The Art of Hosting the Revolution in Egypt - The Art of Hosting2024-03-28T08:39:21Zhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topics/the-art-of-hosting-the?commentId=4134568%3AComment%3A13109&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHello everyone, just wonderin…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2013-07-03:4134568:Comment:811122013-07-03T09:00:00.669ZAbdelrahman Magdyhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/AbdelrahmanMagdy
<p>Hello everyone, just wondering if this did reach anywhere at the end?</p>
<p>Hello everyone, just wondering if this did reach anywhere at the end?</p> I think Belgium is also in se…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2011-03-29:4134568:Comment:130552011-03-29T20:47:19.530ZRia Baeckhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeck
I think Belgium is also in search of the next story - we are right in the middle of a transformation! Almost 300 days after the elections and still no new government!
I think Belgium is also in search of the next story - we are right in the middle of a transformation! Almost 300 days after the elections and still no new government! Hello to you both -- and all…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2011-03-29:4134568:Comment:133012011-03-29T12:31:19.243ZMary Alice Arthurhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/MaryAliceArthur
<p>Hello to you both -- and all others here!</p>
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<p>Yes, these tender times of earth quakes and inner shakes need the strong holding of a field where all the stories are welcomed, listened to, deeply witnessed, given space to transform. I love these spaces! When we can hold such spaces with and for each other, that's where the magic happens!</p>
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<p>The carpeted story tent of my imagination has a fire at its centre to warm us, and can be set up at any moment when we lean in…</p>
<p>Hello to you both -- and all others here!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Yes, these tender times of earth quakes and inner shakes need the strong holding of a field where all the stories are welcomed, listened to, deeply witnessed, given space to transform. I love these spaces! When we can hold such spaces with and for each other, that's where the magic happens!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The carpeted story tent of my imagination has a fire at its centre to warm us, and can be set up at any moment when we lean in together.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>May the story unfold!</p> ah Hala, there you are ;-) I…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2011-03-29:4134568:Comment:131102011-03-29T10:55:21.255ZUlrike von Rückerhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/UlrikevonRuecker
<p>ah Hala, there you are ;-) I have been hearing about you ;-)</p>
<p>I'll be back to you directly after/while meeting one of the people involved in the local AoH proposal! we'll be meeting tonight around 6 or 7pm Egyptian time</p>
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<p>sunshine, oh and yes, those three needs are the VERY basic ones, and are nothing if the rest isn't there, me thinks</p>
<p><br></br> <cite>Hala Makarem said:…</cite></p>
<p>ah Hala, there you are ;-) I have been hearing about you ;-)</p>
<p>I'll be back to you directly after/while meeting one of the people involved in the local AoH proposal! we'll be meeting tonight around 6 or 7pm Egyptian time</p>
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<p>sunshine, oh and yes, those three needs are the VERY basic ones, and are nothing if the rest isn't there, me thinks</p>
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<cite>Hala Makarem said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topics/the-art-of-hosting-the?commentId=4134568%3AComment%3A13017&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4134568Comment13017"><div><p>Thank you Ulrike for posting what Mary Mourad wrote; it moved me in ways I can not explain in words, my heart is full and my eyes are watery; not with sadness but with the intensity of the possibility and the compassion that we have to hold and carry to move with continued awareness in each step we take as this movement of change grows its stronger roots everywhere .... </p>
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<p>I am very affected by language, and Ulrike although "shelter, food and wellbeing" are the essential firsts, in my personal opinion, it is not the end ... as I just wrote to Mary Mourad</p>
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<p>"This uncertainty is where access to our deeper intelligence and knowing can happen; This uncertainty is a place of chaos where what we have learnt and what wants to emerge are bundled up together … It is in this time of uncertainty, that we have to stay “patient’ as you say but with lots of awareness “sensing” and making sense of what is there and what wants to show up .. it is time to collect the stories that are in the Hearts of the people, we will find our answers there, as they learn to voice the questions that truly matter to them … " </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I also feel that while the basics are being cared for, it is also the time to nourish the creativity of those who are available and ready, so that they can self-organize with others into the new that came through them ...</p>
<p> </p>
<p>So, I feel that there are many levels, and they are all valid, and it will be great if all the levels are cared for and given attention to so that the whole will find its new operating system ...</p>
<p> </p>
<p>In the regards, Mary Alice, I sense into what you say; yes, showing inspirational stories from around the world opens the mind and connects us to others who went through their own transformation; yes, at the same time my gut feeling at this present moment says the people of our region need to trust the inner gifts that they have through their own stories, knowing that they will make it not because others made it, but because they have it ... it is time for them to speak their stories and make their future-story (which I personally feel will only be complete with the other emerging stories) .... </p>
