Big Brother meets the Middle East

http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2111131,00.html

A group of Palestinian and Israeli students are on their way home after three years living together in London. Nathan Jeffay reports

Every June, reality bites for thousands of university leavers as the world of work looms. For 16 graduates of City University, a much harsher reality is sinking in. After three years together in London, they must return to their communities on opposing sides of the Middle East conflict, and get used to the fact that they will probably never meet as a group again.
Britain's attentions may be fixed on Big Brother, but these eight Israeli and eight Palestinian students have just completed an altogether more challenging experiment in communal living run by their university, called the Olive Tree project.
Education Guardian initially met them in September 2004, when they became the first group from across the Middle East divide to live together, study for their degrees together over three years, and undertake a parallel programme to learn about one another's cultures and to talk about how to bring peace to their region.