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Issue No. 151, July 2002
Message from the Editor
Tony A. Khoury
Editor
Advisory Board (Alphabetically)
The article, Internal Tourism, describes what
that has come to mean of late. It is not going to
visit some attraction but rather to observe the
most recent site of destruction.
Christiane Dabdoub Nasser
Centre for Cultural Heritage Preservation
Ghassan El-Khatib
For Better or Worse
In spite of all that we are going through, the
natural cycle of life goes on. Young couples
do get married, children are born, and people
die, young and old alike. For a change we
enjoyed a very nice wedding at the Augusta
Victoria Lutheran Church up on the Mt. of
Olives. A handsome young couple, both
Lutheran, exchanged vows in the presence
of family and friends. The Lutheran Pastor
and Bishop Younan officiated. The music
was lovely, and the sound of the pipe organ
was very majestic. For a change we forgot
everything about the occupation as we sang
hymns, which brought back lovely memories
for me and my sister-in-law, when we used to
worship at the little Anglican Church in Birzeit
where we went to boarding school.
every aspect of our daily existence.
As we gathered in the hall above the
church for a reception, it was a treat to see
so many people whom we had not seen for
so long. Some of the friends from Bethlehem
had sneaked out of the town when the curfew
was lifted and spent the night in Jerusalem
to be able to make it for the wedding. The
bride's home is in Beit Hanina, a suburb
north of Jerusalem, but very recently the
checkpoint was moved forward and caught
the bride's home behind the checkpoint, so it
was indeed a hustle for the bridal entourage
to make it to church on time. Inspired by that
situation, my brother-in-law suggested to the
Bishop that the vows, "For better, for worse,
for richer or poorer," etc. should certainly
include, "with checkpoints or barriers!!!" I
thought that was really funny when I heard it.
But the more I thought about it I realized how
sad our predicament is. Even the happiest
moments in one's life get marred by the ugly
reality of the occupation that has affected
A young teacher, from Tulkarem, at
Rawdat El-Zuhur School had to have two
weddings; one in Tulkarem for her family,
and one in Kufr Aqab, beyond the Kalandia
checkpoint, for his family. But you have not
heard the end of these stories, which have
left scores of families in a dilemma, and very
often with a forced separation. It is probably
difficult for you to envisage such situations
when you take your daily life so much for
granted. So the worst part is when those
couples do get married, and their living
together in Jerusalem is considered illegal
if one of them is from Jerusalem and the
other from the West Bank. Is there anything
more absurd than this? Of course there is.
The mere fact that Israel can get away with
these measures is what makes all our living
under this brutal occupation very absurd. But
we are still surviving and trying to maintain
our sanity.
So falling in love with a person living on
the other side of the barrier can cause a
lot of frustration. I suppose parents have
to check out the location of their children's
dates, and encourage their children to let
the geographical factor determine the path
of their hearts, so that they will avoid the
agony of crossing barriers every day to pick
up their dates, let alone wedding and living
arrangements. It should really have nothing
to do with the throbbing of the heart, the
attraction, or the common interests. One
needs to be practical and down to earth
under occupation, like a robot without any
emotions, to be able to survive.
Minister of Labour
United Travel
Michel Naser
Bethlehem Peace Center
Mariam Shahin
Journalist
Dr. Salim Tamari
Institute of Jerusalem Studies
Personality of the Month ..20
Artist of the Month ........... 20
Book of the Month ..........21
Cyber Palestine ...............22
Website Review ..............23
Museums .........................24
Cultural Centers...............25
Accommodation ...............27
Restaurants .....................32
Palestinian Kitchen ..........37
Herbal Medicine...............37
Restaurant Review .........38
Transportation .................39
Travel Agencies ...............40
Airlines .............................41
Banks .............................42
Emergency ......................43
Diplomatic Missions .........44
Health ..............................46
Statistics ..........................47
Maps & where to go....48-55
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Samia Khoury
MOHAMMED AMOUS
Dalia Habash
In Personality of the Month we pay modest
tribute to a noted literary personality whose
untimely death a few months ago at the age
of 48 robbed the Palestinian cultural world of a
prolific poet and playwright.
Pin Pricks...........................3
In Service of Sharon ..........4
Internal Tourism .................5
Aboud ................................6
Feature Article ...................8
Events.............................. 11
Film Reviews ...................17
Pin Pricks
Cultural centres are going ahead with their
plans to hold musical festivals and concerts
throughout the summer, to inject a modicum
of normalcy in these abnormal times and to
provide the public with the opportunity to take
its mind off the dire situation it is in. However,
due to the volatile situation, please call the
organizers beforehand to make sure that the
event you are interested in is indeed taking
place.
Summer should be a time spent lounging
around the cool and crisp waters of a swimming
pool sipping long drinks or, better still, on
some sandy beach, with little else to occupy
the mind. It is a time when hedonistic pursuits
come to the fore, with work and other serious
responsibilities relegated to second place.
Alas, our predicament makes all that little more
than a dream. With the deteriorating economic
situation, going on a badly needed vacation is
beyond the reach of many nowadays. Even
getting to the seashore is nearly impossible
for most of the residents of the West Bank.
Summer, for them, means endless hours
spent queuing to cross one of the countless
checkpoints, sweltering under the heat, or
walking through fields and climbing hills to
bypass a checkpoint - no leisurely hike that.
Bush's Speech
Ainsi font font font les petites marionettes
(Thus do the little pupetts - A French nursery rhyme)
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In Service of Sharon
We are engaged in a battle between a
mighty army, equipped with technology and
armoured vehicles, and a people carrying
stones for the most part and occasionally
the equivalent of machine guns. It is not a
battle of equals! We cannot protect ourselves
from this destructive force with such meagre
weapons, but we must, as I have said so
often, protect ourselves from this assault
and continue to resist the horrors of the
occupation by focusing our resistance on
the enemy - soldiers and armed settlers and refraining from carrying out any suicide
operations inside Israel, especially those that
target civilians.
This is because the essential weapon
the Palestinians possess is national justice
and the fact that they are victims of a racist
occupation that is tearing their homeland
apart and is practising torture and persecution
and is humiliating them every day of their
lives. This weapon, if used well, should help
mobilize international public opinion and
pressure the international community into
adopting practical and firm stands to stop the
aggression and end the occupation.
This is the central strategy now, and we
must not allow anyone, whether an individual
or a group, to harm the higher national
interests of the Palestinians by carrying
out operations inside Israel, because, at
the very least, these have transformed the
Israelis into victims and the Palestinians into
terrorists in the minds of the international
community. We must concentrate on resisting
the occupation - soldiers and armed settlers
- because this will reinstate the truth in the
mind of the world; the truth that states that
the Palestinians are victims of a racist and
terrorist occupation, and that Israel is a racist
country that persecutes our people, killing
civilians, destroying houses, uprooting trees,
imposing a siege on our cities, villages and
camps so suffocating that more than 78% of
the people are now below the poverty line.
We must resist by exposing the evils
of the occupation and this should be our
strategy. We must unite behind this strategy
and not allow anyone to harm the higher
national interests of the Palestinian people.
Our cause is just and our call for freedom
and independence is one based on justice,
international law and unanimously approved
United Nations Security Council resolutions,
the most important of which are 242, 338,
1402 and 1397.
We know very well that the West in
general has demonstrated, and continues
to demonstrate, blind support for Israel, but
the West and the U.S. cannot ignore the
war crimes and massacres that Israel is
committing if the suicide operations against
Israeli civilians had not provided these
countries with excuses to claim that Israel
is defending itself. These operations have
made it possible for Ariel Sharon to mobilize
the Israeli public fully behind him in his brutal
and racist war against the Palestinian people
under the banner of a battle for survival. The
Palestinians were stunned by the brutality
with which the Israeli army stormed, with its
tanks, machinery and planes, their cities,
villages and camps. Their indoctrination was:
kill them before they kill you - it is a battle of
survival for the Jews.
If Sharon seeks to escalate matters and
commit more war crimes and evict hundreds
of thousand of Palestinians then why do
these factions send suicide bombers into
Israel (to kill civilians)? Do they do it to give
him an excuse or to deprive the Palestinians
from presenting their just cause in the best,
rather than the worst, possible way?
I call on everyone to stand firmly against
the type of leadership that sends our young
people to their death, to kill Israeli civilians
and kill with it any hope for dialogue that
would ensure peace for us and our children.
I call on them to concentrate their efforts
on resisting the occupying army and the
armed settlers in the Palestinian territories.
The concerted effort to end the occupation
should start with an immediate withdrawal
to the September 28th, 2000 lines as the first
confidence-building measure on the part of
the Israelis, removing the roadblocks and
concrete barriers so that the Palestinians are
able to move between their villages, cities and
camps. This is also directly connected to the
Palestinian demand that international forces,
even if only American, be sent to protect the
Palestinian people from the repeated criminal
attacks that have touched and still touch our
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Internal Tourism
In the 19th century, the Holy Land was in
the top five tourism destinations in the world,
but as time passed and, as one major U.S.
magazine declared that, "God is Dead," the
marketing of Palestine and Israel as premier
tourism destinations has become increasingly
difficult. Most of the tourists these days are
politically motivated. They either support
the Zionist Ueber Alles movements or are
solidarity groups coming to act as human
shields for Palestinian civilians, most of
whom are getting deported by Israel.
Prayers for peace, mediation and a search
for our souls have become ever-distant
concepts not only for the tourists that are
not here, but for the people of the Holy Land
as well. All that appears to be left is internal
tourism and, with checkpoints and tanks all
over, that is becoming tricky as well.
So this summer Palestinians are keeping
strictly to themselves, so to speak. After every
rocket attack, every tank explosion and every
missile blow, grandmothers in headscarves,
fathers with five-year-olds in hand and young
men and women head for the latest disaster
site, simply to have a look. And so it was
with the latest entry in the "Kabul look alike"
contest in Ramallah, hundreds headed to
the presidential headquarters, also known
as the mukata'a - a pile of rubble at best.
Families eating nuts and children drinking
juice fell over the rocky terrain that was once
a helicopter landing pad. As they came and
left, journalists waited for hours and days in
the hot sun to talk to a president without a
state, the leader without authority and the
chairman without a functioning headquarters,
to ask him how he felt and if he could "stop the
violence." Naturally, he had no comment and
would not see a soul except a few solidarity
delegations. Sad looking security men, who
had visibly had no sleep on the beds they no
longer have, spewed people away from the
trench-like entry into the only building that is
still standing in the compound.
So tourism to Palestine is on hold for the
moment, except for visits to disaster sites. A bit
like those who visit Ground Zero in New York
City, Palestinians look reality in the eye and try
to understand why they are hated so much.
Mariam Shahin
The writer is co-author of an upcoming
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ABOUD
Aboud is a scenic Palestinian village some
17 kilometres northwest of Ramallah.
to annihilate historic vestiges of tolerance
and harmony. The church was originally
built to honour Saint Barbara, a third century
Christian martyr. The town-folk and all those
who were able to reach the site have been
laying flowers over the destroyed gate of the
church as a sign of solidarity with the local
community.
With a population of 2,500 people, Aboud
is often described by travellers as a small
hamlet. Local lore has it that Jesus himself
was one of those who travelled through the
village in ancient times.
The oldest and most famous of Aboud's
four churches is the fifth century Byzantine
Church of St. Barbara, which lay in much
disrepair since it was last renovated in the
10th century. This June the remains of this
medieval church became a renewed site
for pilgrimage. During the early hours of
Saturday, June 1st, the Israeli army used
high-powered explosives to blow up the
gates of this Orthodox shrine, to the dismay
and chagrin of the local community. Coming
on the heels of the siege of the Church of
the Nativity in Bethlehem, the destruction
of the 1500-year-old Christian sanctuary
was seen as yet another assault on the
Christian history of Palestine. In contrast to
the international outcry at the destruction
of the Buddhist statues in Afghanistan, the
desecration of Christian sites in Palestine
has been largely met by silence by all but
a very few.
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The only one of the original churches
to have survived, this Byzantine church is
believed to have been built around the time
Empress Helena visited the Holy Land. The
church was restored and renovated and
its mosaics were uncovered after years of
neglect in the late 1990s under the auspices
of the Palestinian department of antiquities.
The confines of the village have other
remains of Byzantine churches and
monasteries. The ruins of the Anastasia
Church and the ruins of the church of Saint
Siman, on which the new Latin Church was
built in 1952, can still be seen. A 20th century
Muslim sanctuary also exists in the village.
There are three olive-oil presses in the village,
which serve the surrounding villages as well.
As a result of illegal settlement activity in the
area, some 5,000 dunums of the village's
agricultural lands have been confiscated
or destroyed. When the roads are open
again, visitors are encouraged to visit Ab
oud.
The shrine of Saint Barbara was one
of several sacred sites in the Arab world
venerated by Christians and Muslims alike.
In an age in which inter-communal tolerance
is being promoted, the Israeli army continues
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Feature Article
CHILDREN OF PALESTINE
"In every child there is a 'God,' and no one has the right to kill that 'God,'
especially in the name of God."
camps. Palestinian children observe
settlers zooming by in fast, well-protected
cars that project an aura of power and
security, in contrast to their own feelings
of vulnerability.
extent of their exposure to traumatic events
is horrific even in absolute figures.
When, in 1993, the Oslo accords were
signed between Israel and the PLO, a
sense of hope gripped the nation. The
Palestinians were excited; at last they
would be free. But peace still remained
remote and unattainable. Freedom was
only a hollow promise. The disillusionment
with the peace process deepened as the
Palestinian Authority conducted itself in
chaos and widespread corruption, with
little regard to basic human rights. Only
Ariel Sharon, with his provocative style,
was to be the trigger of a new uprising as
anger was mounting to its highest level.
The language of the occupation sends
the message that life is not worth living;
that children born in the settlements are
the treasured ones while children born in
Palestinian camps, villages, or towns are
despised. This environment drives home
the message that the Palestinians are born
to be the hewers of wood and drawers
of water both for the settlers and for the
Israeli economy. The children witness their
fathers' and older brothers' humiliation as
they stand in line at the "slave market,"
hoping to be offered one of the few jobs
available: building yet another Israeli
settlement.
UNICEF - Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) \2001\S.SABELLA
During the recent Id Al-Adha (Feast of
Sacrifice), the holiest day in the Muslim
calendar, an occasion of peace and
humility to God, Muslims flocked to Mecca
for the pilgrimage. For the children of
Gaza, the feast seemed far removed from
peace. They filled the streets with joyful
screams and games. They were all armed
with their toy guns and were shooting at
each other. Many of these children are
bed wetters, hyperactive and aggressive,
with problems at school. They have layers
of trauma buried inside them. Worse still,
many of them are stunted in their physical
development, maybe also in their cognitive
functioning, due to chronic malnutrition.
