| February 19, 2005
Ada Aharoni
Author and Researcher Biography 2004
Professor Ada Aharoni, writer, poet, playwright and lecturer, was born in Cairo, Egypt, and now lives in Haifa, Israel. She has published 25 books to date, that have won her international acclaim. She writes in Hebrew and English, and her works have been translated into several languages. Believing in the power of the word, she is confident that literature and culture can help to heal the urgent ailments of Israel and our global village, such as war, terror and conflict. The themes of love, reconciliation, coexistence and peace, as well as equality of women, are major ones throughout her various works. She has also extensively researched and written books on the Jews of Egypt in the 20th Century, and their forced exile from Egypt (1948-1967). Ada Aharoni received her Bachelor Degree (B.A) in Literature and Sociology, at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (1965), her Master of Philosophy Degree (M.Phil.), at London University (1967), on the "Father of the Novel" Henry Fielding, and she was awarded her Doctorate Degree in Literature (Ph.D), on the Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature - Saul Bellow, at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (1975). She lectured in the Department of English Literature at Haifa University, and taught Sociology (Conflict Resolution), in the department of Humanities, at the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology), in Haifa. She has been widely invited as Keynote Presenter and Visiting Professor at many universities and other forums around the world, where she lectures on her research and on her various books, and about the possibilities of "Conflict Resolution Through Literature and Culture." Her latest presentation on this subject was at the 36th World Congress of International Institute of Sociology (July 7-11, 2004, Beijing, China). She widely researched this subject, and has been interviewed on it as well as on her published books, on major Television and Radio Programs as well as by other media, in several countries, including: Israel, America, England, France, Egypt, Jordan, China, Finland, Japan, Korea, India, Mexico and South Africa. Among her major works are: the historical novel, The Second Exodus (1983), that describes in literary form the forced exile of the Jews from Egypt in the twentieth century, which she and her family were part of. Her second book: Memoirs from Alexandria, (1985), relates the story of of the Jewish Hospital in Alexandria, and the heroic deeds of its Head Nurse, Thea Wolf, who saved hundreds of Jews from the Nazi Holocaust, through the Hospital. Aharoni's acclaimed historical novel From The Nile to The Jordan, was first published in 1994; it was translated into several languages, and was awarded the Merit Prize in New York. In 1996 she published The Peace Flower, a moving quest for hope and world peace, for young and old. Her latest books: Not In Vain: An Extraordinary Life (Ladybug Press, CA. 1999), a larger edition of Memoirs from Alexandria, and her important and timely Women Creating A World Beyond War and Violence (2002), contain both prose and poetry. Four of her books have been recently published as E-Books as well as CD's (Rowe Publishing, England). Her poetry collection: A Green Week has been put to music, and is sung by major Israeli and American singers, it has been released as a CD, which together with Aharoni's books, can be ordered through the following website: http://www.iflac.com/ada/. Among Aharoni's published books are: novels, biographies, and poetry collections, in English, French, Hebrew, Arabic and Chinese. A Bilingual collection of "Selected Poems," in English and Chinese, has been published in Hong Kong (The Milky Way Publishing Company, 2002). In addition, her poems have also been translated and published in journals in several other languages, including: Swedish, Norwegian, Italian, Greek, Japanese, Korean, German, Gujarati, and Bengali. She has published two books of translations of the Israeli poet: Shin Shalom, and other major classical Israeli poets, including: Rachel, Leah Goldberg, Yehuda Amichai, and Amir Gilboa. Her latest two collections of poetry: You and I Can Change The World (2000), and The Pomegranate (2002), hail the new millennium as one in which, according to her: "A world beyond war can indeed be created, if humankind begin to listen to writers and poets for a change." Aharoni is the Editor-in-Chief of the Anthology: A Song to Life and to World Peace (2003), which is widely used as a Textbook in Univerisites and colleges, as well as of the Anthology: Waves of Peace (1997), dedicated to the memory of Yitzhak Rabin. She is also the founder and editor of the Literary Magazine Galim: Waves (1987-2004), and the online journal Horizon: Pave Peace. She is also the founder and editor of Lirit: Poetry Israel, the online magazine of the Hebrew Writers Association, featuring major Israeli poets in English translation. She is also Editor and Commissioner for the UNESCO EOLSS Encyclopedia (2004-2005), and is in charge of the section on Peace Culture, and Peace Through Literature. Her important and innovative research entitled: "A New Peace Culture Required for Sustainable Global Development," was published in the UNESCO Forerunner to the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems: "OUR FRAGILE WORLD: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development" (2001 EOLSS Publishers Co. Ltd., pp. 917-934). She is the Vice President of the Hebrew Writers Asscociation in Israel, and the Head of its Foreign Relations committee. She initiated, organized and presided at its important Conference, in Tel Aviv, on "Bridges of Understanding through Literature," which was attended by both Jewish and Arab writers (6 September, 2004). Ada Aharoni is the founder and international president of IFLAC: PAVE PEACE, the International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace (established in 1999 - website: www.iflac.com. She chaired its founding congress "The International Congress on Conflict Resolution Through Culture and Literature," in the Galilee (June 1999), the second one, in Sydney Australia (2001), and the third one in London, England (2002). The latest IFLAC Conference was in Bursa, Turkey, from 9-11 October, 2003. It was opened by the Minister of Culture in Turkey, and the Minister of Religion. The IFLAC conferences brought together writers, poets, media, educationalists and peace researchers, from twenty five countries, many from conflicted areas, like Israel and Palestine, India and Pakistan, Turkey and Greece, for the bridging of cultural bridges of understanding and respect and the paving of peace between people and nations. Ada Aharoni is also President of the World Congress of Poets XIII (Haifa, Israel, 1992), and convener of the PCC "Pave Peace Through Culture and Communications" commission of IPRA: the International Peace Research Association (1996-2003). She was co-founder of The Bridge: Jewish and Arab Women for Peace in the Middle East (1977-1999), in 1999, The Bridge, joined IFLAC, and it now functions as its women's wing. Ada Aharoni has been awarded several international prizes and awards, among them are: The British Council Award, the Keren Amos President Award, the Haifa and Bremen Prize, the World Academy of Arts and Culture Award, the Korean Gold Crown of World Poets Award, the Rachel Prize, and the Merit Award of the HSJE: The Historical Society of the Jews from Egypt, for her "devoted and unmatched efforts in researching the history and culture of the Jews from Egypt, and to promote visionary literature and poetry proclaiming peace in the world." In 1998, she was elected one of the hundred "World Heroines," in Rochester, New York, for her "outstanding literary works for the promotion of women and peace." Ada Aharoni lives on beautiful Mount Carmel in Haifa, where she has dedicated her life to the paving of the road toward the creation of a world beyond war, through her writing and the promotion of a culture of peace in the Middle East and in the world. | | Articles Peace Culture, Literature And Media Required for Sustainable Global Development Possibilities of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Resolution
- by Chaim Aharoni The Forced Migration of Jews from Arab Countries Seeking Arab-Israeli Reconciliation Through Culture The Cultural Heritage Of The Jews From Egypt The Jewish Themes in the Works of Nobel Prize: Saul Bellow Deniers of the Holocaust - Answer by Ada Aharoni to the deniers of the Holocaust | | Bibliography
1. Whispered Thoughts - Haifa Publications, Haifa, Israel, 1970. 2. Poems from Israel - Outposts, Surrey, England, 1972. 3. Poems from Israel and Other Poems - Berger Publications, Pittsburgh, PA, 1974. 4. Metal and Violets - Eked, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1978. 5. From the Pyramids to Mount Carmel - Eked, T.A., Israel, 1979. 6. The Second Exodus: A Historical Novel - Bryn Mawr, PA, 1983. ISBN: 0-8059-2862-6. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 82-90872. 7. Thea: To Alexandria, Jerusalem and Freedom - Dorrance & Co. Bryn Mawr, PA, 1984. ISBN: 0-8059-2922-3. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 84-91127. 8. Shin Shalom: New Poems - A Bilingual Edition, edited and translated from Hebrew to English by Ada Aharoni - Eked: Tel Aviv, 1985. ISBN: 965-90139-4-9. 9. Saul Bellow: A Mosaic, edited Ada Aharoni, G. Cronin and L. Goldman; Peter Lang, N.Y., 1992. ISBN: 0-8204-1572-3. 10. Selected Poems from Israel - Lachman, Haifa, 1992. ISBN: 965-90139-5-7. 