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<p>Regarding the Art of Hosting; I have been applying the AoH practices with the Theory U Framework for a while here in Lebanon, and I have been adapting it through a creative design process to our culture, so that it can fit it and be responsive ... please allow me to say that I truly feel that for the AoH offering in our region to be successful in my opinion, it can not be applied the same way as it is in western cultural environments; there is a natural gift in the land and its people here that needs to be integrated into the practices and there are some capacities which we naturally miss and find ourselves going to the west to learn as that is where they are mastered ... so, from my personal perspective, I invite new relational dynamics into the AoH practices to respond to the movement in our region ...</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Excuse me for this long message, my fingers were flowing and I was beyond thinking whether what I am writing is long, makes sense, is out of context, may be misunderstood ... I was just writing what was coming through me ... </p>
<p> </p>
<p>With gratitude for this space of expression,</p>
<p>Kindly,</p>
<p>Hala </p>
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</blockquote> Thank you Ulrike for posting…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2011-03-29:4134568:Comment:130172011-03-29T10:46:37.689ZHala Makaremhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/HalaMakarem
<p>Thank you Ulrike for posting what Mary Mourad wrote; it moved me in ways I can not explain in words, my heart is full and my eyes are watery; not with sadness but with the intensity of the possibility and the compassion that we have to hold and carry to move with continued awareness in each step we take as this movement of change grows its stronger roots everywhere .... </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I am very affected by language, and Ulrike although "shelter, food and wellbeing" are the essential…</p>
<p>Thank you Ulrike for posting what Mary Mourad wrote; it moved me in ways I can not explain in words, my heart is full and my eyes are watery; not with sadness but with the intensity of the possibility and the compassion that we have to hold and carry to move with continued awareness in each step we take as this movement of change grows its stronger roots everywhere .... </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I am very affected by language, and Ulrike although "shelter, food and wellbeing" are the essential firsts, in my personal opinion, it is not the end ... as I just wrote to Mary Mourad</p>
<p> </p>
<p>"This uncertainty is where access to our deeper intelligence and knowing can happen; This uncertainty is a place of chaos where what we have learnt and what wants to emerge are bundled up together … It is in this time of uncertainty, that we have to stay “patient’ as you say but with lots of awareness “sensing” and making sense of what is there and what wants to show up .. it is time to collect the stories that are in the Hearts of the people, we will find our answers there, as they learn to voice the questions that truly matter to them … " </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I also feel that while the basics are being cared for, it is also the time to nourish the creativity of those who are available and ready, so that they can self-organize with others into the new that came through them ...</p>
<p> </p>
<p>So, I feel that there are many levels, and they are all valid, and it will be great if all the levels are cared for and given attention to so that the whole will find its new operating system ...</p>
<p> </p>
<p>In the regards, Mary Alice, I sense into what you say; yes, showing inspirational stories from around the world opens the mind and connects us to others who went through their own transformation; yes, at the same time my gut feeling at this present moment says the people of our region need to trust the inner gifts that they have through their own stories, knowing that they will make it not because others made it, but because they have it ... it is time for them to speak their stories and make their future-story (which I personally feel will only be complete with the other emerging stories) .... </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Regarding the Art of Hosting; I have been applying the AoH practices with the Theory U Framework for a while here in Lebanon, and I have been adapting it through a creative design process to our culture, so that it can fit it and be responsive ... please allow me to say that I truly feel that for the AoH offering in our region to be successful in my opinion, it can not be applied the same way as it is in western cultural environments; there is a natural gift in the land and its people here that needs to be integrated into the practices and there are some capacities which we naturally miss and find ourselves going to the west to learn as that is where they are mastered ... so, from my personal perspective, I invite new relational dynamics into the AoH practices to respond to the movement in our region ...</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Excuse me for this long message, my fingers were flowing and I was beyond thinking whether what I am writing is long, makes sense, is out of context, may be misunderstood ... I was just writing what was coming through me ... </p>
<p> </p>
<p>With gratitude for this space of expression,</p>
<p>Kindly,</p>
<p>Hala </p> good morning Mary, exactly -…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2011-03-29:4134568:Comment:130142011-03-29T07:25:48.941ZUlrike von Rückerhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/UlrikevonRuecker
<p>good morning Mary, exactly - for the time being, it is not yet clear where Egypt wants to go. However, majority of people is scared of the uncertainty. I am copying in a link to something a friend of mine wrote <a href="http://www.marymourad.com/column.htm" target="_blank">http://www.marymourad.com/column.htm</a></p>
<p>A similar initiative is on its way in Morocco, I have heard. Similar meaning something like listening to the people with all their fears and concerns, but with the goal of…</p>
