MiniSandscapes
2005

One of the younger TFF Associates - a student of peace and conflict with a specialization in interviewing peace visionaries and activists in conflict areas.
More about Vicky Rossi here.

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2008

April 21, 2009
Liberating the Oppressor
Rossi interviews Sami Awad about the power of nonviolence.

December 31, 2008
Eyewitness report from Gaza
Rossi interviews two humanitarian workers who managed to get out of Gaza after the first Israeli assaults. Deeply moving insights into the hell on earth that is Gaza.

April 9, 2008
When it is all over, will God look at your CV?
A philosophical essay about the opportunity that unemployment can also be.

April 6, 2008
"I come from there - and remember"
UNRWA Commemorates 1948: Abu-Yaser recalls life in Tel el-Safi. Dheisheh camp, April 2008.

March 4, 2008
The forgotten camp.
In the West Bank with Operations Suppport
The aim of the trip was to confirm whether or not the residents of New Fahme were registered refugees who had somehow been overlooked by UNRWA and were in need of assistance.
A story about what it means to help in the midst of unspeakable human misery.

2007

December 2, 2007
Palestinian youth make documentary film
The year 2008 will mark 60 years since the flight of the first Palestine refugees. The marking of all tragic events is an important time to both remember what has been in the past and to envision anew paths towards a more vibrant future. Through art, craft and music, the Palestinian story and, as an integral part of that, the life of 1948 and 1967 refugees can be narrated in a creative and purposeful way.

December 2, 2007
Palestinian youth talk about the importance of land
“In our fight to prevent our land being confiscated we said to ourselves, ‘Why don’t we create new life out of this sad story of problems, restrictions and struggle?’” Evidently, as well as being a cause for despair when the connection between individual and territory is forcibly cut, the land can also be a source of healing and reconciliation.

June 27, 2007
Entities don't have consciousness or humanity
About the importance of keeping the political focus on the individual. Men and women of civil society embrace their individual responsibility as human beings in order to break out of prevailing structures and destructive stereotypes. A lasting transformation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has to come from within, but it can be assisted by support from outside.

June 11, 2007
Mental health development in the occupied Palestinian territories
Rossi speaks with Rajiah Abu Swai, WHO about mental problems caused by the occupation, and what can be done - a dimension of war and violence not so often addressed.

February 16, 2007
Interview with S. Srinivasan - "Vasu".
Facilitator, Barefoot College, Tilonia, Rajasthan, India.

January 31, 2007
Interview with Arun Gandhi
Vicky Rossi has travelled in the footpath of Gandhi in India. Her guide was Arun Gandhi, the "Mahatma's" grandson. In this interview they touch the fundamental aspects of the legacy as well as the contemporary relevance of Gandhi and nonviolence.

2006

Interview, November-December 2006
Laura Hiberiro & Mira Dabit, Right to Education Campaign, Birzeit University.

Interview, November-December 2006
Noah Salameh, Center for Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation in Bethlehem.

Interview, November-December 2006
Nuha Khoury, Dar al-Kalima College in Bethlehem.

Interview, November-December 2006
Ibrahim Issa of the Hope Flowers School in Bethlehem.

November 29, 2006
Palestine, the olives, identity and peace
Vicky Rossi interview with Daoud Nasar, Tent of Nations, Bethlehem
"The olive tree is connected to our struggle for peace, justice and freedom because we, in the same way as the olive tree, have our roots here. So the Palestinians have a deep connection both to the land and to the olive trees.”

November 28, 2006
Blog on "Visions of Peace and Reconciliation"
See this TFF Associate's remarkable interviews and reflections from her in-the-field experience.

November 12, 2006
Fundamentalism versus Civil Islam
A fascinating exploration of a little know term as well as of several other essential concepts in Islam, emerging from Rossi's interview with professor Muhammad Machasin, a learned scholar and the acting head of consultative leadership of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

September 5, 2006
Four interviews about living and working for peace in the Middle East
Rossi listens to Reuven Moskovitz, Inam Wahidi, Lisa and Asher and Sami Awad, Palestinian and Israeli citizens who have decided to do something real to bring about peace and reconciliation. Listen to their hardships and doubts and to what made them refuse to hate.
Four stories about civil courage and strong beliefs in nonviolence and human rights as tools that will eventually build a better future for all in the region. An example of how ordinary citizens make the world a little bit better every day without hitting the front pages. And through their personal histories you learn a lot about the background to the ongoing conflict.

May 22, 2006
Strawbale houses - nonviolent technology and peace with Nature
Rossi interviews Dr. Evgenyi Shirokov, Head of Belarusian Division of the International Academy of Ecology, Head of Belarusian HABITAT Center about how Belarus pioneered the idea of building and living in straw-bale houses. It's cheap, healthy, environmentally friendly, safe, keeps you warm down to minus 30 degrees centigrade and, when disintegrating in a hundred years, leaves no waste.

April 21, 2006
The Tamera Peace Village - Education for Inner and Outer Peace
In 2005, Sabine Lichtenfels - a theologian and political activist - was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize as one of the 1000 Women for Peace - a project aimed at gaining public recognition of the relentless efforts made by women across the globe to promote sustainable peace and social justice. Sabine Lichtenfels is a political activist and peace worker dedicated to bringing peace to the Middle East and to teaching young people to "think and act responsibly and with commitment".

March 1, 2006
On peace education and the University for Peace in Costa Rica
An interview with the leaders of this unique university and an in-depth discussion of what peace and peace education is - and could mean - for our future world.

January 8, 2006
The idea and the future of the Earth Charter
Vicky Rossi talks to Federico Mayor, former S-G of UNESCO and now Earth Charter Commissioner. First you get the history and main content of this innovative and integrative Charter for the future of humankind. Next comes the interview and, finally, all the links to where you can learn more. Says Mayor, "each of us must behave in such a way that we "respect Earth and life in all its diversity", "care for the community", "build democratic societies" and "secure Earth's bounty and beauty".
Says Jan Oberg, "In an era with so little political vision, this Rossi interview on the most important norms for our common Earth makes happy reading at the beginning of the new year."