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Madison-Rafah Sister City Project
22-Mar-05


©1992 Magellan Geographics, Wisconsin and Gaza.

Goals

The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project involves a group of concerned citizens in Madison, Wisconsin and the refugee camp of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.

We are working together to forge person-to-person understanding between our two communities. We expect to build wider public awareness of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a lasting relationship that will positively affect the citizens of both cities.

Our work will center on understanding Palestinian culture, exposing the daily effects of Israel's occupation of Rafah and Palestine, and opposing U.S. support for those Israeli policies that have created a growing humanitarian catastrophe for the Palestinians.


Israeli army bulldozer (International Press Center, Jan 2002) and building in Rafah (UN Relief and Works Agency, Jan 2003)


To accomplish this we are working with the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza City, Gaza, the Rafah Refugee Committee, and Rafah Municipality.

The Mezan Center engages in human rights advocacy, education, and monitoring, and has field workers throughout Gaza.

The Rafah Refugee Committee is a popularly elected, non-partisan group working with the Rafah Municipality on refugee issues.

The Mezan Center has agreed to serve as the intermediary between the MRSCP and the Rafah Refugee Committee and Municipality to overcome initial language and cultural barriers.


Further Information

Why a Sister City?  by the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project   12-Jan-04
Strategies for Rafah  by the Municipal Council of the City of Rafah   31-Jun-00
Rafah - A Unique City   07-May-04
Rafah Statistics  from the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights   28-Jan-04
Rafah Humanitarian Needs   27-Jun-04
Madison City Council   22-Jul-04
Sister City Debate   24-Aug-04
Contact the Mayor   29-Apr-04
Contact your Alder   29-Apr-04



Dean Bailey

Contacts

Madison-Rafah
Sister City Project

P.O. Box 55371
Madison, WI 53705
www.madisonrafah.org
RafahSisterCity@yahoo.com

Al Mezan Center
for Human Rights

Issam Younis, Director
Omar Bin Adelazziz Street
Gaza City, Gaza, Palestine
www.Mezan.org
Mezan@palnet.com
info@Mezan.org
admin@Mezan.org

Rafah Municipality


Saied Fathi Zouroub
Engineer, Mayor of Rafah
Telephone: 972-8-214-5725
Fax: 972-8-214-5921
email: rbaladya@hotmail.com

Dr. Emad Sha'at
Deputy Mayor
Director of Twinning Projects
Mobile +972-59-411-850
Res. +972-8-283-8580

Dr. Ali Shehda Barhoum
Municipal Manager, Rafah
rbaladya@hotmail.com


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