In the week before the International Day of Peace 2014 Cairo – the biggest city of Africa – will be transformed into a Peace Village. The city will host several inspiring peace meetings. One of those meetings may possibly bring together thousands Mayors for Peace to launch - with us - their global campaign to create a world free of nuclear arms by 2020. All over the city hotels, clubs, universities, theatres and museums will host artists, peace-workers, marketers, NGO’s and social entrepreneurs for debates, seminars, workshops to fuel peace building innovation and information exchange. Because minds are like parachutes: they work better if they’re open.