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Friendship Games: Rivalry game?
“People like to call this a rivalry game just because of what’s been happening in the country… But they’re all friends,” said Israeli Arabic coach Mohamed Abuarisha of his team’s matchup with ASA Israel.
Friendship Games: Vlog – Setting the scene
Reporters Julia Karron, Joe Malandruccolo and Chloe Pavlech set the scene as they cover the 2018 Friendship Games in Eilat, Israel.
Friendship Games: Friendly competition
Following the opening ceremonies’ raucous dance party, players put on a more competitive face for Friday’s cultural events revolving around basketball.
Friendship Games: Breaking the ice
As participants at the 13th annual Friendship Games settled in for the week-long event, they saw unfamiliar faces from unfamiliar places. How do you get these people to interact?
Friendship Games: About Our Team
A 2018 graduate of the University of Maryland’s Merrill College of Journalism, Julia Karron was the co-host of the Washington Bullpen podcast for the Washington bureau of Capital News Service. Julia, who grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, works in the sports department at The Washington Post and has previously interned with Slate’s sports podcast “Hang [...]
Diplomacy meets basketball at 2018 Friendship Games
In 2005, after seeing generations of children from neighboring countries and cultures grow up amid conflict, Ed Peskowitz and Arie Rosenzweig tried a novel approach to diplomacy – a basketball tournament.
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