11. A Song to Life and to World Peace, edited A. Aharoni, Mike Scheidemann et al. Posner and Sons, Jerusalem, 1993. ISBN 965-219-013-6. 12. From the Nile to the Jordan - Tamuz, 1994, M.Lachman, 1997. ISBN: 965-90139-0-6. 13. Peace Flower: A Space Adventure - Lachman, Haifa, 1994, 1996. ISBN: 965-90139. A Spoken Book Taped Edition was published by Ladybug Press, Ca., 1999. 14. Memoirs from Alexandria: Not In Your War Anymore - Hatikhon, G. Farah, Shfar-Am, 1997. ISBN: 965-90139-2-2. 15. Galim Literary Magazine, nos. 1-8, edited Ada Aharoni - Tammuz, Tel-Aviv 1985- 1996. 16. Waves of Peace: In the Memory of Yitzhak Rabin, Galim 8, edited Ada Aharoni and Judith Zilbershtein, Hatichon: Shfaram, 1997. ISBN 965-222-774-9. 17. Peace Poems, A Bi-lingual Edition - Preface by M. Fawzi Deif, Cairo University, M. Lachman, Haifa, 1997. 18. Not In Vain: An Extraordinary Life - Ladybug Publishing House, California, 1998. ISBN 1-889409-18-(pbk). 19. Lirit: Poetry Israel, Founded and Edited by Ada Aharoni, Electronic Magazine on Internet, the Hebrew Writers Association, Agudat Ha-Sofrim Ha-Ivrim,Tel Aviv, no. 1-1997, no. 2-1998. 20. Horizon: Pave Peace, Online Magazine, nos. 1-5. IFLAC-IPRA, 1996-2003. 21. Metal et Violettes: (In French), Characteres, Paris, 1996. 22. Du Nil Au Jourdain: (In French), Stavit, Paris, 2002. 23. You and I Can Change the World: Toward 2000, Micha Lachman, Haifa, 1999. 24. Women Create A World Beyond War and Violence, Micha Lachman, Haifa, 2002. 25. Three E-Books and CD's: 1. You and I, 2. Peace Flower, 3. Women and Peace - Rowe Publications, England, 2003. 26. Selected Poems: Bilingual, Chinese-English - The Milky Way, Hong Kong, 2002. ISBN 962-475-288-5. Articles and Interviews: A hundred and twelve of Ada Aharoni's articles were published in professional journals and magazines, from 1967-1999. She was interviewed on numerous media interviews in international media (1980-1999). Ada Aharoni's poems were put to music by Robert Nissenson, and Yigal Alfassi. They are sung by Revital Levanon and Anat Yagen and other singers, on the disc "A Green Week" and other discs, and played on radio and TV (1999-2003). Her discs and books can be ordered through the following website: http://www.iflac.com/ada/ in conjunction with amazon.com. | | BOOKS | Ada Aharoni's books are available online. Click to order. SOME BESTSELLER BOOKS (click the books to order): 
You and I Can Change the World: "These fine and moving poems shine with deep and challenging truths about life, relations between women and men, and above all, Ada Aharoni instills a vivid hope and vision of a Middle East and a world beyond war. Ada shrinks from no emotional, ethical or moral complexity. She is a marvellous poet!" (Prof. Fawzi Deif, Cairo University)
 Woman: Creating a World Beyond War: A powerful eye-opener as to women's power to abolish war and terror. At a time when the world is still caught up in the clutches of war, terror and violence, humankind should now "listen to women for a change." If the women of the world succeed to unite, they can powerfully throw the demonic belief that "wars and terror can solve conflicts," into the anachronistic dustbin of history where its belongs, and they will be able to gain their right to live and raise their children in peace in a world beyond war.
 Peace Flower: A story that will delight all, from the age of ten to a hundred and ten. It is an imaginative tale of fantastic adventures in space, to find the Peace Flower in the Future and bring it back to earth as it does not yet exist in our Present. Lee and Roni two brave children face the terrible nuclear giant Nuki, who tries to stop them from bringing peace to the earth. Through their courage and love for each other, they finally triumph. This original and hopeful book has been adopted by schools and colleges all over the world. English, Hebrew, and Arabic.
 Not in Vain: An Extraordinary Life: Relates the remarkable story of Sister Thea Wolf, a German Jewish Nurse who came to work in the Jewish hospital in Alexandria, Egypt before the outbreak of World War 2. This not only saved her life but also thrust her a leading role of helping Jewish refugees who came to or through Egypt in their attempt to escape the horrors of the Holocaust.
 From the Nile to the Jordan: A compelling and colorful historical novel, which captures in detail the spirit, excitement and intrigue of mid-20th century Egypt and Israel. At the core of this stormy saga is Inbar Etty, the beautiful and talented daughter of respected judge Mosseri, member of Cairo's Jewish community. When the storm of tragic events in the Middle East in 1948 threatens to destroy her future and that of her lover, the Holocaust survivor Raoul Lipsky, she sets out in a passionate quest for roots, love, fulfilment, creativity, and a new home. |
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