The Volunteer to Write Articles about Palestine Program is designed for participants with a background and interest in journalism, reporting, and recording in various formats, as well as an interest in telling human stories. This program allows and encourages participants to immerse themselves in Palestinian culture, forming connections with the local residents around Hebron.
At Engage in the West Bank, we welcome people, regardless of their views on the situation between Israel and Palestine. We encourage reporting of the Center to be fair and unbiased, to tell the stories of the people who live in Hebron and the work of the Center. Whereas media coverage of Israel and Palestine focuses on the ongoing conflict and relationship between the parties, writing articles with our center will allow you to experience and recount the experiences and everyday life of local residents and communities. International communication is important for many Palestinians, who simply want to feel connected to and recognized by the international community.
Connecting with people internationally in a friendly and honest way is one of the cornerstones of Engage in the West Bank in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine. As such, we are constantly seeking people who can write critically and clearly about the many different activities occurring at the Center, the experience of living in Hebron and the West Bank, Palestine, and Palestinian refugees’ lives in and around Hebron.
The Writing Article Internship presents various avenues for internationals interested in the Israel/ Palestine region to explore and witness the realities of everyday life in the area. Examples of activities possible to participate in include daily events taking place at the center, the educational system in Palestine, volunteering in Palestine, studying Arabic, and community events.
Intern to Write About Palestine 2025/2026
Engage in the West Bank is now accepting applications for the Write Articles About Palestine Program for 2025/2026. This program is ideal for aspiring journalists, writers, and storytellers who want to explore and document life in Palestine. Participants will be able to engage with local communities in Hebron, visit Palestinian villages, and gain firsthand insights into daily life, culture, and resilience.
By writing articles, blog posts, and reports, interns will help share Palestinians’ voices and experiences with an international audience, fostering greater global awareness and understanding. Through this program, participants will also develop their writing skills while immersing themselves in Palestinian culture.
Interns will document educational initiatives, cultural events, and the broader social landscape while connecting with local residents and learning Arabic. Whether covering the educational system, community development, or personal stories of Palestinian refugees, this internship offers a unique opportunity to contribute meaningfully to international discourse while experiencing life in Hebron and the West Bank firsthand.
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When Can I Volunteer to Write about Palestine?
The center’s internship programs are designed to run for at least one month, up to the three-month maximum allowed through a travel visa. Within these loose boundaries, interns can join throughout the year, shaping the internship to cater to their needs. This offers ideal opportunities for travelers seeking summer volunteering in Israel and Palestine, with volunteers welcomed year-round at the center.
We’re flexible about your start date and stay duration to guarantee an exciting volunteer experience for you in Palestine.
Overview of the Write Articles About Palestine Program
| Place of Program | Hebron, West Bank, Palestine |
| Program Fees (Per Week) | Check Prices Here |
| Age | 18-70 Years Old |
| Minimum Duration | 1 Month |
| Maximum Duration | 3 months |
| Area of Volunteering | Journalism and Media in the West Bank Writing articles about Palestine Editing articles |
| Reviews and Ratings | Reviews On Gooverseas.com Reviews On Goabroad.com Participants video testimonials |
| Number of Participants | Variable |
| Educational Degree | Not Required |
| Starting/Ending Dates | Flexible – Anytime |
| Application Deadline | No Deadline |
| University Credit | Available |
| Program Language | English |
Benefits Provided by Engage in the West Bank:
On top of this fulfilling immersive volunteering experience, volunteers in the Write Articles about Palestine Program benefit from the following
- Participants receive 12 hours of conversational Palestinian Arabic lessons for each month they intern. They can also study MSA, Fusha, or colloquial Arabic.
- Accommodation with a Palestinian host family or a shared flat.
- Breakfast with other participants (6 times a week)
- Support during their time in Palestine
- Visits to various sites in the city of Hebron (refugee camps in Hebron, the old city, different factories, etc.)
- Understanding of Palestinian politics and experience of the occupation of the West Bank
- Get to know the human rights situation and help the Palestinian refugees.
- Engagement in educational, community, and social activities
- The hospitality of Palestinians and the pleasant climate offer a great attraction to overseas students.
- Writing about Palestine will allow you to live in and gain impressions from one of the most politically divisive and ambivalent regions of the Middle East.
- The writing articles Internship in the West Bank Program will provide you with the chance to visit unique tourist attractions with a particular native perspective—locations include Bethlehem, Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron, Tulkarm, Qalqilyah, Jenin, and the Dead Sea in Jericho.