Many do not know of toys, except for
plastic guns.
The most valid description of Palestinian
children is that they are angry and defiant.
They are also tense and vigilant. Many are
smileless. These children have learned
the language and the meaning of the
occupation. Not every child is humiliated
by Israeli soldiers or told that his or her life
is worthless. The environment, however,
sends this message loudly and clearly.
Children are well aware of the
differences between living conditions in
their dirty camps and in the newly built
Israeli settlements around them. These
differences tell them that Jewish children
living in the settlements deserve big,
clean playgrounds and swimming pools,
while their refugee camps have open
sewer systems and garbage piled high
at every street corner. The buildings and
the streets of the settlements are clean,
and the grass gets watered even when
there are water shortages in the refugee
To be a child in a refugee camp in Gaza,
or anywhere else in the West Bank, is not
the best choice for normal growth and
development. There is so much fear and
sadness all around. If it is not an Israeli
F-16 fighter jet shelling from above, then
it could be a father's beating, or a mother
screaming. Furthermore, a child has to be
very modest in his demands and requests.
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In September 2000, the Holy Land was
turned into a battlefield. The children of
yesterday became the militants of today
as the new uprising was quickly taken
over by lightly armed groups facing the
superior Israeli army. As Palestinian
militants started shooting, the Israeli
government responded with massive
firepower, blockades, destruction and
killings. Extremists responded with
horrific suicide bombings, killing civilians
inside Israel. Gaza was sealed off and
transformed into a prison, but a prison
without a roof, as F-16s and Apaches were
free to deliver their bombs night and day.
Violence became the normal happening;
a routine. Children on both sides were
slaughtered and maimed.
Behind every one of today's suicide
bombers is a personal tragedy. Many of
them are simply taking revenge for earlier
traumas suffered some ten years ago
during the first Intifada. At that time, it was
found that 85% of the children's houses
were raided by Israeli soldiers, mostly
at night, and 56% of the children had
witnessed the beating and humiliation of
their fathers at the hands of Israeli soldiers.
Such experiences leave indelible marks
on children's perceptions of themselves
and the world around them. "If my father
could not protect himself," children wonder,
"how on earth is he going to protect me?"
The inevitable reaction is a mixture of
fear, frustration, helplessness, anger, and
- perhaps most tragically - rejection of the
father. Some children found themselves
identifying with Israeli soldiers as symbols
of power. Today they are not throwing
stones, but are shooting and carrying
explosives. But they are leaving behind a
new generation of children who are being
introduced to the same old game. The
"children of the stone" were not made of
stone. They suffered pain and fear. The
At the beginning of this current uprising,
Al-Aqsa Intifada, many children were in the
front lines of confrontations with the mighty
Israeli military machine. Many children
were shot, killed or maimed, some for life.
Images on Palestinian TV of children dying,
unprotected and defenceless, caused an
uproar. One image will be forever imprinted
in the minds of the children. It is that of
Mohammad Al-Dorra, a boy of 12 who
was exposed to shooting while huddled
behind his father who tried desperately to
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Wednesday 24
20:00 The Jerusalem Festival - Songs of
Freedom: Vusi Mahlasela & Proud Group (South
Africa), at the Tombs of the Kings, Yabous
Thursday 25
Freedom: Zakir Hussein (India), at the Tombs of
the Kings, Yabous
Friday 26
20:00 The Jerusalem Festival - Songs of Freedom: Sheikh Imam Programme (Palestine), at
the Tombs of the Kings, Yabous
Note: Please make sure to contact the venue to
check if the program is still running.
EAST JERUSALEM
Centre Culturel Francais (CCF), tel. 02-6282451;
Church of the Redeemer, tel. 02-6276111;
National Conservatory of Music (NCM),
tel. 02-6271711;Yabous Productions,
tel. 02-6261045
protect his son. Mohammad died in front
of the camera. The impact of that image
on the minds of children was a mixture of
fear, pain and powerlessness. The status
of fathers was seriously undermined and
children were asking their fathers, "why
are you not armed, father? How could you
protect me without a gun?"
children from the Gaza Strip found 54%
of them expressing symptoms of Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder, with as many
as 36% of them having the problem of
bedwetting.
There is no exaggeration in saying that
in the past twenty months, every single
person in Gaza was exposed to one form
of trauma or another. Children are the
ultimate victims. A recent study on 121
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ENTERTAINMENT
Wednesday 3
20:00 Concert: Flamenco guitar with Oscar Herrero (NCM), YWCA
Thursday 4
20:00 Concert: Lamees Audeh - piano (NCM),
YWCA
Friday 5
20:00 Concert: Wissam Boustany - flute (NCM),
YWCA
Saturday 6
20:00 Concert: Nizar Rohana - oud (NCM),
YWCA
20:00 Concert: Summer Festival with Cilla
Grossmeyer-Soprano, Gabriela Bukowski-Oboe,
Yehuda Shryer-Guitar. Works by Vivaldi, Schubert, Villalobos, a.o., Redeemer Church
Thursday 18
Freedom: Suhail Khoury & Karloma (Palestine),
at the Tombs of the Kings, Yabous
Friday 19
Freedom: Inti-Illimani (Chile), at the Tombs of the
Kings, Yabous
Saturday 20
20:00 The Jerusalem Festival - Songs of Freedom: Simon Shaheen & Qantara (Palestine and
USA), at the Tombs of the Kings, Yabous
20:00 Concert: Winds in the Courtyard with
Ruth Ron-Flute, Gabriela Bukowsky-Oboe, Ron
Selka-Clarinet, Richard paley-Bassoon. Works
by Mozart, Poulenc, Bach, a.o., Redeemer
Church
Sunday 21
Freedom: Oud Al-Nad (Palestine), at the Tombs
of the Kings, Yabous
Tuesday 23
20:00 The Jerusalem Festival - Songs of Freedom: Farafina (Burkina Faso), at the Tombs of
the Kings, Yabous
FILMS
Saturday 6
16:00 15 Aout (French), CCF
Saturday 20
16:00 Rosetta (French), CCF
Saturday 27
16:00 Les Bronzes (French), CCF
BETHLEHEM
Bethlehem Peace Centre, tel. 02-2766677; International Centre of Bethlehem (Dar Annadwa),
tel. 02-2770047; National Conservatory of Music
(NCM), tel. 02-2745989
CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES
Monday 1
09:00 - 13:00 Summer Camp for children
(through Aug. 10th, daily except Fridays and Sundays), Peace Centre
Thursday 4
15:00 - 16:00 Dance for girls, Peace Centre
Friday 5
09:30 - 11:30 Children's art workshops, Peace
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Monday 8
20:00 Concert: Salim Abboud - piano (NCM),
Peace Centre
Wednesday 10
Peace Centre
Draw (ages 5-12), Sakakini
Saturday 13
10:00 - 15:00 Children's art camp, Al-Kasaba
Sunday 14
11:00 Film: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's
Stone, Al-Kasaba
Thursday 18
Stone, Al-Kasaba
Friday 19
11:00 Film: Rescue Kids, Al-Kasaba
11:00 - 12:30 A fun introduction to sign language
for children and youth, British Council
Saturday 20
11:00 Film: "The Happy Prince" and "Button &
Rusty," Al-Kasaba
Sunday 21
11:00 Film: "The Magnificent Rocket" and "The
Selfish Giant," Al-Kasaba
Thursday 25
Friday 26
Stone, Al-Kasaba
Saturday 27
Sunday 28
Rusty," Al-Kasaba
GAZA
Arts and Crafts Village, tel. 08-2846405
ART
Monday 1
18:00 Inauguration of exhibition of paintings by
65 children (through July 10th, daily from 10:0018:00), Arts & Crafts
Saturday 20
Art workshop for one week with two Spanish
artists, Arts & Crafts
RAMALLAH
Al-Kasaba Theatre & Cinematheque, tel. 022965292; British Council, tel. 02-2963293; Khalil
Sakakini Cultural Centre, tel. 02-2987374; National Conservatory of Music, tel. 02-2959070;
Popular Art Centre, tel. 02-2403891
Peace Centre
09:00 - 13:00 Fun day for children, Peace
Centre
15:00 - 16:00 Story telling for children,
Peace Centre
Thursday 25
Friday 26
08:30 First Bethlehem City Run for children and
youth (registration one hour earlier), with party,
prizes, and music afterwards (please contact
Johannes at 02-2764576), International Centre
09:30 - 11:30 Children's art workshops,
Peace Centre
Saturday 27
Peace Centre
Centre
Saturday 6
09:00 - 13:00 Field trip in cooperation with
Children for the Protection of Nature in Palestine,
Peace Centre
Peace Centre
Monday 8
Summer Camp for children, through July 26th
(please contact Sami for details), International
Centre
Thursday 11
Friday 12
Peace Centre
Saturday 13
09:00 - 13:00 Puppet show, Peace Centre
Peace Centre
Thursday 18
Friday 19
Peace Centre
Saturday 20
09:00 - 13:00 Field trip in cooperation with
Children for the Protection of Nature in Palestine,
ENTERTAINMENT
Tuesday 2
Peace Centre
Thursday 4
20:00 Concert: Sheikh Imam programme led by
Samir Jubran with the NCM choir (NCM),
Peace Centre
Saturday 6
Peace Centre
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ART
Monday 8
17:00 30th Commemoration of Ghassan and
Lamis Kanafani: Exhibit of some of Ghassan
Kanafani's artwork accompanied by a book
stand provided by Dar Al-Shuruq, followed by
the screening of "Al-Makhduun" (dir. Tawfiq
Saleh, 1972), adapted from Kanafani's "Men
Under the Sun," with a lecture and discussion
of the film conducted by Dr. Fayha Abdul Hadi,
author of "Ghassan Kanafani: A Study of his
Novel Stories," Sakakini
Wednesday 17
18:00 Inauguration of "Jericho First," acrylic on
canvas paintings by Palestinian artist Shareef
Waked, Sakakini
Thursday 4
Friday 5
Saturday 6
Stone, Al-Kasaba
Sunday 7
Rusty," Al-Kasaba
Thursday 11
Friday 12
15:00 - 19:00 Open Day for Children: Let Us
ENTERTAINMENT
Monday 1
Sakakini
Tuesday 2
20:00 Concert: Flamenco guitar with Oscar Herrero (NCM), Sakakini
Wednesday 3
20:00 Concert: Ahmad Khatib - oud (NCM),
Sakakini
Thursday 4
Sakakini
Friday 5
Sakakini
Saturday 6
20:00 Concert: Salim Abboud - piano (NCM),
Friends' Girls' School
Monday 8
20:00 Concert: Sheikh Imam programme led
by Samir Jubran with the NCM choir (NCM),
Sakakini
Tuesday 9
20:00 Concert: Suhail Khoury and Karloma
(NCM), Sakakini
Thursday 11
19:00 Musical Evening: "Al-Sharqiya" with Amira
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Dibsy, Sakakini
Thursday 18
18:00 Musical Evening: "Leilet Uns" with Suzan
Kayyal, Sakakini
19:00 Artistic evening (please call for details),
Al-Kasaba
Thursday 25
18:00 Musical Evening: "Tarab" with Mansour
Al-Barghouthi, vocals; Iyad Tumar, oud; and
Ziyad Asaad, percussion, Sakakini
20:30 A Beautiful Mind, Al-Kasaba
Thursday 11
18:00 Serendipity, Popular Art
18:00 Al-Silam Wal Thouban (Arabic), Al-Kasaba
20:30 Ocean's Eleven, Al-Kasaba
20:30 Monster's Ball, Popular Art
Friday 12
18:00 The Last Castle, Popular Art
20:30 Short Wa Fanella Wa Cap (Arabic),
Al-Kasaba
20:30 Lord of the Rings, Popular Art
Saturday 13
18:00 The Shipping News, Popular Art
20:30 Spy Game, Popular Art
20:30 Ali, Al-Kasaba
Sunday 14
18:00 A Beautiful Mind, Popular Art
Al-Kasaba
20:30 A Walk to Remember, Popular Art
20:30 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, Al-Kasaba
Monday 15
18:00 The Last Castle, Al-Kasaba
20:30 Vanilla Sky, Al-Kasaba
Tuesday 16
19:00 The Scorpion King, Popular Art
Wednesday 17
Al-Kasaba
19:00 Bandits, Popular Art
Thursday 18
18:00 Training Day, Al-Kasaba
20:30 Training Day, Popular Art
Friday 19
18:00 The Others, Popular Art
Al-Kasaba
Saturday 20
Sunday 21
Al-Kasaba
Monday 22
FILMS
Monday 1
20:30 La Comunidad (Spanish), Al-Kasaba
Tuesday 2
18:00 Solas (Spanish), Al-Kasaba
Al-Kasaba
Wednesday 3
Al-Kasaba
20:30 El Abuelo (Spanish), Al-Kasaba
Thursday 4
20:30 Ocean's Eleven, Popular Art
Friday 5
Saturday 6
18:00 So Near Yet So Far, Popular Art
Al-Kasaba
Sunday 7
Monday 8
18:00 Goya en Burdeos (Spanish), Al-Kasaba
Tuesday 9
Al-Kasaba
20:30 La Lengua de las Mariposas (Spanish),
Al-Kasaba
Wednesday 10
19:00 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,
Popular Art
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Al-Kasaba
19:00 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,
Popular Art
Tuesday 23
19:00 So Near Yet So Far, Popular Art
Wednesday 24
Thursday 25
Al-Kasaba
Friday 26
20:30 Ocean's Eleven
Saturday 27
Sunday 28
20:30 Serendipity, Popular Art
Monday 29
Tuesday 30
Al-Kasaba
Wednesday 31
A BEAUTIFUL MIND
cia). To help him pull off the elaborate heist, he seeks
the help of eleven men, all with different expertise. The
plan is set, the rules are clear; if all goes right for Danny
Ocean's plan, the payroll is $150 million, divided by 11.
