Contributed by This Week In Palestine on 25.02.2006:
This Week in Palestine
February 2005
Ramallah Diaries
by Suad Amiry
Granta Books, London, January 2005, 194 pages, NIS70
‘Perhaps one day I may forgive you for putting us under curfew for forty-two days, but I will never forgive you for obliging to have my mother-in-law with us for what seemed, then, more like forty-two years.’
Sharon and My Mother-i(...)
Contributed by This Week In Palestine on 25.02.2006:
This Week in Palestine
October 2005
Next to the hustle and bustle of the City of Ramallah - a city that has become characterized with its vibrant commercial and business enterprises, cultural environment and famous lifestyle, services, restaurants and entertainment - stands a small residential village. This village, called Tal es Safa, is situated in an exclusive residential are(...)
Contributed by This Week In Palestine on 25.02.2006:
This Week in Palestine
August 2005
English translation by Carol Scheller-Doyle and Walid Shomali
Edited by Angela Godfrey and Jawad Musleh
Alternative Tourism Group, Ramallah, 2005, 443 pages.
Palestine & Palestinians is a comprehensive guidebook to what remains of Palestine both within Israel and within the currently occupied Palestinian territories. Av(...)
Contributed by This Week In Palestine on 25.02.2006:
By Munir Sansur.
This Week in Palestine
May 2005
Sansur Books, Bethlehem, 2005, 219 pages, $30.
The book traces an intimate history of Bethlehem, from its beginnings as a prehistoric settlement through to the troubled times of the First Crusade. Written by the late Munir Sansur, whose family has lived in the area for generations, The Cradle of Kings is an informe(...)
Contributed by This Week In Palestine on 25.02.2006:
By Widad Kawar
This Week in Palestine
March 2005
Prior to 1948, every area of Palestine had a special market day on which villagers would go to the largest nearby town to shop. Saturday was market day in Bethlehem, so every Saturday from the balcony of our home I would watch a festive procession of beautifully dressed women coming from Ein Karem, Malha, Walajee, El-Khader(...)
Contributed by Palestine Family.net on 04.02.2006:
http://www.inthecamps.com
Day after day the media talk about the development of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the occupation of the territories, and the logic of ever more violence. Since the beginning of the second Intifadah, the type of news shown doesn't change much. The large part of the news ignores the mass of the Palestinian people. Those who fled their land in 1948 and 1967(...)
Contributed by Arab Educational Institute on 31.01.2006:
A Journey into Palestinian Genealogy
By Leyla Zuaiter
First published in This Week in Palestine, January 2006.
If I initially demurred when approached by Toine Van Teeffelen to give a workshop on Family History and Genealogy to the women’s group of the Arab Educat(...)
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:
Exploring Your Personal and Cultural Identity
Through Family History and Genealogy
By Leyla Zuaiter
Recognizing that the study of Family History and Genealogy has the power not only to enrich lives at the individual and community level but also to serve the interests of the Palestinian people, Arabic Educational Institute-Open Windows in Bethlehem (AEI) recently o(...)
Contributed by Palestine Family.net on 24.09.2005:
The Dispossession and Remembrance
From:
The Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations
Al-Nakba was marked not only by the loss of Palestine as a country, the destruction of its society, and the exodus of over half of its native population, but also by the destruction (...)