But, what is the most surprising is that there in Ibdaa, the community center in the Deheishe refugee camp, you also find the most open-minded people, the most free-thinking people and the friendliest people you have ever met. For me, Ibdaa needs to exist as long as the Palestinians rights won't be recognized. We mustn't forget that Palestinian Rights are also our rights, so Ibdaa is also the place where our own freedom is surviving.
Summer 2007 student intern, Institute of Political Studies of Bordeaux, France

Though the situation here is dismal, it is encouraging to know that there are so many Israelis and Palestinians here who are working towards peace. During my session here, I will be working with the Freedom Theatre in Jenin, contributing my time to a wonderful organization that has already given many children here the chance to participate in and create art. Needless to say, my life has been changed much since arriving here a week ago, so in the fall, I will tell my peers at Georgetown and in Shanghai about my experiences here in the hopes that we can translate the peace movement I have found here to around the globe.
Summer 2007 student intern, Georgetown University

For me it was a great opportunity to get in contact with Israel and Palestine. I had the chance to do research and to work on my final thesis, but more importantly it was a way to get in contact with people, be it Palestinians, Israeli or other international students, who worked in the same field. By this experience I understand much more of the political and social situation in the Occupied Territories and about life in the Middle East in general (during the internship I also had the chance to visit Jordan and Egypt).
Summer 2006 student intern, University of Bologna, Italy

Summer 2008 Program Session III: June 29 - August 1

* An orientation program and an educational tour of Palestine/Israel that include visits and meetings in Jaffa, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Bilin, Ramallah, Tel-Aviv, Kibbutz Lohamei HaGetaot, al-Ghabisiyya (destroyed 1948 village), Nazareth, Dheisheh refugee camp and settlements around Jerusalem. * One month of working as a volunteer in a grassroots organization, a research organization, or human rights organization in the occupied Palestinian territories or in Israel. * Meetings with Palestinian and Israeli student activists for peace and justice. Deadlines to apply: one month before session begins

Summer 2008 Program Session II: June 15 - July 18

Session I: June 1 - July 4 Session II: June 15 - July 18 Session III: June 29 - August 1 * An orientation program and an educational tour of Palestine/Israel that include visits and meetings in Jaffa, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Bilin, Ramallah, Tel-Aviv, Kibbutz Lohamei HaGetaot, al-Ghabisiyya (destroyed 1948 village), Nazareth, Dheisheh refugee camp and settlements around Jerusalem. * One month of working as a volunteer in a grassroots organization, a research organization, or human rights organization in the occupied Palestinian territories or in Israel.

Summer 2008 Program Session I: June 1 - July 4

Session I: June 1 - July 4 Session II: June 15 - July 18 Session III: June 29 - August 1 * An orientation program and an educational tour of Palestine/Israel that include visits and meetings in Jaffa, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Bilin, Ramallah, Tel-Aviv, Kibbutz Lohamei HaGetaot, al-Ghabisiyya (destroyed 1948 village), Nazareth, Dheisheh refugee camp and settlements around Jerusalem. * One month of working as a volunteer in a grassroots organization, a research organization, or human rights organization in the occupied Palestinian territories or in Israel. * Meetings with Palestinian and Israeli student activists for peace and justice.