LECTURE
Tuesday 9
16:00 Open Discussion: Reformation & Culture,
Al-Kasaba
LITERATURE
Wednesday 10
18:00 Book launch of Al-Hattab (Le Bucheron),
including an exhibit of illustrations of the book by
Palestinian artist Mohammad Saleh Khalil, book
discussion, press conference and reception in
cooperation with the French Cultural Centre and
Tamer Institute, Sakakini
Saturday 13
17:00 A tribute in honour of the late Palestinian
poet and writer Hussein Barghouti, Al-Kasaba
Thursday 18
18:30 Poetry Reading: Poems by prisoner
Mohammad Alawneh, recited by Murad Sudani,
Sakakini
Directed by Ron Howard
Starring Russell Crowe
USA, 2002
Oscar Award for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best-adapted Screenplay.
Russell Crowe plays the Nobel prize-winning mathematician Nash from his days at Princeton, where he
developed a groundbreaking economic theory, to his
meteoric rise to the coveted MIT professorship. His
future was filled with promise, but in the early 50s, he
went through eventual dismissal due to schizophrenic
delusions. Nash's amazing will to recover his life
without the aid of medication is a heartening triumph.
Russell plays perfectly the role of a man who refuses to
let his illness destroy him and his family.
Al-Kasaba: July 4,11,21,26
Popular Art: July 4,5,27
HARRY POTTER AND
THE PHILOSOPHER'S
STONE
USA, 2001, 150 min.
Kids/Family and Action/Adventure
Starring Daniel Radcliffe,
Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
Directed by Chris Columbus
Harry Potter is a boy who
learns on his eleventh birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards
and that he possesses unique magical powers of his
own. He is summoned from his life as an unwanted
child to become a student at Hogwarts, an English
boarding school for wizards. There he meets several
friends who become his closest allies and help him
discover the truth about his parents' mysterious death
at the hands of a powerful adversary.
Al-Kasaba: July 10,12,16,19,22,25,28,31
Popular Art: July 8,14,19,31
OCEAN'S ELEVEN
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts
USA, 2001, 117 min.
Danny Ocean (George Clooney), fresh out of jail, masterminds a plan to steal $150 million from the seemingly
impervious vault of Las Vegas's Bellagio Casino, not
just for the money but to win back his ex-wife (Julia
Roberts) from the casino's ruthless owner (Andy Gar-
Al-Kasaba: July 6,14,18,26
Popular Art: July 10,22
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Directed by Peter Jackson
Starring Elijah Wood, Ian Mckellen / 178 min.
A groundbreaking epic of good versus evil; extraordinary heroes, wondrous creatures and dark armies
of terror. The movie will take the audience inside
Tolkien's living, breathing methodology, the world that
is Middle-Earth, where the legendary Rings of Power,
and the fellowship hobbits, elves and humans led by
the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and the brave Hobbit
Frodo (Elijah Wood) must battle terrifying forces of evil
on their perilous journey to destroy the One Ring in the
Land of the Mordor. This movie is one of the greatest
fantasy films, emphasizing on the emotional intensity
of Frodo's adventure, ending on a perfect heroic loyalty
and rich anticipation.
SO NEAR YET SO FAR
Directed by Eliane El-Raheb
Beirut, 2002, 59 min.
In this documentary film, through parallels of the lives
of Arab children and her own life as a child and adult,
El-Raheb exposes some of the inherent prejudices
that each one of us is brought up with but that very few
people tend to question. The certainty with which children
deal with life, children who were not raised to be heroes
or to die as martyrs, but rather had war invade their life
either directly (as is the case of Palestinian children) or
indirectly, contrasted with the uncertainty of adults, raises
questions about the kind of education, socialization,
and convictions that we are given by our parents and
society and that we hand over to our children. The film is
thus dedicated to the director's father, and to all fathers,
especially those who appear in the film, starting with
Al-Durra's father.
Friendship, life, death, freedom, injustice, frustration,
the endless possibilities and the impossible, are all
meanings inherent in the words of these children
and adults alike. Their expressions become real
testimonials that are intertwined with Eliane El-Raheb's
testimonies on life as a 29-year-old Christian woman
in Lebanon.
Popular Art: July 12,15,21,27
THE SHIPPING NEWS
Directed by Lasse Hallstrom
Starring Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore
USA, 2002
Kevin Spacey plays Quoyle, a simple, marginalized
man employed as an ink setter for the local paper
Poughkeepsie News. He meets Petal (Cate Blanchett)
who seduces him into marrying her. After a few scenes
Petal dies in a car accident and at the same time
Quoyle is faced with his parents' suicide. All these incidents together make him and his little daughter Bunny
leave with his aunt Agnis (Judi Dench) to start a new
life in a small Newfoundland port town. Will this make
Quoyle live with his daughter peacefully in this marvellous wonder place, especially after meeting Wavey
(Julianne Moore)? A romantic and sentimental movie.
Not for persons under 18.
Popular Art: July 6,23
AL-SILAM WAL THOUBAN
Egypt, 128 min.
Starring Hany Salama, Hala Sheha, Ahmad Helmy,
Raja El Jedawi
Directed by Tareq Al Aryyan
Hazem is a young man who works in the field of
advertisement and publicity. His life is full of events and
relationships. When he meets Yasmine, he plays with
her his usual game… Snakes & Ladders.
Popular Art: July 1,13,18,26,28
SOLAS
Al-Kasaba: July 1,4,7,8,11,13,16,18,20,23,24,26,27,29,31
Spain, 1999, 98 min, with English subtitles
Starring Maria Galiana, Ana Fernandez
Directed by Benito Zambrano
A country girl (Ana Fernandez), oppressed by an
abusive dad, moves to the city to try a new life. A
familiar story: alcoholic Maria soon finds herself poor,
pregnant, and alone. While her father is hospitalised,
mother comes to visit, reconnects with her daughter,
and somehow emotionally resurrects a lonely old guy
living next door. This trinity of seemingly lost souls finds
surprising salvation. A "feminist" vote for unexpected
community among ordinary people in the midst of urban
isolation.
SHORT WA FANELLA WA CAP
Egypt, 120 min.
Starring Ahmad Essaqa, Nour, Shareef Munir, Ahmad
Eid
Directed by Saed Hamed
This is the story of Khaled, a young man who works in
Sharm Al-Sheikh as a tour guide and owns, together
with two friends, a coffee shop. He falls in love with
a rich Lebanese girl whose
family stands against their
marriage…
Al-Kasaba: July 2,3,6,9,12,14,17,
21,22,25,30
Al-Kasaba: July 2
MONSTER'S BALL
EL ABUELO
Directed by Mac Forster
Starring Billy Bob Thornton,
Halle Berry.
USA, 2002, 112 min.
Halle Berry is the first AfricanAmerican woman to win a
Best Actress award. She plays the role of the widow of
a death row inmate who embarks on a love affair with
the man who helped put her husband to death. Both
lose their children to tragic deaths and they form an
unlikely bond. The audience will witness Comb Luticia's
husband's death, and execution in graphic detail, but
having witnessed it maybe we can better appreciate
why the Grotonski family implodes afterwards.
A remarkable and touching film, which focuses on the
effects of execution on those who must carry it out.
Spain, 1999, 147 min, with English subtitles
Starring Fernando Fernan Gomez, Rafael Alonso
Directed by José Luis Garci
An elderly man returns to Spain after visiting the US
during the Gold Rush and losing his fortune. He returns
because his son has died leaving two daughters, and
a note stating that one of the two is a bastard child.
The grandfather hopes to find out which is his true
granddaughter.
Al-Kasaba: July 3
VANILLA SKY
Popular Art: July 11,21,30
LORD OF THE RINGS
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USA, 2001, 100 min.
Starring Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz
Directed by Cameron Crowe
David Aames (Tom Cruise) appears to lead a charmed
life. Handsome, wealthy and charismatic, the young New
York City publishing executive's freewheeling existence
is enchanting, yet he seems to be missing something.
Then, one night David meets Sofia (Penelope Cruz),
the girl of his dreams, but loses her by making a small
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religion, events, architecture, people, nature, etc. The Palestine Image Bank offers the right to use these shots.
For further information, do not hesitate to contact: Turbo Design
Tel: 02-2951262, e-mail: [email protected]
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Personality of the Month
Book of the Month
HUSSEIN BARGHOUTHI 1954-2002
100 YEARS OF PALESTINIAN HISTORY
"He came as a prophet and left as one too, from another world and a different dream,
a sign sent from upper powers he himself was not aware of." (Rosetta Stone)
On the first of May of this year Hussein
Barghouthi passed away at the age of 48
after succumbing to an illness that he battled
for several years. Barghouthi was born in
the village of Kobar, north of Ramallah. After
completing his bachelor's degree in English
literature at Birzeit University, he went to the
U.S.A. where he obtained his master's and
doctoral degrees in comparative literature from
the University of Washington in Seattle.
In addition to teaching at Birzeit University
until 1997, Barghouthi was a prolific poet and
playwright. His publications include several
books of poetry such as Liquid Mirrors,
The Vision, and Layla & Tawba and two
autobiographies, The Blue Light and I Will Be
Among The Almond Trees, in addition to several
novels and literary works. Rosetta Stone was
his most recent publication.
He published several plays, the most recent
of which was No, Not Dead, which was staged
in Jerusalem and Ramallah last February by the
Hakawati Theatre Group - Paris with a cast of
Palestinian and French actors. Barghouthi also
wrote several pieces for the Sareyyet Ramallah
Troupe for Music and Dance, in addition to
translating Romeo & Juliet for the Al-Kasaba
Theatre in Jerusalem. He also wrote the lyrics
for several musical groups such as Sabreen,
Al-Rahaleh and Sanabel.
His contribution extended into the sphere of
cinema as well, acting as creative consultant
and script writer mainly for documentary films
by Rashid Mashharawi and Wael Abu Doka.
Barghouthi left behind several unpublished
manuscripts as well.
Hussein Barghouthi is survived by his wife
Petra and an only son, Athar, four years old.
His untimely demise is a great loss to the
Palestinian literary world.
A 20th Century Chronology
in the text, allowing the reader to look up any
unfamiliar terminology.
The Palestinian Academic Society for the
Study of International Affairs (PASSIA) is
an independent, non-governmental society
that strives to provide a forum for the free
expression and analysis of plurality of local and
foreign perspectives. It regularly undertakes
research programmes, roundtable meetings,
interfaith dialogue and training and education
in international affairs. Since its establishment
in 1987, PASSIA has sought to preserve and
record significant events, personal histories and
documents relating to the Palestine question.
To obtain a copy of the book, contact PASSIA
at 02-6264426 or 02-6286566 or by e-mail:
[email protected]
Published by PASSIA.
404 pages. $75
100 Years of Palestinian History is a
chronicle of events that occurred in Palestine,
in the Arab world and in the world arena during
the past 100 years, starting with the year 1900.
The global events mentioned are mostly those
that had a bearing on Palestinian history. The
book is the outcome of two years of research
and documentation, chronicling Palestine's
and the Palestinian people's journey through
the twentieth century. It relates the unfolding
of events each year, focusing separately on
Jerusalem, the rest of Palestine, the region,
and the rest of the globe. Drawing on a vast
array of memoirs, archives and documents,
the book provides valuable context and detail
and affords the reader a passage through time
from a Palestinian perspective.
The handsomely-bound, coffee-table format
book is richly documented with over a thousand
historic photographs and maps and provides
a helpful glossary that defines and explains
terms and proper names that occur frequently
Artist of the Month
Ibrahim Atari
Ibrahim Atari was born in 1972 in Ramallah,
of which was a conference organized by the
and was one of the first persons to enrol at the
Arabic Music Majma' in Algiers, giving him the
National Conservatory of Music (NCM) when
opportunity to meet famous musicians from
it was first established in 1993, graduating
the Arab World. Atari also received intensive
in the year 2000. He currently teaches the
training on the Qanun by Dr. Shafar, one of the
Qanun (an Oriental string instrument mounted
most famous Qanun players and a teacher at
on a board) at the NCM's three branches in
the Higher Conservatory of Music in Istanbul,
Ramallah, Jerusalem and Bethlehem, and has
Turkey.
been instrumental in developing the Qanun
Ibrahim Atari is currently working on further
unit, making it one of the most important
developing the Qanun curriculum at the NCM.
oriental instruments at the NCM. Atari has
Atari will be performing at the Jerusalem
been a member in several musical groups
Festival - Songs of Freedom this July that is
including the Oriental Music Ensemble, which
organized by Yabous Productions.
released its first CD in the year 2000, and was
involved in establishing "Nawa," a musical
ensemble dedicated to performing and singing
Sufi poems.
Ibrahim Atari has performed locally and
internationally at a number of musical concerts
and festivals, including the various festivals
organized by Yabous Productions. He has
participated in several conferences and
workshops around the world, and in the
Arab world in particular, the most important 20
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WEBSITE REVIEW
Palestine, which is still battling for liberation and international recognition as an independent state, acquired autonomy in cyberspace on 22 March 2000, when the Internet
Corporation for Associated Names and Numbers (ICANN), the regulatory body for net
addresses, granted the Palestinian National Authority its own two-letter suffix to advertise real estate on-line. Although it
is not functioning yet, the authority will now be able to register addresses under its own domain, "ps," in line with other
UNIVERSITIES: Birzeit University www.birzeit.edu, An-Najjah University www.najah.edu, Al-Quds University www.alquds.edu, Al-Azhar Univeristy (Gaza) www.alazhar-gaza.edu/, Arab American University
www.aauj.edu, Bethlehem University www.bethlehem.edu, Hebron University www.hebron.edu; The
Islamic University (Gaza): www.iugaza.edu; Palestine Polytechnic: www.ppi.edu; TOURISM: Ministry
of Tourism www.visit-palestine.com, Arab Hotel Association www.palestinehotels.com, Arab Travel
Association www.visit-holyland.com; TRAVEL AGENCIES: Adventure Travel www.paladventure.com,
Alternative Tourism Group www.patg.org, Atlas Aviation www.atlasavia.com, Awad Tourist Agency www.
awad-tours.com, Aweidah Tours www.aweidah.com, Blessed Land Travel www.blessedland.com, Crown
Tours www.crown-tours.com, Daher Travel www.dahertravel.com, Guiding Star www.guidingstarltd.com,
Jiro Tours www.jirotours.com, Mt. of Olives Tours www.olivetours.com, Pioneer Links www.pioneer-links.
com, Raha Tours www.rahatravel.com, Ramallah Travel Agency www.kaoud.org, United Travel www.
unitedtravelltd.com, Universal Tourist Agency www.universal-jer.com; HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH:
Augusta Victoria Hospital www.avh.org, Gaza Community Mental Health Programme www.gcmhp.net,
Palestinian Counseling Center www.pcc-jer.org, Red Crescent Society www.palestinercs.org, Spafford
Children Clinic www.spafford-jerusalem.org, UNFPA www.unfpa.ps,
Union of Palestinian Medical
Relief Committees www.upmrc.org, RESEARCH AND NEWS: Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem
www.arij.org, JMCC www.jmcc.org, PASSIA www.passia.org, MIFTAH www.miftah.org, AMIN www.
amin.org; NEWS: Al Quds www.alquds.com, Al Ayyam www.al-ayyam.com, WAFA www.wafa.pna.net/,
Al-Hayyat Al-Jadedah www.alhayat-j.com/, Assenara www.assenara.com/; DIRECTORIES, ISPs AND
PORTALS: Quick-Link www.quick-link.net, Palestine On line www.p-ol.com, Palnet www.palnet.com,
Palseek www.palseek.com, Paleye www.paleye.com, Al Buraq www.alburaq.net, Aroob www.aroob.com;
ARTS AND CULTURE: Ashtar Theater www.ashtar-theatre.org/, Baha Boukhari's website www.bahacartoon.net/index.html, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center (Ramallah) www.sakakini.org/, The Popular Arts
Centre www.popularartcentre.org, Shammout.com www.shammout.com/; BUSINESS AND ECONOMY:
Arab Palestinian Investment Company www.apic-pal.com/, The Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction (PECDAR) www.pecdar.org/, Palestinian Securities Exchange, Ltd. www.
p-s-e.com/, Massar www.massar.com, Palestine Development and Investment Ltd. (PADICO) www.padico.
com/; HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS: Al Haq www.alhaq.org/, LAW - The Palestinian Society
for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment www.lawsociety.org/, The Palestinian Centre
for Human Rights www.pchrgaza.com/, BADIL www.badil.org/, Women's Affairs Technical Committee
(WATC) www.pal-watc.org, www.pcc-jer.org; GOVERNMENT: PNA www.pna.gov.ps, Ministry of Higher
Education www.mohe.gov.ps, Ministry of Industry www.industry.gov.ps, Ministry of Education www.moe.
