Community Programs
Promoting projects to empower people with disabilities in the fields of culture, education, employment and life skills
Awards & Prizes
Since its inception, the AlManarah Association has been honored with many awards and honors for its efforts towards improving the status of people with disabilities. The following are a few of the major honors our organization has recieved: The Zero Project Award In February 2018, AlManarah Digital Library received the Zero Project Award as the …
A beacon of hope from the blind optimist of Nazareth
NAZARETH, Israel – A few minutes’ walk from the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, Abbass Abbass is working on ambitious new projects in his association’s headquarters. Seated at a small desk with a plate of baklava, the founder and chief of the al-Manarah (Lighthouse) charity asks for a coffee and starts talking enthusiastically about his latest plans. The …
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In Nazareth, blind man’s vision gives boost to region’s visually impaired
“Our own community is paternalistic and we are part of an Arab minority that is discriminated against. The main discrimination is in resources.” Although The Jerusalem Post’s reporter is seated right next to him, Abbass Abbass cannot tell his skin color, eye color or hair color. Suffering from birth from a debilitating disease of the …
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Blind optimism: how one man refused to be brought down by disability
The Al Manarah Association for Arab Persons with Disabilities in Israel offers the world’s only online library of audio books in Arabic and was recently honoured by the UAE. Abbass Abbass has a congenital and degenerative eye condition which will eventually rob him of the little that remains of his sight. Yet it would be …
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Digital Programs
Our Library Project records audio books, produces texts in braille, and provides studios for the production of disability podcasts.