Pouring Coffee Hikers get a pick me up from Arabic Coffee poured from this ornate brass Ibriq.
Artas Folklore Center 23.04.2012
Meeting in the Valley of Encounters Some members of Ru'iya or Vision from Abu Dis and foreign guests in an encounter under a tree on a hill overlooking the Artas...
Leaping towards Artas A young hiker leaps down the hill as the Convent of Artas comes into view.
Artas Folklore Center 23.04.2012
Approaching the Village of Artas The hikers have arrived in Artas. To the right is the Artas Valley and the dramatically situated Convent of the Hortus...
Bagpipes in the Enclosed Garden Bagpipes were among the instruments heard in the Soler Park, another instrument mastered by Khalil Qaraqa, musician from...
Artas Folklore Center 23.04.2012
The Poet of Abu Dis The Poet of Abu Dis's Ru'iya or Vision continues to captivate the crowd in the Soler Park belonging to the Nuns of the...
Artas Folklore Center 23.04.2012
Pensive Pose in Soler Park, Artas This member of the Artas Folklore Center'a Folklore Troupe looks pensive as he listens to the poetry recited by a member of...
Brass Coffeepot and Lettuce Awad Abu Sway, the moderator of the Eighteeth Annual Artas Lettuce Festival, (right) takes a break on the steps leading to...
