Series of Articles on Genealogy and Family History and its Importance to the Palestinian People
Contributed by Artas Folklore Center on 09.04.2012:
BACKGROUND TO THE ARTICLES
This series of articles on Genealogy and Family/Oral History, its importance for the Palestinian people, and its applications in education, tourism and community development was originally developed by Leyla Zuaiter for the Genealogy and Family History Webiste of the Arab Educational Institute-Open Windows (AEI) in Bethlehem. This followed a workshop presente(...)
Artas Lettuce Festival
Contributed by Artas Folklore Center on 08.04.2012:
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Why Lettuce?
The General Goals of the Artas Lettuce Festival
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Videos and Video Clips of Artas
Contributed by Artas Folklore Center on 07.04.2012:
The Artas Folklore Center hopes to make its own video soon. In the meantime, we have gathered a few videos and video clips from the web for you. Note that the Thirteenth Annual Artas Lettuce Festival (2007) was the most ambitious in recent years. Begin explorations below image.
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The most recent festival, the Eighteenth Annual Artas Lettuc(...)
Photo Essays on Artas
Contributed by Artas Folklore Center on 07.04.2012:
There are plenty of photos of Artas for you to discover on Palestine-family.net. In case you are in a hurry, we've listed a few for you to start with below the image.

A photo essay of the Fourteenth Annual Artas Lettuce Festival begins here:
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Artas in Guidebooks
Contributed by Artas Folklore Center on 07.04.2012:

WALKING PALESTINE by Stefan Szepesi
VISIT PALESTINE by www.visit palestine.ps.
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Until recently, few Palestinian villages were mentioned in mainstream guidebooks. There was an almost exclusive focus on(...)
Select Bibliography on Artas
Contributed by Artas Folklore Center on 07.04.2012:
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There is a huge body of scholarly literature on Artas dating back to the early twentieth century.More recently, Falestin Naili, Virtual Scholar in Residence, has written many works reviewing older works and breaking new ground. In fact we were quite surprised to find the Artas Folklore Center itself under her scholarly lens.Below is only a(...)
Read More About Artas
Contributed by Artas Folklore Center on 07.04.2012:
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Recommended Books and Articles for the Cultivated and Culturally Curious General Reader
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Artas in Guidebooks
A Folklore Sampler
This is just to get you started. We cannot keep up with listing all the man(...)
ARTAS FOLKLORE CENTER
Contributed by Artas Folklore Center on 07.04.2012:
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OUR MISSION
THE VISION OF THE ARTAS FOLKLORE CENTER
A living museum, a model village, an inspiration to other rural heritage centers with limited means in Palestine and beyond-that is the vision of the the Artas Folklore Center. Read More
OVERVIEW OF AIMS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE ARTAS FOLKLORE CENTER(...)
The Magic of Artas
Contributed by Artas Folklore Center on 07.04.2012:
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Of Memory and Magic, Missionaries and Museums : More than Meets the Eye in Artas Everything in Artas is wrapped in layers of meaning, and everything is so much more than in seems. What is it about this place that has attracted so many civilizations, and people?
The Attractions of Artas Proximity to Bethlehem, rich in h(...)
Resounding Success of The Thirteenth Annual Artas Lettuce Festival, April 12-15, 2007
Contributed by Artas Folklore Center on 06.04.2012:
By Leyla Zuaiter
An estimated 5000 Palestinians and foreign visitors converged on the village of Artas just south of Bethlehem for the Thirteenth Annual Artas Lettuce Festival. Milling around the village for hours before the official opening, the throngs made their way past the newly acquired goat-haired tent, where some of them would later sit and listen to the rababa, then down a nar(...)