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Stories & Sayings
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Gypsies in Jerusalem: language
From the new Domari website http://www.wix.com/domarisociety/domari-society-website While related to both Punjabi of...
 
Toine Van Teeffelen
01.12.2009
       
       
 
Bethlehem Folklore and the Virgin Mary
The following is mainly collected by dr Issa Massou, and available on the website of Dr Adnan Musallem of Bethlehem...
 
Toine Van Teeffelen
18.09.2009
       
       
 
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra: memories of Christmas
The Shoes Adapted from: Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, The First Well, A Bethlehem Boyhood, The University of Arkansas Press...
 
Arab Educational Institute
25.08.2009
       
       
 
Coffee stories
The name coffee is derived from the Arabic Kahweh, pronounced Kahveh by the Turks. It originally meant wine or other...
 
Arab Educational Institute
30.05.2009
       
       
 
King Suleiman, the snake and the mole.
King Suleiman went to visit Syria, for a change of air. The mole heard that Suleiman was in Syria. She came to lay a...
 
Arab Educational Institute
28.05.2009
       
       
 
Francesco, the gambler
During the time of our Lord Jesus, there was among the soldiers of Herod the Great an Italian named Francesco, a brave young...
 
Arab Educational Institute
27.05.2009
       
       
 
The baker and the hermit: A moral tale
Once there was a very wealthy baker living in Jerusalem. As a widower, and without relatives, he daily handed out bread for...
 
Arab Educational Institute
27.05.2009
       
       
 
The juice seller and the king
I will never forget my childhood. My grandfather taught me how to enjoy life, how to imagine, to learn from the past, how to...
 
Arab Educational Institute
28.03.2009
       
       
 
Bethlehem's Religious Proverbs and Sayings
Bethlehem My Hometown From: the personal website of Dr Adnan...
 
Adnan Mousallem
27.01.2009
       
       
 
Religious Folklore in the Bethlehem District
Stories of Places and Persons Connected with Religious Folklore in the Bethlehem District From: Website Dr Adnan...
 
Adnan Mousallem
25.01.2009
       
       
 
Preface from Folklore of the Holy Land 1907
MY aim in this preface being to afford the untravelled reader of the following stories such a glimpse of the country and...
 
S. Suleiman
06.06.2008
       
       
 
El Khadr in Ein Karem and Hebron
The "former" rains having failed during the months of November and December 1906, prayers for rain were offered up in all...
 
S. Suleiman
02.06.2008
       
       
 
The Tale of the Pilgrim Cat
A town cat, having destroyed almost all the mice and rats in the place, found itself forced, for lack of prey, to go into the...
 
S. Suleiman
02.06.2008
       
       
 
How the Cat and the Dog Became Enemies
THE dog and the cat were not always the enemies we now see them. There was once strong friendship between them. Their...
 
S. Suleiman
02.06.2008
       
       
 
My Father Died Alone in Gaza
Subject: My Father Died Alone in Gaza by Ramzy Baroud Weekend Edition Apri1 5 / 6, 2008 My Father Died Alone in...
 
National Council For Development NCD
25.04.2008
       
       
 
An Advice worth 500 sheep
It is said that the Sheik of a tribe had only one son, even though he married more than one woman. The boy was pampered as an...
 
Mona Wafa
02.04.2008
       
       
 
Three Good Men
Three merchants were going on a trip when night came with heavy rain forcing them to take shelter in a cave where they spent...
 
Mona Wafa
16.03.2008
       
       
 
The epitome of our culture( A cry for unity and love)
I am a palestinian born in Ramallah in 1953, migrated to the U.S. in 1966. Lived most of my life in the U.S. but I can't seem...
 
Olivia Azat
28.10.2007
       
       
 
The White Flag
One of the old customs still observed is the hoisting of a white banner (or flag) on roof tops on certain occasions. When...
 
Turathuna Bethlehem University
28.01.2007
       
       
 
Birth
At the end of the Turkish rule a midwife delivered the baby at home because there were no hospitals. In 1840 the first...
 
Turathuna Bethlehem University
28.01.2007
       

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