Mujawarah for Life and Development
An Introduction to a Workshop That Reveals More Than It Discusses Writer and researcher Nour Hoteit opened the workshop by placing the Beit Sahour experience within a wider Arab landscape where the right to healthcare is collapsing under the weight of crises. From Lebanon’s economic freefall, to Gaza’s hospitals turned
Bizzaria: When Isolation Turned into a Collective Women-Led Initiative Among the hills stretching to the north-west of Nablus, the village of Bizzaria stands as though encircled by a belt of isolation. Three governorates surround it from every direction, yet proximity never meant ease of movement—especially during the Second Intifada, when
Mujawarah / Palestine The image was flickering, the sound cutting in and out - yet one thing in the conversation remained clear: the will to continue. Nour Hoteit, facilitator of the session on behalf of Mujawarah for Life and Development, opened the dialogue by reflecting on the Gazans who have
Dialogue with the Beit Emmaus Cooperative – Jerusalem: When Women Create the Act of Life Where Bread Meets the Earth In Jerusalem, where the scent of bread mingles with the scent of the soil, stories are born from working hands. In the village of al-Qubeibeh, northwest of the city, a
In Palestine, life is not measured by what people own, but by what they manage to preserve amid constant attempts at erasure. There, where the everyday becomes a struggle for survival, the cooperative movement rises as one of the most resilient and enduring forms of steadfastness. These are not merely
Context: Mujawarah is an Arabic concept centred on encounter and dialogue. It reflects a way of being together that becomes a social medium for learning, exchange, and shared community life. From Absence to the Question In many parts of the world, September brings the sounds of children heading to school,
By: Maree Bashir In a world growing increasingly fragile, and at a time when grand narratives are breaking down, the word “development” carries a weight it can no longer bear. We hear it in speeches, we see it in projects, but it rarely resembles the life we know — a
Cooperatives as a Human-Centred Reclaiming of Life By: Maree Bashir The idea of working on cooperatives at Mujawarah for Life & Development didn’t emerge from books, conferences, or polished reports. It came from a far simpler yet deeper place: a question we found ourselves asking again and again as we
From the People, For the People: Mujawarah as a Renewing Human Practice By Maree Bashir- Founder at Mujawarah for life and Development “The Arabic version is below.” How can we reimagine educational spaces in a world where knowledge accelerates, but human connection frays? How can we create spaces where individuals