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Although this month's review highlights a website
that is still under construction, it is nonetheless one
with a creative and profound message to deliver
and we felt that giving it a review in This Week in
Palestine would encourage its authors to put more
work into it. It is a website that, according to its
pages, came alive through the shared vision of a
few volunteers who thought that one of the best
ways of resisting occupation is through boycotting
Israeli products that are readily available in most
Palestinian shops. The website is currently
available only in Arabic, but I would suggest that
the volunteers work fast on creating an English
version that would also include Israeli products and
those produced in Israeli settlements, for people
to boycott outside of Palestine.
The website opens with a moving slide show
introduction depicting the various forms of Israeli
occupation. On the main page of the website
one can find links to read about the vision of this
website, the history of Palestine, other Palestinian
links, contact information and, most importantly,
a section that contains listings of Palestinianmade products. The products are sorted out
under different categories such as foods, drinks,
medicines, detergents, and industrial products.
Each category then has its own sub-category
such as dairy products under foods, or juices
under drinks, etc. Once a certain sub-category
is selected, the images of all these products are
displayed on the screen. I particularly enjoyed the
pictures of all the potato chip products and wished
that I could put my hands on a couple of them.
The navigation of the site was straightforward
and simple although some of the links were down.
The design of the website is also simple but a bit
quirky and needs a bit of fine-tuning. I would also
love for this website to become database-driven
to enable searches and cross-referencing of
products along with their Israeli counterparts
so that one can buy the alternative Palestinian
product, if available.
The main reason I wrote this review is to
encourage readers to volunteer their efforts, in any
way, towards the success of this website. Please
e-mail the site's founders at info@act4palestine.
org and tell them what you can do to help. It is an
This Page is
provided by:
[email protected]
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Gallery Anadiel
Telefax: 02-6282811
Jerusalem
East Jerusalem
Dar At Tifl Museum (Dar At Tifl
Association), Near the Orient House
Al-Jawwal Theatre Group
Tel: 02-6272477, Fax: 02-6273477
Opening hours: daily from 9:00 - 13:300
Al-Kasaba Theatre
Tel: 02-6280655
Tel: 02-6264052, Fax: 02-6276310
e-mail:[email protected]
Islamic Museum (The Islamic Waqf Association), Old City
Tel: 02-6283313, Fax: 02-6285561
Opening hours for tourists: daily from 7:30 - 13:30
Hebron
Armenian Museum, Old City
Tel: 02-6282331, Fax.: 02-6264362
Opening hours: Mon. - Sat. from 9:00 - 16:30
Kalandia Camp Women's Handicraft Coop.
Al-Ma'mal Foundation for
Contemporary Art
Tel: 02-6283457, Fax: 02-6272312
Hebron Museum, Old City
Al-Ruwah Theatre Group
Tel: 02-2228122, Fax: 02-2228293
Opening hours: daily from 8:00 - 14:30 except Fridays
Telefax: 02-6274041, 050-279607,
050-456989
Al-Wasiti Art Center
Tel: 02-6569385, Fax.: 02-5856966
e Mail: [email protected]
Nablus
Ramallah & Al-Bireh
Al-Kassaba Museum, Thafer al-Masri
Foundation
Tel: 09-2384126
Opening hours: daily from 9:00 - 16:00 except for
Museum of Palestinian Popular Heritage
- In'ash el Usra, In'ash el Usra society, Al-Bireh
Tel: 02-5822859, Fax: 02-5817853
http://www.alwasiti.org
British Council
Tel: 02-6282545, Fax: 02-6283021
http://www.ej.britishcouncil.org
Tel: 02-2402876, Fax: 02- 2401544
Opening hours: daily from 9:00 - 14:30 except Fridays
Consulate General of
Turkey-Jerusalem Cultural &
Commercial Center
Palestinian Archeological Museum, Birzeit
University
Tel: 02-5400592, Fax: 02-5400563
e-mail:[email protected].
co.il
Tel: 02-2982000
Fridays and Sundays
French Cultural Centre
Tel: 02-6282451/6262236,
Fax: 02-6284324
Bethlehem
Artas Folklore Museum, Artas Folklore
Center
Tel: 02-2774046
Opening hours: daily from 9:00 - 17:00
Tel: 02-5610627, Fax: 02-5618431
Bethlehem
Jerusalem Center for Arabic
Music
Al-Liqa'-Center for Religious
& Heritage Studies in the
Holy Land
Tel: 02-6274774, Fax: 02-6562469
Nakhleh Esheber Institute
For Art Production
Telefax: 02-6276268/050-495973
Telefax: 02-6263230
Telefax: 02-2744046
Palestinian National Theatre
Bethlehem Academy of Music
/ Bethlehem Music Society
Tel: 02-6280957, Fax: 02-6276293
Palestinian PEN Center
Tel: 02-6262970, Fax: 02-6280103
Public Affairs Office - US
Counsulate General
Tel: 02-6282456, Fax: 02-6282454
http://www.uscongen-jerusalem.org
Sabreen Musical Center
Tel: 02-5321393, Fax: 02-5321394
Sanabel Culture &
Arts Theatre
Tel: 02-6714338
Spanish Cooperation
Telefax: 02-5854513
Theater Day Productions
Tel: 02-5854513, Fax: 02-5854513
e-mail: [email protected]
Yabous Productions
Tel: 02-2742589, Fax: 02-2742431
Sundays and Thursdays afternoon
The International Museum of Nativity
Tel: 02-2747825
Maha Al Saqqa Center
Tel: 02-2742381
Opening hours: Monday - Saturday from 9:00 - 19:00
Natural History Museum
Tel: 02-2765574, Fax: 02-2772937
The Crib of Nativity Museum
Tel: 02-2760876, Fax: 02-2760877
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Anat Palestinian Folk &
Craft Center
Tel: 02-2772024, Fax: 02-2772024
Tel: 02-6286098, Fax: 02-6286099
Tel: 02-5828962, Fax: 02-5818232
Telefax: 02-2741639
National Conservatory of
Music
Hakawati Theatre Company
Issaf Nashashibi Center for
Culture & Literature
Baituna al Talhami Museum, Arab Women's
Society
Goethe Institute
Tel: 02-6261372, Fax: 02-6261045
http://www.yabous.org
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Artas Folklore Center
Tel: 02-2777141, Fax: 02-2777142
Bethlehem Folklore Museum
Telefax: 02-2742589
Centre for Cultural Heritage
Preservation
Tel: 02-2766244, Fax: 02-2766241
International Center of Bethlehem - Dar Annadwa
Tel: 02-2770047, Fax: 02-2770048
www.annadwa.org
Music
Tel: 02-2745989, Fax: 02-2770048
Palestinian Group for the
Revival of Popular Heritage
Tel: 02-2747945, Fax: 02-2747945
Inad Center for Theatre &
Arts
Telefax: 02-2766263
http://www.qattanfoundation.org
Tel: 02-2406887, Fax: 02-2406986
http://www.riwaq.org
Bethlehem Peace Center
Ashtar for Theater Production
Tel: 02-2766677, Fax: 02-2741057
http://www.peacenter.org
Tel: 02-2980037, Fax: 02-2960326
http://www.ashtar-theatre.org
Gaza
The Cardinal House
Tel: 02-2776676, Fax: 02-2776677
Al Kasaba Theatre and
Cinematheque
Tel: 08-2839929, Fax: 08-2839949
[email protected]
Hebron
Tel: 02-2965292/3, Fax: 022965294
Arts & Crafts Village
Baladna Cultural Center
Ashtar for Culture & Arts
Association d'Echanges
Culturels Hebron-France
(AECHF)
Telefax: 02-2224811
Beit Ula Cultural Center
Tel: 02-2211019, Fax: 02-6288448
Palestinian Child Arts
Center (PCAC)
Tel: 02-2224813, Fax: 02-2220855
e-mail: [email protected],
http://www.pcac.net
Tel: 02-2958435, Fax: 02-2958435
British Council
Tel: 02-2963293, Fax: 02-2963297
Carmel Cultural Foundation
Tel: 02-2987375, Fax: 02-2987374
Cinema Production Center
Tel: 02-2986942
Cinema Al-Walid
Al Qattan Center for the
Child
Telefax: 08-2846405
Telefax: 08-2833569
Culture & Light Center
Telefax: 08-2865896
British Council
Tel: 08-2825574/2825294,
Fax: 08-2820512
British Council
Tel: 02-2952295
Tel: 08-2867883, Fax: 08-2828811
Tel: 02-2226353
First Ramallah Group
Gaza Theatre
Tel: 02-2952706, Fax: 02-2980583
http://www.sirreyeh.org
Tel: 08-2824860, Fax: 08-2824870
West Bank
East Jerusalem
Gloria Hotel
Alcazar Hotel
(38 rooms; bf; mr; res)
Tel: 02-6281111;Fax: 02-6287360
http://www.jrscazar.com
Ambassador Hotel
(122 rooms; bf; cf; mr; res)
Tel: 02-5412222, Fax: 02-5828202
American Colony Hotel
Tel: 02-6279777, Fax: 02-6279779
http://www.americancolony.com
Tel: 08-2864599, Fax: 08-2868965
Tel: 02-2323836, Fax: 02-2322604
Greek Cultural Center
- "Macedonia"
Tel: 08-2534477, Fax: 08-2534477
(15 rooms, res )
Tel:02-6282447, Fax:02-6283960
http://www.azzahrahotel.com
Municipality Theatre
Telefax: 02-2981736/2980546
Holst Cultural Center
Capitol Hotel
Tel: 08-2810476, Fax: 08-2808896
Tel: 02-6282561/2562,
Fax: 02-6264352
Khan Younis
Capitolina Hotel (ex. YMCA)
Jericho Winter Festival
Tel: 02-2322417, Fax: 02-2322604
Goethe Institute
Jifna
Al-Burj
Tel: 02-2810801/2
Nablus
Al-Yasmin - Assalah Center
Tel: 09-2386723, Fax: 09-2384568
Tel: 02-2981922, Fax: 02-2981923
In'ash Al-Usra Society - center for Heritage & Folklore Studies
Tel: 02-2401123, Fax: 02-2401544
http://www.inash.org
British Council
Tel: 09-2385951, Fax: 09-2375953
Manar Cultural Center
Telefax: 02-2957937,
Fax: 02-2987598
Palestinian Scientific
Society
Ramallah & Al-Bireh
Tel: 02-2958825, Fax: 02-2986854
http://www.amideast.org/
A. M. Qattan Foundation
Tel: 02-2960544, Fax: 02-2984886
(55 rooms; bf; cf, mr; res)
Tel: 02-6286888, Fax: 02-6276301
Golden Walls (formerly
Pilgrim's Palace Hotel)
RIWAQ: Center for Vernacular Architecture
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Tel: 02-5828891, Fax: 02-5828825
New Imperial Hotel
(45 rooms)
Tel: 02-6272000; Fax: 02-6271530
New Metropole Hotel
Holy Land Hotel
New Regent Hotel
Tel: 02-6272888/6284841,
Fax: 02-6280265
Tel: 02-6284540; Fax: 02-6264023
Jerusalem Hotel
New Swedish Hostel
(14 rooms; bf; mr; res; live music)
Tel: 02-6283282; Fax: 02-6283282
http://www.jrshotel.com
Tel: 02-6277855; Fax: 02-6264124
e-mail:SWEDISHHOST@yahoo.
