Today’s Good People, Good Works will be presented in Arabic and English, with subtitles in Arabic, Aulacese (Vietnamese), Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Mongolian, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Thai.

Hallo, peace-loving viewers, and welcome to Good People, Good Works on Supreme Master Television. This week’s program features the Palestinian non-profit groups, the Pontifical Mission Library, the Dar Al-Tifel Al-Arabi Organization and the Dar Al-Fonon Wa Al-Turath Center, which are dedicated to nurturing and improving the well-being of Palestinian youth to ensure them a bright future.

The Pontifical Mission Library is a community library funded by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine, an agency of the Holy See founded by Pope Pius XII in 1949 to assist Palestinian refugees. The Library was established in 1970 and since 1977 has been housed in its own wing of the Bethlehem University Library, where it serves residents of nearby villages and refugee camps, as well as the University’s students and faculty.

We have varied activities, not only art sessions. We have computer sessions, we have guitar lessons, you know, we have inter-religious and intercultural dialogue sessions. We have topical discussions for the young people. We also have like human formation, wherein we are emphasizing values, like values of cleanliness and of respect.

And so in the process the students who are participating in this camp, they develop because of the approach, which is integral formation of the person. So they develop themselves to the fullest, not only giving emphasis on something academic but at the same time something cultural, social and even psychological, emotional and physical aspect of themselves.

The Library’s materials, which serve as resources in developing Palestinian education, include an extensive collection of teacher-training materials in Arabic, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. In addition, the Library conducts activities and dialogues to promote peace and respect among various cultures and religions.

In some of the sessions that we have they realize that religion, is not a hindrance for them to establish relationships among themselves. They are all like an instrument for these people, these young people to be instruments of peace to one another, not only among themselves, among the Palestinians, but really reaching out and to promote that kind of peace, the genuine peace that the people in this region need.

Peace, peace to the people of God everywhere
Peace, peace to the people of God everywhere

We sang salaam, salaam, peace be with you, and this is one of the favorite songs, of our members, the young, and even the youth, and even among the adults. And is like one way of telling them not to lose hope, to promote and to work for peace. You can see them like enjoying what they are doing. So there is this sense of openness, and the willingness to learn among the young ones.

The Dar Al-Tifel Al-Arabi (Arab Children’s House) Organization in Jerusalem is a non-profit group that provides a suitable life, shelter, a good upbringing, education, and medical and social care for the children of Palestine. The charity looks after 40 orphans and operates a school for over 1,100 girls.

The Organization was founded by Ms. Hind Al-Husseini, a philanthropic Palestinian known for her courageous, compassionate act of rescuing 55 orphans who were from Deir Yassin, a village near Jerusalem. Ms. Mahira Dajani, President of the Dar Al-Tifel Al-Arabi Board of Trustees now presents the story of Ms. Hind and her founding of the Dar Al-Tifel Al-Arabi Organization.

She brought the children to her house here. And she is with them here. Now many people heard that she is looking after orphans, some of them sent orphans to her, and some of them sent to her food, clothes, and mattresses; whatever they could afford. Even Anwar Al-Khatib, who was the governor of Jerusalem, he used to send her donations from the merchants who wanted to bring, from Jordan, flour, sugar, or anything. He used to tell them, “Give Hind so and so.”

But she thought that it’s better if she can organize an association. She asked her friends around her, and she made this association with her friends from the Movement women of Jerusalem. So it was founded in 1948 for the sake of the orphans of Deir Yassin.

Ms. Hind Al-Husseini formed a board of trustees, where she was president, and through the help and experience of its members and friends, the orphanage grew and orphans from various villages and cities were taught at the facility, including two Jewish girls who were not accepted at other schools. Being deeply concerned about women’s education, she also established a college for women in 1982.

At that time, the families were very strict about going to schools, or college co-education, or (going) outside Jerusalem. They wouldn’t send their daughters to Haifa; they didn’t know what would happen to them. So she built this building which is the college for women, and she began the school, the college there, and in the year before her death, she gave the permit to Al-Quds (Jerusalem) University to be part of this college. Now it’s a part of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) University. And we we gave the name Hind Al-Husseini College For Women.

