Madison-Rafah Journal

©1992 Magellan Geographics, Wisconsin and Gaza

The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project involves a group of concerned citizens in Madison, Wisconsin and the refugee camp of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.

We are working together to forge person-to-person understanding between our two communities. We expect to build wider public awareness of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a lasting relationship that will positively affect the citizens of both cities.

Our work will center on understanding Palestinian culture, exposing the daily effects of Israel's occupation of Rafah and Palestine, and opposing U.S. support for those Israeli policies that have created a growing humanitarian catastrophe for the Palestinians.

Building in Rafah (UN Relief and Works Agency, Jan 2003)

To accomplish this we are working with the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza City, Gaza, the Rafah Refugee Committee, and Rafah Municipality.

The Mezan Center engages in human rights advocacy, education, and monitoring, and has field workers throughout Gaza.

The Rafah Refugee Committee is a popularly elected, non-partisan group working with the Rafah Municipality on refugee issues.

The Mezan Center has agreed to serve as the intermediary between the MRSCP and the Rafah Refugee Committee and Municipality to overcome initial language and cultural barriers.

Further Information

Why a Sister City? by the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project
Strategies for Rafah by the Municipal Council of the City of Rafah
Rafah - A Unique City
Rafah Statistics from the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights
Rafah Humanitarian Needs
Madison City Council
Sister City Debate
Contact the Mayor
Contact your Alder
Chronology of Activities A history of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project

Dean Bailey

Contacts

Madison-Rafah Sister City Project
P.O. Box 55371
Madison, WI 53705
www.madisonrafah.org
RafahSisterCity@yahoo.com

Al Mezan Center for Human Rights
Issam Younis, Director
Omar Bin Adelazziz Street
Gaza City, Gaza, Palestine
www.Mezan.org
Mezan@palnet.com
info@Mezan.org
admin@Mezan.org

Rafah Municipality
Said Fathi Zoroub
Engineer, Mayor of Rafah
Telephone: 972-8-214-5725
Fax: 972-8-214-5921
email: rbaladya@hotmail.com

Dr. Emad Sha'at
Deputy Mayor
Director of Twinning Projects
Mobile +972-59-411-850
Res. +972-8-283-8580

Dr. Ali Shehda Barhoum
Municipal Manager, Rafah
rbaladya@hotmail.com