Contributed by Terra Sancta School For Girls on 11.03.2006:
Manal Zeytoun
This interview is with my mother, Vivi Jameel Shahin. She was born in Bethlehem on 1 November 1956.
“What was the situation in Palestine before the 1967 war?”
My mother: “The West Bank including East-Jerusalem was under the rule of Jordan. There were always demonstrations against Jordan because people wanted a Palestinian state under a Palestinian authority.(...)
Contributed by Terra Sancta School For Girls on 11.03.2006:
Claude Tushieh
Homeland is dear to all of us. I often asked myself questions about my roots. My father used to say that the essence of the present problem is the injustice done to our people in 1948 when over 700,000 people were forced to leave their towns and villages. Encouraged by this and in order to know the facts about the nakba [disaster] in 1948 and its negative repercussions o(...)
Contributed by Terra Sancta School For Girls on 11.03.2006:
Claude Tushieh
Homeland is dear to all of us. I often asked myself questions about my roots. My father used to say that the essence of the present problem is the injustice done to our people in 1948 when over 700,000 people were forced to leave their towns and villages. Encouraged by this and in order to know the facts about the nakba [disaster] in 1948 and its negative repercussions o(...)
Contributed by Terra Sancta School For Girls on 11.03.2006:
(with a focus upon the Bethlehem area)
Palestine and Zionism
At the beginning of the 20th century, Palestine was inhabited by some 600.000 Arabs and 60.000 Jews. The Arab Palestinians were largely a people of peasants living under impoverished conditions, with an urban presence in towns like Jerusalem, Jaffa, and Haifa. They lived under an oppressive Turkish (Ottoman) rule which(...)
Contributed by Ibrahim Shibli on 09.03.2006:
Author: ALEX. KEITH JOHNSTON LL.D F.R.S.E. F.R.G.SSubject: HANDY ROYAL ATLAS OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY - EXHIBITING THE PRESENT CONDITION OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERY AND RESEARCH IN THE SEVERAL COUNTRIES, EMPIRES AND STATES OF THE WORLD.Publisher: WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH & LONDON, UKDat(...)
Contributed by Yusef Daher on 08.03.2006:
The Intercontinental hotel in Bethlehem was once the home of a prominent Bethlehemite from the Jacir family.
Original Content Creator: Arab Hotel Association
Contributed by Mustafa Mohanna on 06.03.2006:
Contributed by Mustafa Mohanna on 06.03.2006:
The building that formerly served as the Girls' School in El Masmia El Kabeera.
Original Content Creator: mustafa mohanna
Contributed by Yusef Daher on 02.03.2006:
By Leyla Zuaiter
A few minutes from Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity on Milk Grotto Street, is a veteran institution which deserves to be better-known. Its unique multi-stranded programs aimed at developing and communicating Palestinian identity, incorporate many activities allied to the fields of tourism and recreation. In the AEI’s view, every Palestinian should be able to serve as(...)
Contributed by Yusef Daher on 02.03.2006:
The village of Artas, near the Solomon’s pools just south of Bethlehem ,enjoys a particularly rich and varied tangible and intangible heritage, which has been studied by local and foreign scholars almost continuously for over one and a half centuries--thus earning it the distinction of the most studied village in Palestine, and providing it with much documentation on all aspects. Its unique (...)