  In England with CHN peacemaker friends
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Ibrahim is a walking philanthropist. He's head of his family and a natural leader in his local community, the peacemaker community in the Holy Land, to projects such as the Way of Sulha and Jerusalem Peacemakers, and to many peace-oriented people worldwide.
He melts people's hearts, dissolving any reservations with sheer generosity of spirit.
He comes from a long line of community fathers who have lived on the Mount of Olives since the days of the Umayyad Caliphate, 1,300 years ago. He and his wife Naïma, a quiet and steady grandmother and hostess, welcome a continual stream of visitors to their open home - it has ten bedrooms. Sometimes they cook meals for up to a thousand people.
When Ibrahim sees people in need he mobilises support, taking on their case, rolling up with a mountain of clothes or food, bringing helpers and doing whatever he feels will most help. A retired telephone engineer, he's still busy connecting people up.
Supporting Ibrahim and his family means that many other people are supported through them. For many years Ibrahim worked with an international charity: they give him piles of clothes to distribute amongst needy people.
When asked what he needs most, he said "A car, so I can take food and clothes to people, and pick up guests from the airport. Not an old car that breaks down. A good car. I am too old to fix cars and to carry too much myself".
He keeps on encouraging people to come visit him in Jerusalem. Click 'Next' to read on and find out why. See the Peace and Social Projects section too.