Contributed by Leyla Zuaiter on 23.01.2006:
This woman is posing in the Artas Folklore Center Museum with the Jarousha, formerly used to grind grain. She was a child when Louisa Baldensperger, daughter of French missionaries, known in the village as Sitt Louisa, and Hilma Granqvist, a Finnish anthropologist lived in Artas.
Contributed by Leyla Zuaiter on 23.01.2006:
The richly embroidered sleeves of the women radiate from the henna pot.If Leilit il Henna has stopped being observed in many towns and cities, the tradition is still kept up in Beit Sahour. However, even here the bride-to-be declined to actually have the patterns drawn on her hands.
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Contributed by Leyla Zuaiter on 23.01.2006:
This village doorway makes a spectacular frame for these little girls.
Original Content Creator: Leyla Zuaiter
Contributed by Leyla Zuaiter on 23.01.2006:
There's plenty of love to go around in this village,and rapport between young and old.
Original Content Creator: Leyla Zuaiter
Contributed by Leyla Zuaiter on 23.01.2006:
These rooftops with hay make a pleasant picture in the bright sunshine.
Original Content Creator: Leyla Zuaiter
Contributed by Leyla Zuaiter on 23.01.2006:
Walking down the steps through the narrow village streets toward the village square, one is treated to stunning views of rooftops and the landscape beyond them.
Original Content Creator: Leyla Zuaiter
Contributed by Ibrahim Marazka on 03.12.2005:
Ships rest in the old port of Yaffa on the background of a clear sky.
Contributed by Ibrahim Marazka on 17.11.2005:
The Educational Bookshop
Shelves of Memories, Shelves of Dreams
By Leyla Zuaiter
Entering the Educational Bookshop at 22 Salaheddin Street, I am embraced by almost twenty years of Jerusalem memories. Lined up neatly like books on the shelves are the milestones of the first Intifada, the hesitant hope of Oslo, the exciting build-up to Bethlehem 2000, the heartbreak(...)
Contributed by Ibrahim Marazka on 17.11.2005:
Educational Bookshop at 22 Salaheddin Street, Jerusalem. See the Article of Leyla Zuaiter under History>Archive/Research.
Original Content Creator: Leyla Zuaiter
Contributed by Ibrahim Marazka on 17.11.2005:
An overlook on nature and place where the village Miske was. An unknown green Field.
Original Content Creator: Yoaad Shbita