<p>good morning Mary, exactly - for the time being, it is not yet clear where Egypt wants to go. However, majority of people is scared of the uncertainty. I am copying in a link to something a friend of mine wrote <a href="http://www.marymourad.com/column.htm" target="_blank">http://www.marymourad.com/column.htm</a></p>
<p>A similar initiative is on its way in Morocco, I have heard. Similar meaning something like listening to the people with all their fears and concerns, but with the goal of developing a guide for them on how to survive and how to build the country the way they want it to be. In the end, it is all about shelter, food, wellbeing ;-)</p> Over breakfast at Warrior of…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2011-03-29:4134568:Comment:131092011-03-29T06:27:11.546ZMary Alice Arthurhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/MaryAliceArthur
Over breakfast at Warrior of the Heart this weekend, Toke was busy telling about how Denmark had transformed itself from a warrior nation, then a bankrupt nation to where it is today. I sat across from him and realised that we need to harvest these kinds of transformational stories so that they can go viral and offer new pathways to change for places like Egypt. They don't need us to tell them what to do, but they do need offerings of ways to transform from where they are. I'd be interested…
Over breakfast at Warrior of the Heart this weekend, Toke was busy telling about how Denmark had transformed itself from a warrior nation, then a bankrupt nation to where it is today. I sat across from him and realised that we need to harvest these kinds of transformational stories so that they can go viral and offer new pathways to change for places like Egypt. They don't need us to tell them what to do, but they do need offerings of ways to transform from where they are. I'd be interested in any ideas you and others have of these kinds of powerful transformation stories. yes, Egyptian Youth Federatio…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2011-03-28:4134568:Comment:118862011-03-28T10:42:06.112ZUlrike von Rückerhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/UlrikevonRuecker
yes, Egyptian Youth Federation of NGOs is doing great work - the people working on AoH right now are connected to them ;-)
yes, Egyptian Youth Federation of NGOs is doing great work - the people working on AoH right now are connected to them ;-) Just came across this link: a…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2011-03-27:4134568:Comment:129012011-03-27T20:11:21.606ZRia Baeckhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeck
Just came across this link: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Egyptian-Youth-Federation-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%8A-%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8/203160736364186?sk=app_6009294086" target="_blank">an Open Space in Kairo</a>...
Just came across this link: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Egyptian-Youth-Federation-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%8A-%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8/203160736364186?sk=app_6009294086" target="_blank">an Open Space in Kairo</a>... hello again,
thought it was…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2011-03-24:4134568:Comment:120352011-03-24T10:08:24.382ZUlrike von Rückerhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/UlrikevonRuecker
<p>hello again,</p>
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<p>thought it was about time to give a brief update ;-)</p>
<p><br></br>I tried to get in touch with Hala, but haven't heard back from her until now.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Simone and Hendrik from Natural Innovators have been in Cairo for some time, and there has been much exploration happening on how and with whom and around which questions AoH could be helpful in the current situation.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Those involved in the dialogue feel that this is not about bringing…</p>
<p>hello again,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>thought it was about time to give a brief update ;-)</p>
<p><br/>I tried to get in touch with Hala, but haven't heard back from her until now.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Simone and Hendrik from Natural Innovators have been in Cairo for some time, and there has been much exploration happening on how and with whom and around which questions AoH could be helpful in the current situation.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Those involved in the dialogue feel that this is not about bringing foreigners here to 'teach' AoH, but there is a need for some experience AoH practitioners to assist in holding conversations in a different way.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Some ideas have been and are being tossed around.</p>
<p>Some of the ideas are linked to activity in and around what is for now operating under the name of The Hub Cairo. For those interested, follow on facebook <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheHubCairo" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/TheHubCairo</a></p>
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<p>sunshine from here to other places on the planet,</p>
<p>Uli</p>
<p><cite>Rainer v. Leoprechting said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topics/the-art-of-hosting-the?commentId=4134568%3AComment%3A12324&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4134568Comment8499"><div><p>Hello Uli,</p>
<p>Great to read from you! I saw that two mates independently connected you into this thread :-)</p>
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<p>If you know Hala already, I suggest you get in touch!</p>
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<p>Rainer</p>
<p><br/> <cite>Ulrike von Ruecker said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topics/the-art-of-hosting-the?page=1&commentId=4134568%3AComment%3A8491&x=1#4134568Comment8491"><div><p>hello everyone, this is Uli writing, also in Egypt ;-)</p>
<p>Ria, I shall be in touch with Maria, I guess she is coming for some AIESEC conference?</p>
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<p>As for AoH in general, there have been attempts, but we never managed to go forward, maybe it was always a bit too revolutionary for many people to join ;-) Now the feeling in the country is different, and there is a big need ...</p>
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