Episode 36 - Mai Shbeta, the Jewish-Israeli-Muslim-Palestinian Peace Activist

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

Society & Culture

1.7 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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She's a sort of "peace incarnate". A representation of what comes of abandoning hate and sectarianism for love and unity. Mai Shbeta is the daughter of a Jewish Mother and Muslim father. According to Jewish religious law, she's a Jew. According to Islam, she's a Muslim. However, often the members of both faiths choose to see her as an outside - they see the differences rather than the similarities. This reality has driven Mai Shbeta to spend her time working diligently towards peace. She's presented at the World Economic forum in Davos in 2011 and, recently completing a law degree at the Bar Ilan University, she has her eyes set on the advancement of Human Rights. Mai joins 2NJB today to talk about her life and career.

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0:00.0	Live from Tel Aviv, two nice Jewish boys.
0:08.0	If Romeo and Juliet hadn't ended so tragically, the Montague's and the Capulets, specifically the young lovers, might have found themselves in quite a predicament.
0:18.0	Imagine if Romeo and Juliet had consummated their love and brought a child to the world.
0:22.6	Then what? Well, Maish Betta is here today to give us some idea what that would be like.
0:28.6	Mai was born to a Jewish mother and a Muslim father. According to Jewish religious law, Maia is Jewish,
0:34.6	and according to Islam, she's Muslim. However, Mai would probably define herself differently than either of these singular things.
0:42.3	Maya has been an active peace seeker her whole life, growing up in Neveshalom, or Wahat al-Salem,
0:48.3	an integrated Palestinian Jewish village.
0:52.3	She joined the World Economic Forum at age 19 and continues until today
0:56.2	working diligently towards peace. Maheshbetta joins us today to talk about her life and career.
1:02.5	This podcast is made in cooperation with the Jewish Journal, www.jewishjournal.com. Also in cooperation
1:09.2	with Secret Tel Aviv, Israel's largest online social network
1:13.0	community in English. Just look for the group on Facebook or visit them at secrettelive.com.
1:18.5	Subscribe to two nice Jewish boys on iTunes. And if you like the podcast, don't forget to rate us.
1:24.3	And of course, we want to hear your feedback. So let us know what you think in the
1:27.6	comments or send us a message on Facebook. Hi, Mai. How are you? Hi. Hello.
1:34.2	Such a pleasure to have you. Thank you. And let's just maybe we should mention why
1:40.1	Mai, why my, that the Jewish Journal with whom we cooperate have done a special for
1:48.0	Yom Haatzmaud with influential Arab Israelis or and my was one of them if I'm not
1:57.5	mistaken right and we brought her as an expansion of that interview that you gave for the Jewish Journal
2:04.3	to hear a little bit more about you, right?
2:08.0	Yes, it was an excellent interview.
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