com
Jerusalem Meridian Hotel
Notre Dame Guesthouse
Tel: 02-6285212/6285213,
Fax: 02-6285214
http://www.jerusalem-meridian.com
Tel: 02-6279111, Fax:02-6271995
Jerusalem Panorama Hotel
Tel: 02-6272277, Fax: 02-6273699
Lawrence Hotel
(25 rooms; mr; res)
Tel: 02-6283846; Fax:02-6277485
Palace Hotel
(68 rooms; mr)
Tel: 02-6271126; Fax: 02-6271649
Petra Hostel and Hotel
Tel: 02-6286618
Pilgrims Inn Hotel
Tel: 02-6284883, Fax: 02-6264658
City Hotel
(30 rooms; business facilites; res)
Tel: 02-6264208, Fax: 02-6271285
(25 rooms; bf; res)
Tel: 02-5328212, Fax: 02-5328092
Metropol Hotel
Savoy Hotel
Tel: 02-6282507, Fax: 02-6285134
(17 rooms)
Popular Art Center
Tel: 02-2403891, Fax: 02-2402851
www.popularartcentre.org
Mount Scopus Hotel
Tel: 02-6272416; Fax: 02-6264658
Tel: 02-2959070, Fax: 02-2959071
Palestinian Association for
Cultural Exchange (PACE)
Tel: 02-2408023, Fax: 02-2408017
Tel: 08-2851299, Fax: 08-2851299
Azzahra Hotel
(94 rooms; mr; res)
Tel: 02-6282431; Fax: 02-6282401
Music
Telefax: 09-2942111
Amideast
Culture & Free Thought
Association
Khalil Al-Sakakini Cultural
Center
Tel: 02-2987374, Fax: 02-2987375
http://www.sakakini.org
Tel: 09-2385914, Fax: 09-2387593
Science & Culture Center
Commodore Hotel
(30 suites; bf; mr; res)
Tel: 02-6263111, Fax: 02-6260791
Tel: 02-2987727, Fax: 02-2987728
Tel: 02-2321047, Fax: 02-2321047
Tel: 02-6284877, Fax: 02-6264427
http://www.mtolives.com
(45 rooms; cf; mr; res)
Tel: 02-6271414; Fax: 02-6284701
Rashad Shawwa Cultural
Center
Jericho Culture & Art Center
Mount of Olives Hotel
Tel: 02-6282588, Fax: 02-6264417
Addar Suite Hotel
Jericho
Christmas Hotel
Appartments for Rent
In an upscale Beit Hanina neighbourhood
2 vacant appartments 130m,
please call 02-5853177
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Rivoli Hotel
Tel: 02-6284871, Fax: 02-6274879
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Bethlehem Hotel
Shepherd Hotel
Regency Hotel
Tel: 02-2770702
Fax: 02-2770706
Tel: 02-2740656
Fax: 02-2744888
http://www.shepherdhotel.com
(76 rooms; su; res; tb; cf; bf)
Tel: 02-2257389/98
Fax: 02-2257388
Bethlehem Inn
St. Nicholas Hotel
Tel: 02-2742423
Fax: 02-2742424
(25 rooms; res; mr)
Tel: 02-2743040/1/2
Fax: 02-2743043
Bethlehem Palace Hotel
Talita Kumi Guest House
(Beit Jala)
(25 rooms; bf; res)
Tel: 02-2742798, Fax: 02-2741562
Bethlehem Star Hotel
(72 rooms; cf; bf; res)
Tel: 02-2743249/2770285,
Fax: 02-2741494
Casanova Hospice
(22 rooms; res; mr; cf)
Tel: 02-2741247
Fax: 02-2741847
Al- Zaytouna Guest House
(Beit Jala)
(7 rooms; bf; res; mr)
Telefax: 02-2742016
Jericho
Everest Hotel
Tel: 02-9943038
Mob: 050-348892
Grand Hotel
Tel: 02-2741602/1440,
Fax: 02-2741604
Golden Park Resort & Hotel
(BeitSahour)
(54 rooms; res, bar, pool)
Tel: 02-2774414
Deir Hijleh Monastery
(60 rooms; 46 studios; bf; cf; mr; res)
Tel: 02-2321255
Fax: 02-2322189
[email protected]
http://www.jericho-resort.com
City Inn Hotel
Tel: 02-2311200
Fax: 02-2311222
(89 rooms; bf; cf; res)
Tel: 02-2409191
Fax: 02-2409189
http://www.cityinn-hotel.com
Oasis Casino & Resort
Tel:02-2311111
Fax:02-2311110
http://www.oasis-jericho.com
Telepherique & Sultan Tourist
Center
(55 rooms)
Tel:02-2321590
Fax:02-2321598
Paradise Hotel
Alexander Hotel
Tel: 02-6267777
Fax: 02-6271319
(88 rooms; mr; res)
Tel: 02-6280279
Fax: 02-6284826
Tel: 02-2770780
Fax: 02-2770782
(129 rooms; cf; bf; mr; res)
Tel: 02-2744542/4543,
Fax: 02-2744544
Victoria Hotel
Andalus Hotel
Saint Antonio Hotel
St. George Hotel
(50 rooms; bf; res)
Tel: 02-6274466
Fax: 02-6274171
Tel: 02-2741348
Fax: 02-2765674
YWCA Hotel
(19 rooms)
Tel: 02-2229288
Fax: 02-2229288
(36 rooms; mr; cf;res;pf)
Tel: 02-2767374/5/6
Fax: 02-2767377
managed home-accommodation
(2 rooms; bf; res)
Telefax: 02-2224811
Mob: 052-229897
Santa Maria Hotel
Hebron Tourist Hotel
(83 rooms; mr; res)
Tel: 02-2744308
Fax: 02-2770063
Telfax:02-2226760
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Best Eastern Hotel
(181 rooms; su; bf; cf; mr; res; ter; tb)
Bethlehem
(25 rooms; bf; res)
Tel: 02-6283302
Fax: 02-6282253
Tel:02-2400683
Fax:02-2405925
(91 rooms; cf; res)
Tel: 02-2960450
Fax: 02-2958452
(30 rooms; bf; mr)
Tel: 02-6282593
Fax: 02-6284654
Al-A'in Hotel
Hisham Palace Hotel
Strand Hotel
St. George's Pilgrim Guest
House
Ramallah & Al-Bireh
(50 rooms; cf; res)
Telefax: 02-2400803
Seven Arches Hotel
Beit Al-Baraka Youth Hostel
(12 rooms)
Telfax:09-2333281
Al-Bireh Tourist Hotel
Tel:02-6283366, Fax:02-6288040
Tel: 02-6277232/6277323
Fax: 02-6282575
Chrystal Motel
(22 rooms)
Tel: 02-2322444
Fax: 02-9923109
Inter-Continental Hotel
(25 rooms, bf,res)
Tel:02-2742798/2076,
Fax:02-2741562
(30 rooms; cf; mr; res)
Tel: 09-2333555
Fax: 09-2333666
http://www.alyasmeen.com
Jerusalem Hotel
(250 rooms; su; bf; cf; mr; res)
Tel: 02-2766777
Fax: 02-2766770
Orient Palace Hotel
Al-Yasmeen Hotel & Souq
Jericho Resort Village
Tel: 02-2322414
Fax: 02-2323109
Tel: 02-2770650
Fax: 02-2744083
http://www.nativity-hotel.com
Tel: 09-2385444
Fax: 09-2385944
(28 rooms, res )
Telfax:09-2386220
Inter-Continental Hotel
(Jacir Palace)
Nativity Hotel
Al-Qaser Hotel
Asia Hotel
(60 rooms; mr; res)
Tel: 02-2743981
Fax: 02-2743540
Tel: 02-2742604
Fax: 02-2741278
Nablus
Grand Park Hotel & Resorts
38 rooms; bf; cf; mr; res)
Tel: 02-2986194
Fax: 02-2956950
http:// www.grandpark.com
Gemzo Suites
(90 executive suites; cs; mr; pf; gm; res)
Hebron
Beit Abouna Ibrahim - family
Tel: 02-2963929
Fax: 02-2987532
http:// www.gemzosuites.net
Al-Hajal Hotel
(22 rooms; bf)
Telefax: 02-2987858
Merryland Hotel
(25 rooms)
Tel: 02-2987176,
Telefax: 02-2987074
Al-Murouj Pension
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Askidinya
Notre Dame - La Rotisserie
Tel: 02-5324590
Tel: 02-6279114; Fax: 02-6271995
West Bank
At-Taboon
Olive Garden
Tel: 02-6282588
Tel: 02-6285212
East Jerusalem
Az-Zahra
Papa Andreas
Abu-Shanab Pizza
Tel: 02-6282447
Tel: 02-6284433
Tel: 02-6260752
Café Europe
Pasha's
Al-Arabi
Tel: 02-6284313
Tel: 02-5825162; 02-5328342
Telfax: 02-5833
Al-Diwan (Ambassador Hotel)
Tel:02-5412213, Fax:02-5828202
Café Imperial
Patisserie Suisse
Tel: 02-6282261,Fax:02-6271530
Tel: 02-6284377
El Dorado
Coffe & Computers
Philadelphia
Tel: 02-6260993
Kan Zaman (Jerusalem Hotel)
Tel: 02-6271356
Pizza House
La Cota Bar & Grill
Tel: 02-6284228
Tel: 02-5400007
The Gate Café
Al-Shuleh Grill
Tel: 02-6273768
Al-Quds Al-Arabi
Tel: 02-6273963
Antonio's (Ambassador Hotel)
Tel: 02-5412222
NEW
Fax: 08-2861832
(8 rooms; res)
Telefax: 02-2957881
Al Deira
Rocky Hotel
(22 rooms; cf; res; ter)
Tel: 02-2964470,
Telefax: 02-2961871
(11 suites; cf; mr; res; ter)
Tel:08-2838100/200/300
Fax:08-2838400
Al-Hilal Al-Ahmar Hotel
Pension Miami
Telfax:08-2054261
(12 rooms)
Telefax: 02-2956808
Beach Hotel
Plaza Hotel
Telefax: 02-2982020
Telefax: 08-2825492,
Telefax: 08-2848433
Ramallah Hotel
Cliff Hotel
Tel: 08-2823450
Fax: 08-2820742
Royal Court Suite Hotel
Marna House
(24 suites; res)
Tel: 02-2964040
Fax: 02-2964047
Tel: 08-2822624
Fax: 08-2823322
Al-Wihdah Hotel
Palestine Hotel
Telefax: 02-2980412
Gaza Strip
Adam Hotel
Telefax: 08-2823521/19
Al-Amal Hotel
Tel: 08-2841317
Tel: 08-2823355
Fax: 08-2860056
Al-Quds International Hotel
(44 rooms; 2suites; bf; mr; res)
Telefax: 08-2826223/63487/5118
Summerland Tourist Village
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Quick Lunch
Tel: 02-6274282
Lotus
(American Colony Hotel)
Tel:02-6279777,Fax:02-6279779
Tel: 02-6285212
Popular Arab
Moon Light Pizza
Tel: 02-5833226
Armenian Tavern
Tel: 02-6275277
Victoria Restaurant
Tel: 02-6273854
Nafoura
Tel: 02-6283051
(casino; cf; res)
Tel: 08-2847171
Fax: 08-2864008
The Windmill Hotel
(15 rooms; mr; res)
Tel: 08-2869284
Fax: 08-2826813
UN Beach Club
(12rooms)
Tel:08-2822274
e-mail:
[email protected]
Zahrat Al-Madain
Tel: 02-2953544
Fax: 02-2955029
Tel: 02-6273970
Arabesque, Poolside & Patio
Tel: 02-6260034
(Jifna village)
Tel: 02-6289770
Tel: 08-2826801
Fax: 08-2826801
Key: su = suites;
bf = business facilities;
mr = meeting rooms;
cf = conference facilities;
res = restaurant;
ter = terrace bar;
tb = turkish bath;
cf = coffe shop;
gm = gym;
pf = parking facilities
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Tel: 02-2958434
Caesar's (Grand Park Hotel)
Tel: 02-2986194
Kanbatta Zaman
Café Olé
Tel: 02-2964040
Tel: 02-2984135
K5M - Caterers
Café Mocha Rena
Tel: 02-2956813
Tel: 02-2981460
La Strada
Casablanca
Tel: 02-2965968
Tel: 02-2987658
La Terrace
Champs
Tel: 02-2987701
Tel: 02-2987188
Layali As-Sultan Roof
Checkers Restaurant
Tel: 02-2980275
Tel: 02-2987067
Magic
The Orthodox Club Restaurant
Chinese House Restaurant
Tel: 02-2956057
Tel: 02-2956520
Mandy Tatchi (Chinese)
Tel: 02-2980456
Tel: 02-2964081
Cliff House (Rocky Hotel)
Tel: 02-2964470
Al-Bardauni's
Elite Coffee House
Tel:02-2403016
Tel: 02-2951410
Tel: 02-2965169
Al-Burj (Jifna)
Ein Al-Marj (Birzeit)
Muntaza Restaurant &
Garden
Tel: 02-2810801/2
Tel: 02-2810220/1
Tel: 02-2956835
Al-Dai'ah
Fattoush
Noor Restaurant
Tel: 02-2408367
Tel: 02-2955834
Tel: 02-2963815/6
Al-Mattal
Fawanees
Osama's Pizza
Tel: 02-2986529
Tel: 02-2987046
Angelo's
Fino
Tel: 02-2956408
Tel: 02-2980456
Tel: 02-2953270
Pepperoni (Al-Kasaba)
Mob: 059-798901
Baker Dozen Donuts
New Flamingo's
Pizza Inn
Tel: 02-2987067
Tel: 02-2966128
Tel: 02-2981181/2
Nablus
Al-Mankal
Tel: 09-2675362
Rozana
Tel: 09-2385676
Salim Afandi
Tel: 09-2371332
Zeit Ou Zaater
(Al-Yasmeen Hotel)
Tel: 09-2383164
Ramallah & Al-Bireh
Al-Aseel
Baladna Ice Cream
Bethlehem
Abu Eli
Tel: 02-2741897
Andalos
Tel: 02-2743519
Al Makan Bar - Jacir Palace
Inter-Continental Bethlehem
Tel: 02-2766777, Fax: 02-2766754
Ararat
Tel: 02-2772410, Fax: 02-2773855
Baidar - Jacir Palace InterContinental Bethlehem
Tel: 02-2766777, Fax: 02-2766754
Bahamas
Tel: 02-2745450
Baker Dozen Donuts
Tel: 02-2766338
Central
Tel: 02-2741378
Cigar Bar - Jacir Palace InterContinental Bethlehem
Tel: 02-2766777, Fax: 02-2766754
Checkers Restaurant
Tel: 02-2766338
Cleopatra
Tel: 02-2741961
Dar Jdoudnah
Coffeeshop & Bar
Diwan
Al-Amara
Tel: 02-2770333, 02-2770329
Tel: 02-2323500
Dolphin
Al-Rawda
Tel: 02-2743432
Tel: 02-2322555
Golden Roof
Al-Rabiyah Park & Restaurant
Tel: 02-2743224
Al-Karawan
Tel: 02-2747439
Mariachi (Grand Hotel)
Tel: 02-2741440
Green Valley Park
Tel: 02-2322349
Jabal Quruntul
Tel: 02-2745450
Tel: 02-2322614; 02-2322593
Piano
Jericho Tent
Mob: 050-356160
Tel: 02-2323820
RadioNet Cafe (Beit Sahour)
Tel: 02-2774883, Fax: 02-2774882
Riwaq Courtyard - Jacir Palace Inter-Continental Bethlehem
Tel: 02-2766777, Fax: 02-2766754
Shepherds Valley Village
Tel: 02-27773875
Tachi Chinese
Tel: 02-2744382
Zaitouneh - Jacir Palace
Inter-Continental Bethlehem
Tel: 02-2766777, Fax: 02-2766754
Old Jericho Tent
Tel: 02-2323820
Papaya Park
Mob: 050-286067
Samhouri
Tel: 02-2323252
Spanish Park
Mob: 050-515518
Seven Trees
Tel: 02-2322781
Shallal
Mob: 050-520932
Sultan Restaurant -
Jericho
Jericho Cable Car
Tel: 02-2324025
Tel: 02-2743212
Tahhan
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Tel: 02-2322600
Kings
Tel: 02-2987027
Mr. Pizza
Plaza Restaurant & Park
Tel: 02-2324060,
Mobile:055-5338295
Monaliza
Tel: 02-2956146
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Palestinian Kitchen
Occupation and the Palestinian Kitchen
Tel: 02-2956020
Tel: 02-2959093
Privacy (for women only)
Tel: 02-2956141
Pronto Resto-Café
Tel: 08-2826245
La Mirage
Gaza Strip
Tel: 02-2987312
Abu Nuwas
Red Valley Restaurant &
Garden (Jifna village)
Al-Andalus
Tel: 08-2845211
Mob: 050-567550
Tel: 08-2821272
Rukab's Ice Cream
Al-Baidar
Tel: 02-2956467
Tel: 08-2861321
Rumours
Al-Deira
Tel: 02-2953770
Tel: 08-2838100/200
Samer
Broaster chicken
Tel: 2405338
Tel: 08-2842855
Sangria's Coffee Shop
Al-Diwanea Tourist
Tel: 02-2964040
Tel: 08-2825062
Spoons
Alladin
Tel: 02-2984135
Tel: 08-2823355
Stones
An Nawras Tourist Resort
Tel: 02-2966038
Tel: 08-2833033
Tabash (Jifna village)
Cyber Internet Café
Tel: 02-2810932
Tel: 08-2844704
Taboun
Deleice
Tel: 02-2980505
Tel: 08-2822569
Tel El-Qamar Roof
Fisher tourist
Tel: 02-2987905/6
Tel: 08-2834779
Top Burger
Granada
Tel: 02-2956057
Tel: 08-2822165
Tweety Sandwich
Haifa
Tel: 02-2966818
Tel: 08-2534655
Urjuwan
Al-Marsa
Tel: 02-2987783/4
Tel: 08-2863599
Villa Vatche
Al-Molouke
Tel: 02-2965966
Tel: 08-2868397
Zarour Bar BQ
Mika Cafeteria
Tel: 02-2956767; 02-2964480
Tel: 08-2866040
Ziryab
Matouq
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Tel: 08-2865128
Lido
Tel: 08-2864198
Lotus
Tel: 08-2842431
Love Boat
Tel: 08-2861353
Palm Beach
Tel: 08-2860142
Pizza Inn
Tel: 08-2840415
Sea Breeze Cafeteria
Tel: 08-28426
Summer land Village
Tel: 08-2453441
Al-Salam
Tel: 08-2822705
Al-Sammak
Tel: 08-2864385
Al Sammak Ghornata
Tel: 08-2840107
As-Sayad
Tel: 08-2834779
Salam Beach
Let me, in this issue, tell you about my plan for the
second year of writing about the Palestinian kitchen
in This Week in Palestine; but before I do, allow me
to make a belated introduction of myself and what
I do. I can talk about Palestinian cuisine forever
with all my passion. A passion that started with me
early in life, in Qalqilya, with my beloved mother,
God bless her soul, where I spent most of my time
with her, mostly in her kitchen, of course. She was
one of the finest cooks I have ever met, to say the
least. She inherited her art from her grandmother,
who was the official cook of the Moroccan palace
before she immigrated to Palestine.
