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You too can enter the writing competition – Entry page at this link >>______________________________ Hospitality– by AA – Hospitality. That is one of the main words I would use to describe my experience in Israel-Palestine. In all of the major cities and villages I visited, again and again, I would hear “You are welcome.” Of […]
You too can enter the writing competition – Entry page at this link >>______________________________ A Place Called Palestine– by Alice Yu – Have you ever wondered what it would be like to not have the freedom to travel the world, or even to travel within your own country? I asked myself these questions when I […]
You too can enter the writing competition – Entry page at this link >>______________________________An Earthian in Palestine– by Amber Johansen – It is August. The sun is rising in a pool of amber and gold, the last tinges of charcoal are smudged away and the Mediterranean coast is bathed in a warm glow. The morning […]
You too can enter the writing competition – Entry page at this link >>______________________________ Take the chance and visit West Bank – by Lysi Anne, Brazil – Last year, I had an opportunity to visit West Bank on a tour. Indeed, it was an incredible experience. I remember that as soon as we left Jerusalem […]
You too can enter the writing competition – Entry page at this link >>______________________________Holy Land, Damned Land – by Ilaria Ruzza – Italy I’m Catholic by upbringing, raised up during my childhood by my beloved grandmother, a deeply religious woman who took the first plane of her life to go to the Holy Land. It […]
2019 writing competition – by Dorit Miles – As an Israeli born, curious about the Palestinians for years, I never expected to be able to go to the “other side”. The opportunity presented itself and I jumped on it. In January of 2016, I joined a group of interfaith travelers to Israel /Palestine. I decided […]
– by Alex Jones – When I was a kid, we celebrated Christmas by opening gifts on morning of the 25th of December. I never questioned this, and it seemed the most natural thing to do considering everyone around me did the same thing and this was marked on our calendars as ‘Christmas Day’. But […]
– by Green Olive staff – To enter the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, residents and visitors alike pass under a massive sculpture of a key. The key sits atop a keyhole-shaped archway over a main road which must be eight metres high. While international tourists and even many Israeli Jews might fail to understand […]
– by Tanner McCaskie – Our class took a trip to the Holy Land to study the country, its people and the status of the ‘conflict’. One of the most important days of our expedition was our trip to Hebron. We left Jaffa at 7am and drove through Bethlehem, a city located in the central […]
–by Mutasem – Banksy has been involved in Palestine for more than 11 years now. He was one of the first artists to bring street art to the region. Banksy’s works of political and social commentary have been featured on different places including streets, walls, and bridges of cities throughout the world. Banksy’s […]
by Miri – No tour to Bethlehem is complete without a visit to Mar Saba. Located 10km east of Jesus’ birthplace, the Greek Orthodox monastery of Mar Saba (Arabic for “Saint Saba”) is built on cliffs overlooking the majestic Kidron valley. Its founder Saba was born in Cappadocia (today located in Turkey) in 439. At […]
By Miri – One day I went out to show some friends from abroad the place I live in: Jaffa. That same day the Muslim community was celebrating one of their most important holidays, Eid el-Adha, usually translated as the Feast of Sacrifice. As we were approaching one of Jaffa’s main roads we suddenly heard […]
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