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AlManarah
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More than 5,700 blind and visually-impaired Arabs live in Israel. Not only are they socially excluded from their own Arab Community, but they also lack resources and services from the State.

AlManarah, which means ''Lighthouse'', was initiated in May 2005 and led by a group of Arab blind and visually impaired people. AlManarah aims at advancing the status of the Arab blind and visually-impaired in Israel and is the first Arab organization of its kind. AlManarah fosters social awareness and works towards changing perceptions beyond the inherited stereotypes and stigmas common among Arab society towards the blind and the visually-impaired. AlManarah’s work includes extensive workshops and seminars and the distribution of relevant materials in order to open the Arab society to the world of the blind and the visually-impaired. By creating empowerment groups of Arab blind and visually impaired people and their parents from different regions, AlManarah also develops leaders who are active in working towards changing attitudes in relation to the blind and visually-impaired in the Arab society. Furthermore, AlManarah advocates on behalf of the Arab blind and visually-impaired to ensure accessibility for all and to protect the inalienable rights given equally to all citizens, including filing appeals and lawsuits in Israeli courts.

Each year more than 2,500 school children and adults from the Arab-Israeli community are exposed to information regarding the blind and the visually-impaired through AlManarah’s activities and each year hundreds of Arab Israeli blind and visually impaired people receive services from AlManarah.

AlManarah paves a new road toward a social change, which will firmly post the blind and visually impaired Arabs at the center of society''s life and present them as persons with unique abilities.

 
 
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