Although my mother came from the beautiful
coastal city of Yafa, she lived in Qalqilya, Nablus,
and Jerusalem. After the 1967 Israeli occupation,
she lived in Amman, Doha, Kuwait, London, Boston
and Ottawa, in addition to her countless visits to
Beirut, Damascus, Baghdad, and Cairo, among
other places. She travelled extensively, broadening
her horizons and accepting diversity with an open
mind. She rarely repeated herself, even when it
came to classical dishes in which it was a taboo
to even think of any slight variation. She dared all
the rules and became the master of all, in her entire
family and circle, I think.
Tawfiq Zayyad, a Palestinian poet, says, "the
danger of loosing our many treasures is also
threatening the remainder and the treasures
that are born daily, and we should not allow that
to happen." Driven by this, I started to study
Palestinian cooking from my mother, Suad AlShanti. My mother fell ill so I catered all her meals,
bearing in mind what she could and couldn't eat,
which made me aware of the importance of healthy
cooking without compromising on the original
flavours. It should be a way of living; we are what
we eat, after all, aren't we?
I knew Palestinian cooking well before I
decided that cooking would be my ultimate
career. My journey into the kitchen started with
working on presentations of traditional dishes,
i.e. to modernize and set new standards. I then
looked into the matter of reducing preparation and
cooking times, to make it easier for the Palestinian
cuisine to survive the fast food culture. I took the
matter more seriously and specialized myself
exclusively in Palestinian cuisine, which led me
to the classification of dishes, which I decided to
gather/group under families. In doing this, I was
faced with the question of what is a Palestinian
dish and what makes it Palestinian.
After some time I realized that the issue of
what makes a dish Palestinian should be tackled
before that of what is a Palestinian dish, which
entailed the classification of the cooking bases.
(I have already answered this question for you
last year, having talked about the identity of the
Palestinian kitchen in my previous articles.) Now
that we have two classifications, we can conclude
that there are two Palestinian cuisines: One that
is based on cooking bases, which is absolutely
new, and another that is based on classical dishes,
which is traditional yet modern. Both cuisines are
cultural and original.
My personal ambitions in relation to the
Palestinian kitchen are to promote gourmet
cooking, to put together an encyclopaedia on
traditional Palestinian cooking (the structure of
which I have already designed), and to establish
the first Palestinian cooking school, maybe by
starting with private tutoring in my kitchen, in order
to build the first team.
My plan for this second year of writing is for
a long and delightful journey in heavenly food,
healthy and easy to prepare, economical and just
right for small families. Believing that the best way
to learn about a country is by learning about its
Tel: 08-2844964
White Tent
Tel: 08-2860380
Herbal Medicine
Oats
depression, especially when mixed with vervain.
It also induces perspiration. A wash made by
boiling oat seeds is used to treat dermatological
problems. Compresses made of oat flour are
also used for skin problems such as eczema and
herpes simplex.
Persons who are allergic to gluten should take
extra care when using the wash, allowing the liquid
to settle first and to use the top layer only.
Oats are the principal and traditional produce of
northern European countries. They make warm and
sweet food that is ideal for cold climates. Dishes
prepared from oat flour make nourishing breakfast
food. Oats are rich in minerals, vitamins and gluten.
Oat husks make a good anti-depressant and have
corrective effects on the nervous system. Oat
seeds are used as an anti-depressant whereas
oatmeal is an anti-coagulant and has the property
of lowering the level of cholesterol in the blood.
A fluidextract of the husks, taken in small
doses, is recommended for cases of anxiety and
(Herbal Medicine, p. 40)
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Tourist Transportation
Peace Land
EAST JERUSALEM
Mount of Olives
Tel: 02-5851666, Mob: 050-414449
Abdo Tourist
Dallah Al-Baraka
Tel: 02-6281866
Tel: 02-6271122
Tel: 02-6564150
Tel: 02-5327126
Green Peace
Tel: 02-5859756, Mob: 050-522619
Orabi
Tel: 02-5853101
Petra
Tel: 02-5820716, Mob: 050-511105
Taxis
Abdo
Tel: 02-5858202 (Beit Hanina)
Tel: 02-6283281 (Damascus Gate)
Al-Sha'ab
Tel: 02-6724908
Car Rental
Murad
Tel: 02-2747092
Orabi
Mob: 050-372687
Petra
Mob: 050-511105
Rafidia, Nablus
There are two Arafat Sweets shops in Nablus;
the most prominent one, with a small outdoor
seating area, is in the Rafidia neighbourhood,
around the corner from Al-Najah University. Times
are tough and thus the choice of readily available
items at this prestigious pastry shop is limited these
days. The usual sweets, such as Baklawa, made
of small rolls of filo dough filled with pine nuts or
pistachios and baked until they are delicately crisp
and flaky, are available at a moment's notice. The
Nabulsieh and Basma Nabulsieh, a thin string
dough with a pistachio filling, decorated with
pine nuts and roasted on an open fire until crispy
and golden brown in colour, are also available at
the pastry shop, as is the Feisalieh, a string like
dough rolled in a triangular shape with a pistachio
nut stuffing.
In normal times a wide variety of Kunafe, the
Tel: 02-2403521
Shkoukany
Tel: 02-2954764
Shorouq
Tel: 02-2986154
Tel: 02-2964688
Tel: 02-2742309
Beit Jala
Tel: 02-2742629
Taxis
Amer Alam Airport Transfer
Mob: 050-302670, Tel:02-2953675
Al-Bireh
Tel: 02-2402956
HEBRON
Al-Salam
Tel: 02-2220811
Al-Wafa
Al-Itihad
Tel: 02-5852299
Taxis
Al-Asdiqa'
Imperial
Tel: 02-2229436
Shamma' Taxi Co.
Tel: 02-6282504
Al-Badawi
Tel: 02-2960957
Itihad
Tel: 02-2228545
Omaya
Tel: 02-6286941
Al-Itihad
Tel: 02-2956120
Jaber
Tel: 02-2228750
Khaled Al-Tahan
Tel: 02-5855777
Mount of Olives
Tel: 02-6272777
Nijmah
Tel: 02-6276699
Panorama
Tel: 02-6281116
Rashid
Tel: 02-6282220
Ummeh
Tel: 02-2340378
Tel: 02-2955444
GAZA STRIP
JERICHO
Car Rental
Orabi
Car Rental
Imad
Tel: 08-2864000
Mob: 050-405095
Palestine
Petra/Allenby Bridge Branch
Tel: 08-2823841
Tel: 02-9400494, Fax: 02-9400493
Yafa
Tel: 08-2825127
Taxis
Taxis
Petra
Tel: 02-2322525
Ash-Sham
Tel: 02-6569222
Tel: 02-2955805
Tel: 02-2955887
Tel: 02-5855566
Tel: 02-6284455
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Orabi
Holy Land
Zahra & Sabeel
Note: The views expressed here reflect the experiences
of the reviewer at the restaurant listed.
Tel: 02-2965744
Tel: 02-5855777
Iman
most prominent sweet of Nablus, and other sweets
are also on display and ready to be eaten or taken
away, but these days you have to order and wait for
them to be made. The famous Kunafe takes about
15 minutes to make. The sweet can be ordered
in all its varieties: Kunafe with ishta (cream),
Kunafe with cheese, fine or coarse Kunafe
Nabulsieh, Kunafe Osmalliah with ishta, Kunafe
Mafrouke with ishta and Madloka with ishta, as
well as Aaish el-Sarayah with ishta. Another all
time favourite is Khdoud al-Sit (Lady's Cheeks),
filo dough with ishta that can be prepared in a
matter of 10 minutes.
The only thing missing, really, is a good cup
of coffee and the owners of Arafat Sweets would
be well advised to make that available to their
customers.
MENA
TWINS
Taxis
Asha'b
Tel: 02-5855555
ARAFAT SWEETS
Car Rental
Good Luck
Car Rental
Holy Land
Beit Hanina
Restaurant Review
RAMALLAH &
AL-BIREH
Tel: 02-2342160
BETHLEHEM
Aqsa
Tel: 02-6273003
Tel: 09-2373501
Tel: 02-6281973
Car Rental
AutoNation
Good Luck
Al-Madina
Azhar
Tel: 08-2868858
NABLUS
Al-Nasser
Car Rental
Orabi
Tel: 08-2861844/2867845
Tel: 09-2383383
Tel: 08-2865390
Imad
Midan Filastin
Taxis
Al-Ittimad
Tel: 08-2865242
Tel: 09-2371439
39
Beit Jala
Guiding Star Ltd.
Tel: 02-2765970, Fax: 02-2765971
East Jerusalem
Abdo Tourist & Travel
Tel: 02-6281865, Fax: 026272973
Albina Tours
Tel: 02-6283397, Fax: 02-6281215
Arab Tourist Agency (ATA)
Tel: 02-6277442, Fax: 02-6284366
e-mail: : [email protected]
Atic Tours & Travel Ltd.
Tel: 02-6286159, Fax: 02-6264023
www.atictour.com
Awad & Co. Tourist Agency
Tel: 02-6284021, Fax: 02-6287990
www.awad-tours.com
Aweidah Bros. Co.
Tel: 02-6282365, Fax: 02-6282366
www.aweidah.com
Ayoub Caravan Tours
Hajj& Umra Services
Tel: 02-6280770, Fax: 02-6285912
Tel: 02-6284121, Fax: 02-6280251
Beit Sahour
Guiding Star Ltd.
Shweiki Tours Ltd.
Tel: 02-6273150, Fax: 02-6273147
www.guidingstarltd.com
Tel: 02-2772151, Fax: 02-2772211
http://www.patg.org
Sindbad Travel Tourist Agency
J. Sylvia Tours
Tel: 02-6281146, Fax: 02-6288277
Jiro Tours
Tel: 02-6283235, Fax: 02-6271574
www.dahertravel.com
Dajani Palestine Tours
Tel: 02-6264768, Fax: 02-6276927
Dakkak Tours Agency
Tel: 02-6282525, Fax: 02-6282526
4M Travel Agency
Tel: 02-6271414, Fax: 02-6284701
www.4m-travel.com
George Garabedian Co.
Tel: 02-6283398, Fax: 02-6287896
Golden Dome Company for
Tel: 02-6286373, Fax: 02-6289078
Tel: 02-2407705, Fax: 02-2408273
http://www.paladventure.com
United Travel Ltd.
Tel: 02-6274389, Fax: 02-6275037
Tony Tours Ltd.
