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Children of Abraham Peace Essay Contest 2005-2006
Honorable Mention –Heba Tellawi Heba Tellawi is a junior at the Islamic Saudi Academy in Alexandria, Virginia. She is originally Palestinian but has lived in the United States all her life. This past summer she volunteered at INOVA Mt. Vernon Hospital. She serves as the co-president of the Community Service Committee, and treasurer of her class in the Student Government Association. She is a staff-writer for The Falcon Flyer, the newsletter at her school. Heba also participates in Model United Nations and plays on the Varsity Basketball team. She has participated in Presidential Classroom and the Mt. Vernon Basketball League, and hopes to attend Princeton University and double-major in journalism and international law. Essay Abstract: The three Abrahamic traditions are Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. My essay focuses on implementing a specific STEP series. “Seek: Truth, Education, and Peace” establishes a STEP program to be voluntarily applied in an area’s local private high school. It promotes a weeklong program that centers on the education of young minds (with respect to the three Abrahamic faiths). The main cause of untruthful stereotypes is ignorance, or the lack of education. Once that is combated and eliminated, unity and peace are attainable. Click here to download the entire essay (PDF)
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