- Visit nearby cities such as Akko, Herzliya, Beersheva, Eilat, Tiberias, Netanya, Safed, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Masada, Amman, Aqaba, Wadi Rum, and Nazareth.
- Our center is staffed by well-qualified, attentive Arabic teachers, each with an excellent educational background, ready and happy to help you.
- Engage in the West Bank will provide participants with a certificate upon completion.
Requirements for Volunteer to Write about Palestine Program:
We rely on our online presence to attract volunteers worldwide and share stories from the Centre. To ensure a level of quality to the articles written, we request the following from our authors:
- Demonstration of fluency in the English Language for speaking, writing, listening, and reading is required, and any other language fluency is an added plus.
- Writers should have some prior experience in writing texts in English
- Showing a strong motivation to write about Palestine and a willingness to embrace local culture and traditions is hugely welcomed
You must be between 23 – 75 years old in order to apply. Engage in the West Bank welcomes all nationalities!
Specificities of Role
Throughout the internship, volunteers should be able to meet the following obligations and duties:
- To facilitate the writing of articles, collect information and necessary materials from the center staff, students, international volunteers, interns, and others.
- Submit one article per day subject to critique and acceptance by staff. Articles may be required to be revised to achieve final approval. These articles should be between 1000 – 1200 words. (one to two pages)
- Edit articles from Engage in the West Bank website
The articles aim to inform international readers about life in Palestine and the opportunities of living here; therefore, writers should use a writing voice that is engaging, direct, and clear.
Engage in the West Bank is looking for volunteers to help edit the center’s website content (Mainly to improve the articles’ readability and English Language). Please email us for more information.
Arabic Lessons for Volunteers of the Article Writing Program
All Write Articles about Palestine Program participants receive three hours of weekly intensive Arabic classes with a Palestinian teacher. Moreover, all volunteers will have ample opportunities to meet people in Palestine and learn and practice their Arabic skills. Volunteers at Engage in the West Bank can choose the type of Arabic they want to learn.
Available Arabic Dialects
All volunteers at our base in Hebron will receive a choice of Arabic dialects to study during their time in the West Bank. As part of your volunteer placement, we offer a choice of:
- Shami or Levantine Arabic (Amiyya dialect)
- Colloquial Palestinian Arabic
- Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)
- a mixed Program: (Modern Standard Arabic & Shami Arabic)
Help is always on offer if you need advice on choosing a dialect.
Volunteer in Palestine Program Registration Fee
Engage in the West Bank will charge a monthly fee. This fee covers the Center’s accommodation, breakfast each morning, Arabic classes, and cultural trips around the city. This fee is much lower than that of many of the other programs the Center runs, reflecting how much we value strong English writing skills.
- We will offer pre-departure support, accommodation with a local host family or at Engage in the West Bank’s dorm, some meals, assistance, and coordination while residing in Palestine, three hours a week of Arabic lessons, and some visits to various sites in and around the city of Hebron.
- Engage in the West Bank accepts applications year-round for this program.
Where Do Our Volunteers Come From?
In short, everywhere. Here at Engage in the West Bank, we pride ourselves on our international openness towards people of all nations, religions, and cultures. There is no ‘foreigner’; for us, there are simply people with unique cultural perspectives with whom we are delighted to share our time and experiences.
Most of our Arabic students in Palestine come from the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Canada, France, Spain, Belgium, and Switzerland.
Moreover, students from Brazil, Mexico, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Australia, Japan, South Africa, Singapore, South Korea, Ireland, China, and New Zealand have all taken to studying Arabic in Hebron, West Bank.
Is your country not on the list? Then now is your chance to become a trailblazer, become the first representative of your nation, and join our ever-expanding international community.
Flying into Palestine
Unfortunately, there are no airports in Palestine; flying directly into the West Bank is currently impossible. Palestinians use either the airports in Jordan or Egypt to travel abroad. However, international volunteers and interns can fly to Israeli airports and then cross to Palestine. We believe the easiest ways to get to Engage in the West Bank in Hebron, Palestine, are:
- Fly to Ben Gurion, Tel Aviv Airport (Israel). Then, take a shared taxi to Engage in the West Bank, Hebron, which takes about two and a half hours.
- You can fly to Eilat airport and then travel by booking a shuttle or taking a bus to Jerusalem and then to Hebron. The whole trip can last between 6-7 hours.
- A separate option is to fly to Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan, and then cross the border into Palestine, but this route takes more time and is more expensive.
How to Get a VISA to Volunteer in Palestine?