Jordan Travel Agency
Tel: 02-6271247, Fax: 02-6283753
www.unitedtravelltd.com
Tel: 02-6284052, Fax: 02-6287621
Universal Tourist Agency
KIM's Tourist & Travel Agency
Tel: 02-6284383, Fax: 02-6264448
http://www.universal-jer.com
Tel: 02-6279725, Fax: 02-6274626
www.kimstours.com
Lawrence Tours & Travel
Tel: 02-6284867, Fax: 02-6271285
Zatarah Tourist & Travel
Agency
Tel: 02-6272725, Fax: 02-6289873
Al-Asmar Travel Agency
Telefax: 02-2954140, 2965775
Skyway Tourist Agency
Atlas Tours & Travel
Tel: 02-2952180, Fax: 02-2986395
http://www.atlasavia.com
Jenin
Darwish Travel Agency
Tel: 02-2956221, Fax: 02-2957940
Golden Globe Tours
Tel: 02-6262312, Fax: 02-6277512
Nawas Tourist Agency Ltd.
Tel: 02-6282491, Fax: 02-6285755
Near East Tourist Agency (NET)
Tel: 02-6282515, Fax: 02-6282415
www.netours.com
Nablus
Holiday International
Tel: 02-2955229, Fax: 02-2953107
The Pioneer Links Travel &
Tourist Bureau
Tel: 02-2407859, Fax: 02-2407860
Gaza
Tel:02- 2952597, Fax:02- 2952989
Amani Tours
Ramallah Travel Agency
Telefax: 02-2987013
Tel: 02-2953692, Fax: 02-2955029
www.kaoud.org
Maxim Tours
Anwar Travel Agency
Tel: 02-2956388, Fax: 02-2956517
Reem Travel Agency
Tel: 02-2953871, Fax: 02-2953871
Shbat & Abdul Nur
Tel: 02-2956267, Fax: 02-2957246
Tel : 07-2824415 Fax: 07-2867596
Al-Muntazah Travel Agency
Tel. 08-2827919 Fax. 08-2824923
National Tourist Office
Tel: 07-2860616 Fax: 07-2860682
Time Travel Ltd.
Tel: 08-2836775, Fax: 08-2836855
Egypt Air
Royal Jordanian Airways
Tel: 02-2986950/49 (Ramallah)
Tel: 08-2821530 (Gaza)
Tel: 02-2965151 (Ramallah)
Tel: 08-2825403/13 (Gaza)
Emirates Airlines
Sabena
Tel: 02-2407705/6, (Ramallah)
Gulf Air
SAS Scandinavian Airlines
Tel: 09-2386312 (Nablus)
Tel: 02-6283235/7238 (Jerusalem)
Malev-Hungarian Airlines
Singapore Airlines
Tel: 02-6282535/6 (Jerusalem)
Tel: 08-2860616 (Gaza)
Iberia
South African Airways
Tel: 02-6283235/7238 (Jerusalem)
Tel: 02-6286257 (Jerusalem)
Alitalia
KLM
Swissair
Tel: 02-6283515/6788 (Jerusalem)
Tel: 02-6284896/7 (Jerusalem)
Tel: 02-2770054, Fax: 02-2770054
Air Malta
Lufthansa
Tunis Air
Tel: 09-2382065 (Nablus)
Nativity Travel
Tel: 02-2742966, Fax: 02-2744546
British Airways
Palestine Airlines
Tel: 08-2860616 (Gaza)
Terra Santa Tourist Co.
Cyprus Airways
Tel: 02-2766044, Fax: 02-2766045
Kukali Travel & Tours
Tel: 02-2773047, Fax: 02-2772034
Overseas Travel Bureau
TeleFax:02-6767727
Mobile: 050-242270
40
Yaish International Tours
Tel: 09-2372111, Fax: 09-2381411
El- Nasser Co. For Tourism &
International Aviation
Tel: 07-2823704 Fax: 07-2866075
Al Awdah Tourism & Travel
Golden Gate Tours & Travel
Millennium Transportation
Shepherds Tours & Travel
Tel: 09-2389159, Fax: 09-2840630
Raha Tours and Travel
Tel: 02-2961780, Fax: 02-2961782
www.rahatravel.com
Gloria Tourist & Travel Agency
Tel: 2765813 Fax: 2765812
Tel: 02-6289260, Fax: 02-6264979
Tel: 02-6276133. Fax: 02-6271956.
Tel: 04-2503359, Fax: 04-2503359
http://www.crown-tours.com
Tel: 02-2743717, Fax: 02-2743747
Samara Tourist & Travel Agency
Jarrar Tourist Agency
Tel: 02-2740911/12, Fax: 02-2740910
O.S. Hotel Services
Tel: 02-6264447, Fax: 02-6284430
Tel: 04-2438056, Fax: 04-2438057
Crown Tours & Travel Co. Ltd.
Lama Tours International
Safieh Tours & Travel
Asia Travel Agency
Kashou' Travel Agency
Bethlehem
New Holy Land Tours
Tel: 02-6264422, Fax: 02-6264421
Tel: 02-6287090, Fax: 02-6284442
Telefax: 02-2965090
Tel: 02-2965111, Fax: 02-2965110
Mt. of Olives Tours Ltd.
Nativity Tours Ltd.
Daher Travel
Siniora Star Tours
Adventure Tourism & Travel
Jordan Tourist Agency
Bible Land Tours
Carawan Tours & Travel
Tel: 02-2447495, Fax: 02-2349826
Ramallah
Tel: 02-6288844, Fax: 02-6288013
Tel: 02-6271122, Fax: 02-6285551
www.olivetours.com
Blessed Land Tours
Tel: 02-6286592, Fax: 02-6285812
www.blessedland.com.
Tel: 02-6272165, Fax: 02-6272169
Tel: 02-6273766, Fax: 02-6281020
www.jirotours.com
Tel: 02-6284361, Fax: 02-6285804
Tel: 02-6271169, Fax: 02-6272218
Tel: 02-6736711, Fax: 02-6736966
Alternative Tourism Group
Arab Office for Travel &
Tourism
Tel: 02-2956640, Fax: 02-2951331
Mousallam Int'l Tours
Tel: 2770249 Fax: 2770250
Airport Information
Flight information:
Gaza International Airport
Tel: 08-2134289
Ben Gurion Airport
Tel: 03-9723344
Air France
Tel: 02-2404894 (Al-Bireh)
Tel: 08-2822800 (Gaza)
Tel: 08-2829526/7 (Gaza)
Turkish Airlines
Qatar Airways
Varig
Tel: 02-2404895 (Al-Bireh)
Tel: 08-2842303 (Gaza)
Tel: 08-2821530 (Gaza)
41
Tel: 02-2770130 (Bethlehem)
East Jerusalem
Standard Chartered Grindlays Bank
Commercial Bank of
Palestine
Palestine International Bank
(PIB)
Tel: 02-2954141, Fax: 02-2954145
Tel: 08-2844333, Fax: 08-2844303
Cooperative Development
Unit
Palestine Investment Bank
Tel: 08-2822105, Fax: 08-2822107
Tel: 02-6263444, Fax: 02- 6263311
Tel: 02-2900029, Fax: 02-2900029
Arab Bank
Tel: 02-2796671, Fax: 02-2796673
Deutsche Ausgleichsbank
(DTA)
Center for Development
Consultancy (CDC)
Tel: 02-2984462, Fax: 02-2952610
Nablus
The Housing Bank
Tel: 09-2384555, Fax: 09-2384563
Tel: 02-5833183, Fax: 02-5833185
Tel: 02-2986270, Fax: 02-2986276
Arab Bank
Commercial Bank of
Palestine
International Islamic Arab
Tel: 09-2382340, Fax: 09-2382351
Bank
Arab Land Bank
Tel: 02-2799886, Fax: 02-2799258
Tel: 02-2980060, Fax: 02-2980065
Tel: 09-2383651, Fax: 09-2383650
Jordan Bank
Bank of Palestine Ltd.
Bethlehem
Arab Bank
Tel: 02-2770080, Fax: 02-2770088
Arab Land Bank
Tel: 02-2740861
Cairo-Amman Bank
City
Fire
Ambulance
Police
Jerusalem*
CHS (Old City Jerusalem)
Jenin
Tulkarem
Nablus
Qalqilia
Ramallah
Jericho
Bethlehem
Hebron
02-6282222
101 / 050-319120
04-2501225
09-2672106
09-2383444
09-2940440
02-2956102
02-2322658
02-2741123
02-222844
101
100
101 / 04-2502601
101 / 09-2672140
101 / 09-2380399
101 / 09-2940440
101 / 02-2957574
101 / 02-2321170
101 / 02-2744222
101 / 02-2228917
04-2501035
09-2672161
09-2383518
09-29422730
02-2956571
02-2322521
02-2748231
Tel: 02-2958686, Fax: 02-2958684
Tel: 09-2382030, Fax: 09-2382923
Border Crossings
Telephone Services
Jordan-Gulf Bank
Cairo-Amman Bank
Allenby Bridge
Sheikh Hussien
Rafah Border
Eretz Crossing
Information
144
Phone Repairs*
166
Telegrams*
171
Time*
155
Wake Up*
174
International operator* 188
Weather
03-9668855
Tel: 02-2987680, Fax: 02-2987682
Tel: 09-2381301, Fax: 09-2381590
Jordan National Bank
Commercial Bank of
Palestine
Tel: 02-2959343, Fax: 02-2959341
02-9943358
04-6586422
08-6734205
08-6741672
Tel: 09-2385160, Fax: 09-2385169
Tel: 02-2744971, Fax: 02-2744974
Palestine International Bank
(PIB)
Jordan National Bank
Tel: 02-2983300, Fax: 02-2983333
Tel: 09-2386060, Fax: 09-2386066
Tel: 02-2770351, Fax: 02-2770354
Calls from Overseas
Jordan Bank
Palestine Bank
Tel: 02-2987880, Fax: 02-2987881
Tel: 09-2381120, Fax: 09-2381126
Tel: 02-2765515/6, Fax: 02-2765517
Union Bank
Jordan-Gulf Bank
Dial access code, international
country code (972) or (970),
area code (without the zero),
Tel: 02-2986412, Fax: 02-2956416
Tel: 09-2382191, Fax: 09-2381953
Tel: 02-2770888, Fax: 02-2770889
World Bank
Jordan-Kuwait Bank
Tel: 02-2366500, Fax: 02-2366543
The Housing Bank
Tel: 09-2377223, Fax: 09-2377181
Gaza
Tel: 09-2382280, Fax: 09-2382283
Tel: 02-2960122, Fax: 02-2960126
Arab Bank
Tel: 08-2824729, Fax: 08-2824719
Tel: 09-2385051, Fax: 09-2385057
Arab Bank (Al-Balad)
Tel: 02-2986480, Fax: 02-2986488
Arab Bank (Al-Bireh)
Tel: 02-2959581, Fax: 02-2959588
Arab Land Bank
Tel: 02-2958421
Tel: 02-2985921, Fax: 02-295920
Beit Al-Mal Holdings
Arab Land Bank
Tel: 08-2822046, Fax: 08-2821099
Tel: 08-2823272, Fax: 08-2865667
Beit Al-Mal Holdings
Tel: 08-2820722, Fax: 08-2825786
Cairo-Amman Bank
Tel: 08-2824950, Fax: 08-2824830
Tel: 02-2986916, Fax: 02-2986916
Commercial Bank of
Palestine
HSBC Bank Middle East
Tel: 08-2825806, Fax: 08-2825816
Tel: 02-2987802, Fax: 02-2987804
The Housing Bank
Cairo-Amman Bank
Tel: 08-2826322, Fax: 08-2861143
Tel: 02-2985790, Fax: 02-2955437
Jordan Bank
The Center for Private Enterprise Development
Tel: 08-2820707, Fax: 08-2824341
Tel: 02-2986786, Fax: 02-2986787
Tel: 08-2824286, Fax: 08-2824286
Palestine Development Fund
42
Bethlehem
Gaza
Nablus
Jericho
* can only be called from East Jerusalem
Jordan-National Bank
Ramallah/Al-Bireh
Tourism and Antiquities Police
43
02-2770750/1
08-2829017
09-385244
02-2324011
WHO - World Health Organization
Jerusalem
Tel: 02-6276680
Fax: 02-6276690
Tel: 02-2400340, Fax: 02-2400343
Apostolic Delegation
Germany
Tel: 02-6282298, Fax: 02-6281880
Tel: 02-2984788, Fax: 02-2984786
Belgium
Tel: 02-5828263, Fax: 02-5814063
European Community - Delegation to the OPT
Tel: 02-5326341, Fax: 02-5326249
France
Tel: 02-5828250, Fax: 02-5820032
Great Britain
Tel: 02-5414100,
Fax: 02-5322368; 02-5325629
http://www.britishconsulate.org
Hungary
Tel: 02-2407676, Fax: 02-2407678
Ireland
Tel: 02-240 6811/2/3,
Fax: 02-240 6816
The Netherlands
Gaza
Tel: 08-6777333, Fax: 08-6777555
e-mail: : [email protected]
Tel: 02-2987639, Fax: 02-2987638
Tel: 02-2407291/3, Fax: 02-2407294
Italy
South Africa
Tel: 02-5327447, Fax: 02-5322904
Tel: 02-2987355, Fax: 02-2987356
http://www.sarep.org
Tel: 02-5828212, Fax: 02-5828801
Turkey
Switzerland
Tel: 02-2408360/1, Fax: 022408362
Tel: 02-5323310, Fax: 02-5820214
United States of America
Tel: 02-6227230, Fax: 02-6259270
Gaza
Egypt
Tel: 08-2824290, Fax: 08-2820718
Germany
Tel: 08-2825584, Fax: 08-2844855
REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES TO THE PNA
Ramallah & Al-Bireh
India
Australia
Jordan
Tel: 02-2407710, Fax: 02-2408290
e-mail: [email protected],
[email protected]
Austria
Tel: 02-2401477, Fax: 02-2400479
Canada
Tel: 02-2958604, Fax: 02-2958606
Cyprus
Tel: 02-2406959, Fax: 02-2404897
Czech Republic
Tel: 02-2965595, Fax: 02-2965596
Chile
Jerusalem
Tel: 02-5687222/3 - 5687200
Fax: 02-5687400, 6732538
e-mail:
[email protected]
UNRWA - United Nations
Relief and Works Agency
Portugal
Sweden
UNTSO - United Nations Truce
Supervision Organization
Tel: 02-2345050, Fax: 02-2345079
Tel: 02-5828316, Fax: 02-5325392
Tel: 02-5828006, Fax: 02-5828065
Gaza
Tel: 08-2843555, Fax: 08-2820966
Norway
Greece
Spain
UNSCO - United Nations Office
of the Special Coordinator in
the Occupied Territories
Tel: 08-2825423, Fax: 08-2825433
Japan
Tel: 08-2842406, Fax: 08-2842416
Tel: 08-2825134, Fax: 08-2825124
Morocco
Tel: 08-2824264, Fax: 08-2824104
Norway
Tel: 08-2824615, Fax: 08-2821902
Qatar
Tel: 08-2825922, Fax: 08-2825932
Russian Federation
Tel: 08-2821819, Fax: 08-2821819
ILO - International Labor
Organization
Jerusalem
Tel: 02-6260212, 02-6280933
Fax: 02-6276746
e-Mail: [email protected]
Ramallah
Tel: 02-2900022
Fax: 02-2900023
Gaza
Tel: 08-2827463
Fax: 08-2827921
West Bank Office
Telefax: 02-2965534
Jerusalem
TeL: 02-6268200
Fax: 02-6268222
UNIFEM - United Nations
Development Fund for
Women
UNFPA - United Nations
Population Fund
Jerusalem
Tel: 02-6281789/1
Fax: 02-6282347
[email protected]
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP)
4 Al-Ya'qubi Street, Jerusalem
Tel: 02-6268200, Fax: 02-6268222
E-mail: [email protected] / URL: http://www.papp.undp.org
UNESCO - United
Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural
Organization
Ramallah
Tel: 02-2959740
Fax: 02-2959741
West Bank
Tel: 02-5890401, Fax: 02-5322714
firstletterofsurname.familyname @unrwa.
org
IBRD - International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
West Bank
Tel: 02-2366500
Fax: 02-2366543
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Gaza
Tel: 08-2824746
Fax: 08-2824296
An Arabic / English publication featuring original embroidered designs of
23 Palestinian spring flowers with
landscape photographs of the spring
in Palestine.
