Interview Questions for Shwanesh Maniov
Please tell me about your background and how you first got involved in peace work.
Who didn’t allow your parents to leave the village?
Can you recall a moment when you became more aware?
What is the focus of the Children of Abraham meetings?
Were you involved in the Children of Abraham trips and activities?
What does your family say about your work?
What’s important to you for your family to know about the conflict, about your work for peace?
How did you start working at Seeds of Peace?
Could you give some examples of experiences, how you learned all these things?
What were your responsibilities at the summer camp? What did you do as a facilitator?
What was difficult about being a facilitator?
Did you see the kids go through any sort of process?
Did you see any small successes at Seeds of Peace summer camp?
Which language do you use at camp?
What do you think your work contributes to advancing peace?
Do you have fears concerning the conflict, or your life here?
Do you think Jews have a right to be here?
Which questions should the community be asked, or ask itself?
Do you think the Ethiopian community asks itself those questions?
How do you think the Ethiopian community could be reached?
What do you think your father’s response would be to such a proposal?
What do you think are the roots of the conflict?
What do you hope to see here in the future?
What will it take to achieve peace here?
Is the existence of the State of Israel important to you?
Where do you think former peace processes went wrong?
Which misconceptions do people have about the situation here?
Do you still work at Seeds of Peace?
How do you think you can contribute to solving this problem?
