2021 Dignity Workshop 229: Message to the World from Konstanze Abouleish
Channel: Evelin Lindner
Date: 2022-01-13

This is Konstanze Abouleish's "Message to the World" on Day Two of the 18th Annual Workshop on Transforming Humiliation and Violent Conflict, “Toward a New Global Normal: Dignity Through Solidarity,” co-hosted by Morton Deutsch-International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Teachers College, Columbia University, December 9 – 11, 2021, held online due to the coronavirus pandemic. Konstanze Abouleish recorded her message on November 16, 2021, see https://youtu.be/4bcK5Gnuxpk .

"Messages to the World" are a contribution to the World Dignity University Library of Ideas to be shared with the world and, hopefully, inspirational for future generations. 

Konstanze Abouleish was born in Germany, grew up in Greece, and came to Egypt in 1976. Since 1982, she is living and working on the Sekem farm, around 60 km northwest from Cairo, Egypt. She started with cheese processing, and since 1988 joined the kindergarten and school. In 1995, she started NatureTex, a company producing organic cotton textile garments, where she is still involved. She is the Co-Founder of the Sekem Future Council, and part of the music life in Sekem from the very beginning.

See also the "Message to the World" by Ragnhild Nilsen, head of Sekem Scandinavia, at https://youtu.be/_cyRlRb2rzI .

We thank Anna Strout for taking wonderful photos, and Fatma Tufan for the recording! (Please be aware that this is an unedited video.)

See more on: 
- https://www.sekem.com/en/about/organizational-structure/board-of-directors/
- www.humiliationstudies.org/whoweare/board03.php#nilsen
- www.humiliationstudies.org/whoweare/annualmeeting/36.php
- www.worlddignityuniversity.org