The book, available in hardcover (120
NIS) and paperback (80 NIS), can be
found at the following bookshops:
Educational Bookshop - Jerusalem
American Colony Bookshop - Jerusalem
Sharbain Bookshop - Jerusalem
Y.W.C.A. - Jerusalem
Dar Al Shuruq - Ramallah
Al Ju'beh Bookshop - Ramallah
For further information please call
firstletterofsurname.
[email protected]
IMF - International Monetary
Fund
Gaza
Tel: 08-2825913
Fax: 08-2825923
UNICEF - United Nations
Children's Fund
Jerusalem
Tel: 02-5830013,4
Fax: 02-5830806
Gaza
Tel: 08-2862400
Fax: 08-2862800
Tunisia
Tel: 08-2825018, Fax: 08-2825028
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Tel: 02-2402370
Fax: 02-2406838
ow
Finland
Gaza
Tel: 08-2827021
Fax: 08-2827321
eN
Tel: 02-2402330, Fax: 02-2400331
OHCHR - Office of the
High Commissioner For
Human Rights
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CONSULATES
East Jerusalem
UNITED NATIONS
ORGANIZATIONS
WFP - World Food Programme
ila
Denmark
Gaza
Tel: 08-2822033
Fax: 08-2845409
Av
a
Tel: 02-2960850, Fax: 02-2984768
Nablus
Tel: 09-2375692
Tel: 09-2338371
Fax: 09-2338370
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Patients' Friends Society
K. Abu Raya Rehabilitation
Centre
GAZA STRIP
Beit Hanoun Clinic
Dar Al-Shifa
Tel: 02-2957060/1
Hospitals
Al-Ahli Al-Arabi
Tel: 08-2863014
Tel: 08-2865520
Dar Al-Salam
UPMRC
Peace Medical Center
Tel: 02-2959276
Bethlehem
Hospitals
Al-Dibsi Maternity
Grand Jericho
Tel: 02-2322456
Red Crescent Society
Tel: 02-2957574
UPMRC
Tel: 02-2744242
East Jerusalem
Clinics and Centers
UPMRC
Caritas Baby
Tel: 02-2322148
Hospitals
Augusta Victoria
Tel: 02-2741171
Pharmacies
Bushnak
The Holy Family
Tel: 02-2953740
Tel: 02-6279911
Tel: 02-2741151
Dajani Maternity
Al-Hussein Government
Tel: 02-5833906
Tel: 02-2741161
Hadassah (Ein Kerem)
Mental Health
Tel: 02-6777111
Tel: 02-2741155
St. Luke's
Hadassah (Mt. Scopus)
St. Mary's Maternity
Tel: 09-2383818
WEST BANK
Tel: 02-2742443
Tel: 02-5844111
Maqassed
Tel: 02-6270222
Red Crescent Maternity
Tel: 02-6286694
St. John's Opthalmic
Tel: 02-5828325
St. Joseph
Tel: 02-5828188
Clinics and Centers
Arab Health Center
Tel: 02-6288726
CHS Clinics
Clinics and Centers
Audiology
Tel: 02-2742439
Beit Shaur Medical Center
Tel: 02-2794443
Bethlehem Dental Center
Tel: 02-6264055
Ibn Sina Medical Center
Tel: 02-5400083/9, 02-5322536
Tel: 09-2837178
Pharmacies
Kamal Shawkat
Tel: 09-2377711
Al-Jalil
Tel: 09-2373570
Tel: 02-2220212
Tel: 02-5833510
Mohammed Ali Muhtaseb
Palestinian Counseling
Center
Tel. 02-656 2272, 02-656 2627
Peace Medical Center
Tel: 09-2383778
UPMRC
Ramallah & Al-Bireh
Tel: 02-2228126
Tel: 02-2220246
Hospitals
Arabcare Hospital
Tel: 02-2986420
Clinics and Centers
Al-Mustaqbal Hospital
Tel: 02-2963562/4
Tel: 02-5324259
Tel: 02-2227450
UPMRC
Tel: 02-586056
Tel: 02-2226663
Spafford Children's Clinic
Pharmacies
Al-Hikmah
Red Crescent Hospital
Tel: 02-2228254
Clinics and Centers
Arab Medical Center
Tel: 02-6284875
The Austrian Arab Community Clinic (AACC)
Tel: 02-6273246
Pharmacies
Al-Hayat
Tel: 02-5859386
Balsam
Tel: 02-6272315
Beit Hanina
Tel: 02-2982216/7
Tel: 02-2956260
Tel: 02-2229649
Tel: 02-2954334
Arabcare Medical Center
Jericho
Tel: 02-2986420
Hospitals
Jericho Government
Tel: 02-2988088
Tel: 02-2321967/8/9
Dar Ad-Dawa'
Pharmacies
Hijazi
Tel: 02-6282058
Tel: 02-2322694
Tel: 02-5854680
Ramallah Government
Hospitals
Ibn Sina
Emergency & Trauma Center
Harb Heart Center
Tel: 02-2960336
Modern Dental Center
Tel: 02-2980630
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Al-Rimal
Clinics and Centers
Arab Medical Center
Tel: 08-2822522
Tel: 08-2862163
Clinics and Centers
Al-Amal Center
Tel: 02-2741647
Amira Alia
Tel: 08-2865502
Tel: 08-2862765
Tel: 09-2380039
Tel: 09-2382153
Medical Relief Women's
Health Clinic
Shifa
Berlin Pharmacy
Tel: 08-2873498
Al-Watani
Hospitals
Al-Ahli
Pharmacies
Al-Fayrouz
Tel: 09-2390390
Pharmacies
Al-Razi
Hebron
Tel: 08-2051244
Rafidia
Tel: 09-2371515
Tel: 02-2742472
Tel: 08-2827837
Nasser
Tel: 09-2371491
Arab Medical Center
Al-Sha'ab
Tel: 08-2854240
Hospitals
Al-Ittihad
Tel: 02-2743303
Tel: 02-6280602/0499
Jerusalem First Aid Clinic
Nablus
Tel: 02-2984423 / 2960686
Tel: 08-2858065
Population and Demography
Projected population (end 2001-mil.) 3.4
Projected population by age (2001)
0-17
53.1%
18-64
43.6%
65+
3.3 %
Sex ratio (2001)
102.1
Fertility rate (1999)
5.9
Population growth (2001)
4.95
Education
(2001/2002- preliminary results)
Schools
1,894
School teachers
34,400
School students
953,482
Students per class (schools)
36.9
Drop-out rate (schools 99/2000) 1.8%
Repetition rate (schools 99/2000) 2.3%
Health (2000)
Hospitals
Doctors per 1000 population
Beds per 1000 population
Insured persons
Infant mortality rate
per 1000 live births (1995-1999)
Child mortality rate
per 1000 live birth (1995-1999)
28.7
Culture (2000)
Mosques
Churches (1999)
Daily newspapers
Museums
Cultural centres
1,753
150
16
10
66
63
1.4
1.3
60.4%
25.5
Mass Media (2000)
Availability of TV sets in households 89.7%
Availability of satellite dishes in households
Availability of personal computers at home
Availability of Internet at home
Persons (18 years and over)
with access to the Internet
45.4%
10.8%
1.9%
Labour Force (First Quarter, 2002)
Male
Labour force participation rate
67.0%
Unemployment rate
(includes discouraged persons)
40.7%
Average net daily wage for employees
working in the Palestinian territory (US$) 13.1
Female
10.1%
5.4%
Macroeconomics
GDP (1999-million US$)
GNI (1999-million US$)
Institutions by economic activity (end of 2000)
Quarrying and manufacturing
Construction
Commerce
Transportation, storage & commun.
Hotels and restaurants
Financial intermediation
Others (agriculture, education,
health and social activities)
24.4%
11.1
4,954
6,125
16,030
421
41,918
750
2,848
696
19,556
IImports (1999-million US$)
Exports (1999-million US$)
2,628.9
372.2
Hotels (Fourth Quarter, 2001)
Room occupancy rate
Bed occupancy rate
8.9
6.9
Al-Aqsa Uprising (Intifada):
Martyrs : 29th Sep., 2000 - 14th June, 2002
Total injuries: 29th Sep., 2000 - 14th June, 2002
1,693
19,447
Prepared by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
Tel: 02-2406340, Fax: 02-2406343,
email: [email protected], URL: www.pcbs.org
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Distances in Kilometers
BT - Bethlehem, G - Gaza, H - Hebron, JR - Jericho,
JS - Jerusalem, LA - Lod R.G. Airport, NZ - Nazareth,
RM - Ramallah, NB - Nablus, TA - Tel Aviv
JERICHO
Where to Go?
Summer Escapes
For the lucky few amongst us who have
access into the now sleepy town of
Jericho, which has been off limits to most
Palestinians since the start of the Al-Aqsa
Intifada almost two years ago, the town
boasts two oases of tranquillity which
make for an ideal escape from the stress
and tension that have become part and
parcel of our daily lives. Although Jericho
is known as an ideal winter resort due to
its temperate climate, the high summer
temperatures are not as suffocating as
one imagines since the weather is dry and
not humid. The heat becomes all the more
bearable when lounging around a cool and
inviting swimming pool.
The construction and investment boom that
followed the Oslo Accords saw the erection
of two hotels in Jericho. The Jericho Resort
Village, which was inaugurated some four
year ago, has two swimming pools set in
a lush garden with bungalows on one side
and facing the main building, which has
the regular rooms and the public areas.
Although there have been hardly any
tourists for the past two years, the hotel is
open but one is advised in phone before
going there.
A more luxurious option is the five-star
Jericho Inter-Continental Hotel, which is
adjacent to the now bolted Oasis casino.
The hotel was slated to officially open
towards the end of 2000 but the outbreak
of the Intifada put everything on hold.
However, the hotel has continued to operate
with a skeleton staff. Those who are able
to enter Jericho will have the hotel and its
pools all to themselves.
Map of Jericho source: Pecdar
BETHLEHEM
Where to Go?
Cremisan Monastery
Map of Bethlehem source: Arab Hotel Association/Pecdar
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The Cremisan
monastery lies
on the border
between Beit Jala
and Jerusalem,
with the main
building officially
in Jerusalem and
the storeroom on
the other side of
the parking lot
in Beit Jala. The
monastery can be reached via a long,
winding road from the town of Beit Jala. The
road leading to the monastery reflects a clear
image of the political situation of the times:
on the left hand side are Palestinian houses,
some modern-looking, others more ancient
and some rather shabby, while on the other
side rise the modern apartment houses of
Gilo, the Israeli settlement bordering Beit
Jala. As one enters Cremisan, the outside
world is immediately forgotten and the visitor
is lost in the natural beauty of the of the
place and the serenity which characterizes
it. Cremisan is an island of tranquillity for the
students of theology who go to study there
from all around the world.
The main building dates from the last century
and has high, arched ceilings and stone
floors. The walls are several metres thick.
Prominently pictured on walls throughout
are Pope John Paul II and Don Bosco,
founder of the Salesian order to which the
monastery belongs.
The main attractions for the visitor are the
wine cellar and adjoining shop, which are
located a few hundred metres beyond
the main building. The monastery's wine
production is a modest 700,000 litres per
year. The grapes come from the order's
own vineyards at Beit Jmmal and Deir Rafat,
as well as from Beit Jala and Hebron. Only
two percent of the grapes come from the
vineyards at Cremisan. The wine cellar,
with its high, arched ceilings, is full of casks
of aging wine and brandy.
Organized groups are welcome to picnic in
the extensive green areas surrounding the
monastery provided they make advance
arrangements.
JERUSALEM
Where to Go?
The Gates of Jerusalem
The Old City of Jerusalem is surrounded
by an impressive wall that was built by
the Sultan-Caliph Suleiman the Legislator,
known in the west as "the Magnificent,"
between 1520 and 1566. The wall resembles
Roman fortifications, with ramparts that
were intended to protect Jerusalem from
Bedouin raids and Crusader offensives.
Bab El-Sahireh (Herod's Gate)
Map of Jerusalem source: Arab Hotel Association/Pecdar
The name of this gate translates as "the
Gate which watches" or "flower Gate." It is
also called Herod's Gate because pilgrims
were convinced that the house next to this
gate belonged to king Herod Antipas. In the
middle of the last century Ibrahim Pasha,
the son of the Khedive of Egypt, partially
bricked it up.
Bab El-Amud (Damascus Gate)
This "Gate of the Column" was built
between 1537 and 1538. It is also known as
Damascus Gate because it gives onto the
road that led to the Syrian capital.
Bab Jdeed (New Gate)
Also known as Bab Abdul-Hamid after the
sultan caliph of the time, it was built in 1889
at the request of the European powers in the
northwest corner of the enclosure.
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