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houses for conversations,
and also just to be there for
them."

The division of Arab kenim in
NOAL was established in
1983, and today has about
20,000 participants and
counselors. In 1987, a
division of Druze branches
was established, with about
Badar Chil, 17, Tabash
6,000 active members
today.

Lian Madi, 18, from the Galilee village of Julis,
joined the movement through a
national civil service program.
Madi describes the activities of
NOAL in the village: "We did
projects to raise awareness of
breast cancer, we helped our
elderly, and we took an active
part in the fight to end violence
against women."

For Madi, the culmination of the
movement is being a youth
leader. Lian Madi, 18, Julis

“I feel like I’m developing on a personal level,”
she said. “I did not know that I had the potential
to lead, and to be in charge of a whole group of
kids who were actually only two years younger
than me.”