[OSList] Open Space development in Egypt 2011

[Stanley Park]

Amaging Egypt!!!

It's the same here in Korea.

All I can say is the queendom is about to surface...

There I see a much more wholistic reality emerging now.

Best wishes to you from us in Korea,

spark
2011. 12. 28. 오후 10:49에 "Dr. Claudia Gross" <info at claudiagross.com>님이 작성:

> Dear All!
>
> A great year is about to be over soon - and another wonder-ful year is
> ready to start.
> In Germany, we call this period between Christmas and New Year "between
> the years" and this is exactly how I feel right now:
> Having a look back on the TaDa's of 2011 (its high points, successes,
> joys) and dreaming about 2012  ;-)
>
> It's the perfect time to have a look back on the development of Open Space
> in Egypt.
> As you already have seen in Eslam Erman's post, the short movie about one
> of the OS events documents our work "live and in colour":
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l7iZ955QH8&feature=share . It was so
> fantastic and encouraging to receive your great comments and feedback -
> highly appreciated! :-)
>
> In total, 10 Open Spaces were facilitated (+ 1 happening on Dec 31st -
> insha'allah) on topics as diverse as "Egypt at the Crossroads", "Unity in
> Diversity"/ interfaith dialogues, refugees in Egypt, voluntarism, effective
> citizenship - just to name a few. Over 400 women and men from over 20
> Egyptian governorates have participated in the events. They are still in
> contact by closed fb groups and are now working on the next steps
> initiatives they have identified.
>
> Additionally, the website Open Space Egypt was created by Eslam (
> http://www.openspaceegypt.com/) and has its own fb group (
> http://www.facebook.com/groups/257887974253169/). Thanks to Ramy Mortada
> we have new great posters with the five OS principles, the law, butterflies
> & bumblebees and the final admonition in Arabic and English. We are
> currently in the process of translating more material as Arabic resources
> for the coming Open Space events.
>
> To respond to the need of having Arabic speaking Open Space facilitators,
> I have trained a group of 13 who are now able to facilitate their own
> events. Right after this training, I was asked by others to repeat the
> training, so the basis of Arabic speaking facilitators will increase in
> 2012 again. The weekend after this training, the new facilitators already
> run their first Open Space on Informal Areas: two of them facilitated it
> and five were assisting them as a core team. Can't tell you how proud I was
> when I saw all of them making this event happen - it was a big and
> inspiring success! :-)
>
> The development of Open Space in Egypt has gained momentum: The new
> facilitators are planning to organize more Open Spaces, we all want to
> increase the PR to attract more sponsors and interested participants, we
> continue our OSLEX meetings to have an exchange on our learning, and we
> keep on translating and developing useful materials to support the
> facilitators regarding their important work.
> I personally believe it's just a matter of time until we start supporting
> other countries in the Arab world in facilitating their own Open Spaces  ;-)
>
> Wish you all a great year 2012 filled with health, love, joy and peace!
>
> Warm regards from Cairo,
>
> Claudia
>
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