Ms. Hind’s selfless, benevolent efforts to help the children and women of Palestine gained her international recognition through awards such as the Jordan Globe Medallion for social work in 1983, the Jordan Globe Medallion for education in 1985, and the First Degree Medallion from Germany in 1989. She passed away in 1994, after which Ms. Mahira Dajani took charge of the Organization. Besides its orphanage and schools, the Organization also serves the whole of Palestinian society by holding lectures, cultural and art exhibitions, and workshops in villages as well as at the Palestine Heritage Museum.

And the museum, to keep the girls in touch with their heritage, we try in the workshops to give them an idea about their heritage.

I am Harry Mari. I am the teacher of the Art Workshop of the Museum. We are teaching the girls here. We teach them about the traditional embroidery and the Palestinian embroidery with the nice samples and the nice colors.

Dar Al-Fonon Wa Al-Turath Center student

Kid (m): See, I’m going to have a show in the sky,
to let you know, to let you know, see the real, see it in me;
I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be now,
going to let the light shine on me,
now I’ve found who I am, there is no way to hold it in,
no more hiding who I want to be, this is me.

The Dar Al-Fonon Wa Al-Turath Center was founded in 2007 by a group of enthusiastic residents of the Askar refugee camp in Nablus, a city in the northern West Bank of Palestine, with the goal of developing and reviving Palestine’s artistic heritage.

My name is Hatem Al-Hafi, the director of this Center. This Center's name is Dar Al-Fonon Wa Al-Turath;“House of Art and Heritage.” This Center was established in this area inside the Askar refugee camp three years ago to develop our life and our cultural life here. Our aim for this Center is to discover anyone who wants a hobby in the arts and we develop his hobbies here. We started to work three years ago and we have a lot of programs in our Center, like the school for arts, all kind of arts, the school for music.

The Center began its artistic, cultural and heritage activities at the beginning of 2007 and has attracted many students to its workshops and training programs which are run by over 50 volunteers.

We have 30 students; they come to play music here, like piano, violin, and all the percussion And we have about 60 students; they come to dance here. We have a lot of dance here like breakdance, folklore dance, Palestinian dance, all the kinds. And we have a class for drama and psychodrama, too. And we have about 13 members. And we have classes for the arts, basic arts. About 30 students come to paint. And they come to make handicrafts.

The Center’s programs nurture the young culturally by developing their artistic talents.

Ameed (m): We care for the talented students who have interest in music and they want to highlight them, but do not know how and where So, we try to give these students the right, a fraction of their right, as much as we can by our simple and humble capabilities. And, God-willing, we could serve the country and those special children here. I want to say that we have created here a kind of integration between the city, the camp and the village.

O, Nablus, the Light of God on Earth,
O, Nablus! The warmth in the severe cold!
O, Nablus, the Light of God on Earth,
O, Nablus! The warmth in the severe cold!
From my voice I send you a prayer to each lane that has people.
O, Nablus, the Light of God on Earth,
O, Nablus! The warmth in the severe cold!
From my voice I send you a prayer to each lane that has people.
My compassionate mother, we call thee!
What, O, great, is like thee? From Yasmina, we call thee!
What, O, great, is like thee? Stars in the sky are created for thee!
Stars in the sky are created for thee!
O, Nablus, the Light of God on Earth,
O, Nablus! The warmth in the severe cold!


See the real, see it in me,
how I’m exactly where I am supposed to be now,
going to let the light shine on me,
now I’ve found who I am there is no way to hold it in,
no more hiding who I want to be, this is me.

Our salute, the Pontifical Mission Library, the Dar Al-Tifel Al-Arabi Organization, and the Dar Al-Fonon Wa Al-Turath Center for providing Palestinian youth with wonderful learning and cultural enrichment opportunities through diverse classes and programs. Truly you are helping to create the next generation of leaders and visionaries for Palestine.

For more details on the organizations featured today, please visit the following websites:
Pontifical Mission Library www.PontificalMission.org
Dar Al-Tifel Al-Arabi Institute www.DarTifl.org
Dar Al-Fonon Wa Al-Turath Center www.DarAlFonon.org

Engaging viewers, thank you for joining us on today’s program. Up next is The World Around Us, after Noteworthy News. May Divine love always brighten your life with joyous blessings.