S3 E1: SHARING SACRED LAND | SULAIMAN KHATIB
Sulaiman Khatib grew up in a small Palestinian village, on the outskirts of Jerusalem. At the age of 14, he and his friend received long jail sentences for stabbing and injuring two Israeli soldiers. In the jail library he studied the history of the Jewish people, and began to understand that there were equally compelling narratives to both sides. A reconstructed perspective of non-violence, further impacted by hunger strikes in jail, seeded his future dedication to peace and reconciliation work.
In 2005 he cofounded the Combatants for Peace, an organization created by Palestinian and Israeli former fighters and victims of violence. Combatants for Peace is modeled on humanistic values of empathy, forgiveness and mutual respect for a future of peace on the sacred homeland that both Palestinians and Israelis love, fighting not each other - but the common enemy of hatred and fear.
Nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize, his transformative journey and visionary optimism is rooted in a deep love of the land, ancient wisdom, and spirituality.
Episode 05: PLACES OF RISK | PLACES OF SERVICE
What does it mean to live on the edge? Jerry Roback is most comfortable describing himself as a wild man, a humanitarian adventurer, a self appointed and fearless grass roots citizen of compassionate service. He seeks the oasis - the calm, the magic, the rescue in places of suffering, a sanctuary for discussions across divides…. or simply… in the need that reveals itself in spontaneous encounters. That is his home. This unbridled spirit has provided a life resume of the ordinary extraordinary in places near and far.