Unfortunately, before traveling to volunteer in Palestine, there is no way to directly apply for a visa on the Write Articles about Palestine Program at Engage in the West Bank. Upon arrival in Israel, internationals are given a three-month visa that applies to both Israel and Palestine. With this visa, volunteers are able to travel freely in the Israel and Palestinian territories for up to three months.
Americans, Canadians, and most Europeans need no prior visa to enter Palestine. Please refer to the visa exemption agreement. Upon your arrival at the Israeli Airports in Tel Aviv or Eilat, you will be granted a tourist visa valid for 90 days, enabling you to travel around Palestine and Israel.
Program Accommodation
When residing in Hebron, male program participants can either stay with a Palestinian host family (depending on availability) or in a very nice apartment just a 5-minute walk from our center. Both options offer unique advantages.
Staying in the apartment provides extra time to bond with other participants and volunteers, fostering a sense of community. Located near Hebron’s metropolitan center, the apartment offers convenient access to explore the vibrant city with fellow roommates, opening the door to many new and exciting experiences!
The second option available to participants will be to reside with a Palestinian host family. This option will provide participants with an intimate view of Palestinian daily life, customs, and culture, familiarize them with family structures, and allow them to taste some of the delicious Palestinian cuisine. It’s also likely that participants residing with a host family will be invited to family gatherings and cultural events, guaranteeing a culturally immersive experience!
Traveling To and From Hebron, West Bank
We know that many participants of the Write Articles about Palestine, especially those traveling in the Israel/ Palestine region for the first time, naturally have queries on issues such as:
- How to get to Hebron, West Bank,
- How to make your way to the Engage in the West Bank once arriving
- Transportation in the area: which taxi should you take
- How to cross the checkpoints in the West Bank.
You may find all the necessary information about how to get to Hebron, Palestine, in these three articles, along with the rest of this article:
If you have any further questions, you are always welcome to contact us.
Safety of Our Writers
The region of Palestine has not been stable for the last few decades. There is always unrest and war, sometimes more volatile and at other times calmer. Nonetheless, millions of tourists visit Palestine and the West Bank each year, including Hebron, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Jenin, Tulkarem, Nablus, and many other cities, without any safety issues. Palestinians, in general, are welcoming and hospitable people. They recognize that the politics of a country and its people may differ.
Since its formation in 2011, Engage in the West Bank has welcomed over 1,000 international visitors. These visitors lived and worked in Hebron for a few weeks or months. Overall, they faced no threat or were unsafe in Hebron or the West Bank.
Moreover, Engage in the West Bank is in a central area of Hebron under the Palestinian authority. Our Palestinian host families and the male dorms are also located near Engage in the West Bank.
Reviews, Awards, And Recognition
Study in Palestine has been honored with several prestigious Community Awards and recognized as the Best Language School and Top Volunteer and Internship Program Provider for 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. For more details, please visit our profiles on GoOverseas.com and GoAbroad.com.
- +860 reviews (96%) on gooverseas.com
- +175 reviews (96%) on goabroad.com
- Internship in Palestine participants’ video testimonials
Conclusion
In conclusion, the “Write Articles About Palestine Program” offers a unique opportunity for aspiring journalists and writers to immerse themselves in Palestinian culture while making meaningful contributions to the global understanding of life in the West Bank. By engaging with local communities, documenting personal stories, and exploring Palestine’s social, educational, and political landscape, participants gain invaluable experiences that shape both their professional skills and personal perspectives.
This program fosters cross-cultural connections and a deeper appreciation of Palestinian resilience and daily life, all while providing volunteers with an enriching, safe, and supportive environment. Whether you want to develop your writing portfolio, learn Arabic, or simply make a difference by sharing authentic voices, the program provides a meaningful platform to create lasting change through storytelling.
How to Apply to the Volunteer to Write Articles about Palestine Program:
- Email us at Info@ecpalestine.org requesting an application, listing ‘Volunteer to Write Articles about Palestine’ as your desired program.
- We will send you the application. You will fill it out and send it back to us.
In the meantime, you can contact us via email at Info@ecpalestine.org, WhatsApp, or phone at +972 599-479880. If you have any questions or need more information about our programs, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
After we receive your application:
- We review the application with our team (this usually takes a week)
- You may be invited to a short talk on a Skype call, Zoom, or WhatsApp to give you more information and answer all of the questions.
Selections process
- We will send you an acceptance letter and a program contract.
- Sign the contract and send it back to us.
- Pay the fees online in advance.
- You are ready to come to Hebron, Palestine, and join our Engage in the West Bank family.
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