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Summer Camp Sows Seeds of Peace

Nadia Tibi (left), an Israeli, and Majdoline Shahed, a Palestinian from Jerusalem, met at the camp. (BBC News)

Otisfield, Maine - Going to summer camp is a rite of passage for many young people in the United States.

It offers a chance to have fun outdoors while making new friends away from home.

The international camp set in woods by a glittering lake in Otisfield, Maine follows the same tradition but it also has a lofty ambition: to sow the seeds of peace in the Middle East.

Every year the youth organisation, Seeds of Peace, brings 340 teenagers to this remote site. Most are from Israel, the Palestinian territories and other parts of the Arab world.