Time to heal I returned to the wadi, to look for the fairy who had kindly given me the key to the well of memories, and the spell of forgetting. On my way there I thought about how I would give her with feedback regarding my experience at the well of memories. …

Between the spell of forgetting and the well of memories1 On the way I met the good fairy - What will you ask for? She asked - To remember. I spoke. And, to forget - What would you like to forget? Asked the fairy - That which haunts me in…

It’s early in the morning and I’m in a preliminary Zoom meeting for an international executives’ forum. My interlocutor opens his camera. He’s in a faraway country, where it’s already afternoon. His surfboards peak out over his shoulders. He doesn’t know me yet, nor what to expect. …

Hamutal Gouri is the former executive director of the Dafna Fund, a feminist fund working to promote women’s organisations in Israel. She is founding Director of Impact Storytelling: consulting, training and storytelling for social change, as well as being an active member of Women Wage Peace, Board Chair of Mashu-Mashu…

The labors of protest, of resistance and of healing the world never end. even when we grow weary of it, or decide to break free for a while. They always come back to grab our attention and teach us a lesson in humility. …

Fourth lockdown. Or maybe third. I lost count. But I went grocery shopping and bought essentials such as chocolate chips and wine. Since the pandemic erupted in March last year, I found that storytelling and baking help sustain me and fill me with hope. This week, I made hot chocolate…

Why Do I Need — Indeed, We All Need — UNSC Resolution 1325? If the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 were a face cream or the next iPhone to roll out of Apple, a well-oiled publicity apparatus would already had let us know — hammering us with TV ads, billboards and pop-ups on social media — that we simply must have it…