A Blessing of the Pilgrims

August 23, 2015 - We invited the St. Mark’s community, our families and friends, to travel with us to the Holy Land. Our trip officially begins September 1 in Jerusalem, but we have been preparing for over a year with readings, films and speakers. We…

MEJDI Tours E-Brochure for High Schools

Here are some destinations where we can build custom experiential learning programs for you! Travel to Ireland for a Dual Narrative tour of Northern Ireland and learn about The Troubles from two perspectives; explore the history and language…

Aziz Abu Sarah’s TED Talk Reaches 1 Million Views

MEJDI co-founder and 2014 TED Fellow, Aziz Abu Sarah, had his TED talk posted in January 2015. Since then, his video has reached over 1 million views! If you haven't seen it yet...

MEJDI Co-Founder Aziz Abu Sarah’s Limmud Conference Talk is Available Online

This past winter, MEJDI Co-Founder Aziz Abu Sarah spoke at 18x18 ChaiPowered's Limmud Conference in Warwick, UK. In this talk, Aziz discusses how travel can change the world.

MEJDI Tours E-Brochure for Universities

Our TED Talk: For more information.... Interested in learning more about our university travel services? Curious to see some of our university clients? Want to read some testimonials? Ready to start planning your field experience/study…

The Future of Tourism

Their goal was to create a new kind of tour company that uses tourism as an opportunity to encourage tolerance and cross cultural understanding by introducing tourists to the local people, sharing their traditions and teaching the multiple narratives and viewpoints that make up any nation.

Traveling to Change the World

Tourism is here seen as awareness tool of reconciliation or education. This shows incredible potential.

Perspective

Today's blog post comes from Valparaiso University Student Alex S... "The best way to understand someones perspective is to hear it from a first-person account. This was exactly what was done during our tour; because of this, we not only educated on the region through a personal perspective, but were able to connect personally to the people living in the region themselves."