Contributed by This Week In Palestine on 23.09.2010:
A Snapshot of Jerusalem
By Simon Kouba
This Week in Palestine, September 2010
A quick look at the history of Jerusalem reveals that this city was never an industrial city or an agricultural or economic centre. It has always been a place of pilgrimage since it is the home of the three monotheistic religions. Jerusalem has been known as the capital of historic Palestine, mo(...)
Contributed by Alexander Lawrence on 06.03.2010:
Contributed by Toine Van Teeffelen on 01.12.2009:
From the new Domari website
http://www.wix.com/domarisociety/domari-society-website
The origin of the Gypsy can be traced back to 18th century India, where links between the dialects of Romany and Punjabi have been discovered. The Gypsies of India originally referred to themselves by the term Dom, meaning man. While many Gypsy communities began referring to themselves as Rom or (...)
Contributed by Toine Van Teeffelen on 01.12.2009:
From the new Domari website
http://www.wix.com/domarisociety/domari-society-website
While related to both Punjabi of India and Romany of the Easter European Gypsies, Domari is the language unique to Middle Eastern Gypsies. It is highly influenced by Arabic, and exists in many different dialects throughout the Middle East. In Jerusalem only a few hundred speakers remain, mostly o(...)
Contributed by Toine Van Teeffelen on 01.12.2009:
From the new Domari website
http://www.wix.com/domarisociety/domari-society-website
The food native to the Dom of Jerusalem is a combination of the foods their ancestors ate, and the food of their Arabic hostland.
Food takes the lead in community celebrations, such as weddings and circumcisions and life cycle events, such as funerals. Main dishes usually consist of chicke(...)
Contributed by Nasif Masad on 28.02.2009:
Contributed by Nasif Masad on 28.02.2009:
Contributed by Jerusalem Quarterly on 27.01.2009:
Ellen Fleischmann
Jerusalem Quarterly File
Fall 1998, Issue 2
Focusing on Jerusalem‘s women provides us with a distinctive lens on the city during this period, illuminating in particular the pressures on and transformations in attitudes about gender which accelerated with the events of 1948, but which have their origins even earlier. These stories reveal rich information,(...)
Contributed by Dean Bashiti on 30.12.2008:
Contributed by This Week In Palestine on 04.07.2008:
Jerusalem: A World of Culture
By Huda Imam
As I entered Souq al-Qattanine this morning through Lions Gate, I passed Bab Hutta, St. Anne, Tareeq al-Mujahideen, the Via Dolorosa with its Ecco Homo, and walked towards the Austrian Hospice and Tareeq al-Wad to reach the Centre for Jerusalem Studies. At its Mamlouk khan, around 50 children had gathered, wearing T-shirts from Shams Al(...)