Contributed by Arab Educational Institute on 02.03.2006:
Activities/Units (based on Bethlehem area)
Age group
Resources Available
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Discuss sources of identity and how they vary for local and Diaspora Palestinians
Can be adapted to fit age
Worksheet Available
Discuss importance of knowledge of heritage and history for Palestinians
Can be adapted to fit age
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Contributed by Arab Educational Institute on 02.03.2006:
By Leyla Zuaiter
Genealogy, Family History and Heritage can be integrated into a number of school subjects and activities. Aside from the obvious history class, it can be an interesting and meaningful way to develop language, research and computer skills.
Language Skills (Arabic or Foreign Language):
One often learns a language more effectively when one uses it to perform(...)
Contributed by Arab Educational Institute on 02.03.2006:
By Leyla Zuaiter
The study of family history and genealogy has many potential benefits for the Palestinian people at the personal, community and national level. While I don’t claim that studying your family history will cure all that ails you at any of these levels, it certainly has much to offer.
Personal Benefits: the personal benefits are similar to those for family historia(...)
Contributed by Arab Educational Institute on 02.03.2006:
By Leyla Zuaiter
Family historians around the world utilize a similar set of strategies in their research. They record what they know, collect documents and artifacts from their homes, search for diaries and letters, seek records and fellow researchers on the Internet, organize their findings with software, and attempt to understand the times and places in which their ancestors lived t(...)
Contributed by Artas Folklore Center on 01.03.2006:
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Established in 1993, Artas Folklore Center was the first cultural center in the Bethlehem area to be licensed by the Palestinian Authority under the (...)
Contributed by Arab Educational Institute on 27.02.2006:
Maha Saca calls attention to an important book on the history and genealogy of Bethlehem's families (in Arabic) by Hanna Giacamman, (seated on the right) to the women's group of the Arab Educational Institute (AEI) in Bethlehem. The women visited her on a fieldtrip for their workshop "Exploring your Personal(...)
Contributed by Arab Educational Institute on 27.02.2006:
The Arab Educational Institute's women's group learns about the deep-rooted tradition of embroidery from Maha Saca, founder of the Palestine Heritage Center in Bethlehem during a field-trip taken during a workshop on family history and genealogy. Maha explains how the traditional Palestinian dress or thob is(...)
Contributed by Arab Educational Institute on 25.02.2006:
By Leyla Zuaiter
This article first appeared in the November 2005 issue of This Week in Palestine.
A casual tourist passing the sign for the Badd Jaqaman Museum on Bethlehem's narrow Najajra Street may vaguely wonder what evil deeds were done by an Italian outlaw in America's Wild West to merit a museum named after him-- and why it is found in Bethlehem, of all places. If he is (...)
Contributed by Arab Educational Institute on 25.02.2006:
submitted by Arab Educational Institute 31.01.2006
By Leyla Zuaiter
First published in This Week in Palestine, January 2006.
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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 Educational Institute (AEI) in Bethlehem, it's (1) not that I wasn't in(...)
Contributed by Artas Folklore Center on 25.02.2006:
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The magic of Artas begins soon after you leave Hebron Road a couple of kilometers south of Bethlehem. If the wind is just right, you can hear the clatter of hoofs and rumbling of chariots as Solomon comes into the Enclosed Garden to dally with the beloved of his Song of Songs. Cock your ear and you will hear the bark of a Tu(...)