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This week in
www.thisweekinpalestine.com
Issue No. 71, March 2004
Message from the Editor
What hectic days I had last week, going
to a film screening in Bethlehem, then on to
Ramallah to catch another film in the Palestine
Film Festival – Dreams of a Nation, and later
joining friends for dinner at a new restaurant
in Ramallah before heading back home to
Jerusalem. Ah! If only that were true… The truth
is that this was feasible some four years ago,
before all those checkpoints and walls came
up. Now we are all confined to our towns and
villages, with very little mobility. But things do
go on: the film festival is well under way and the
Wall is still being built while its legality is being
debated (as of this writing) at the International
Court of Justice in the Hague.
In this issue we are featuring many maps,
courtesy of the Arab Studies Society, that
show the changing reality of the Palestinian
landscape since 1948 to the present. One
map details the course of the Wall that has
engulfed thousands of dunums of Palestinian
lands in order to annex to Israel settlements that
are illegal to start with. The Book of the Month
also has photos galore of the ugly Wall and
the hardship it is causing. This is also echoed
in The Last Word written by Sam Bahour, an
active member of our advisory board.
El-Funoun Celebrates its 25th Birthday
Burhan Karkutli, the personality of this
month, is of Syrian descent but was one
who totally identified with Palestine and the
Palestinian cause and who dedicated most of
his art and life to Palestine. Read more about
this interesting person on p. 26.
Najwa Najjar is a Palestinian filmmaker
who has had one of her films screened at the
Palestine Film Festival. If you have not seen
the film you can read about her in Artist of the
Month on p. 28.
Rush to catch the last days of the film festival
in what promises to be the first of such events
in the future.
Tony A. Khoury
Editor
On March 9th, 2004, El-Funoun celebrates
its Silver Jubilee. In any country it would be
a momentous achievement for a dance
company to continue creating works for 25
years; in Palestine, such an achievement
is even more revealing. For in the face
of the brutal Israeli military occupation
and repression of everything Palestinian,
including cultural entities, and despite the
inhibiting role that some lingering social
traditions have played, El-Funoun was able
not only to persevere, but to grow, to develop,
to experiment, to challenge, to resist, and to
kindle the dream of freedom, justice, and
peace.
called “dabke,” in addition to more elaborate
choreographed forms that embody ElFunoun’s unique vision of Palestinian
dance. El-Funoun is widely recognized as
the cultural entity that has played the most
significant role in reviving and reinvigorating
Palestinian dance and music folklore. This
accomplishment is particularly important
since it effectively countered the systematic
attempts by the Israeli occupation to
suppress the Palestinian national identity
through banning or expropriating any forms
of Palestinian cultural expression.
El-Funoun is composed of fifty dancers,
singers, musicians and support personnel.
Advisory Board (Alphabetically)
Dr. Hasan Abu Libdeh
Bureau Chief, Prime Minister’s Office
Sam Bahour
PLAZA Shopping Centers
Ziad Khalaf
A.M. Qattan Foundation
Mounir Kleibo
UNDP/PAPP
Dr. Sabri Saidam
Internet Society – Palestine Chapter
Accommodation ...........................................37
Restaurants .................................................41
Restaurant Review ......................................46
Herbal Medicine...........................................47
Transportation .............................................48
Travel Agencies ...........................................49
Airlines .........................................................51
Diplomatic Missions .....................................51
Banks...........................................................53
Statistics ......................................................54
Health ..........................................................55
Emergency ..................................................56
Maps & where to go............................... 57-61
The Last Word .............................................62
El-Funoun Celebrates its 25th Birthday ......... 3
Maps Section ................................................ 6
Events......................................................... 16
Film Reviews .............................................. 24
Personality of the Month ..............................26
Artist of the Month .......................................28
Book of the Month .......................................29
Cyber Palestine ...........................................30
Website Review ...........................................31
Museums .....................................................34
Cultural Centers...........................................35
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Cover: Kids in Qalqylia. Photo by Raul Gallego
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Layali Birzeit Festival, 1984
The El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance
Troupe was established in 1979 by a group of
enthusiastic, talented and committed artists.
Since then, El-Funoun has been considered
as the leading Palestinian dance company.
In Palestine, as well as among Palestinians
in exile, El-Funoun has achieved an
unprecedented popular recognition; in fact,
quite a few of the Troupe’s songs and dances
have become household tunes.
Since its inception, El-Funoun has aimed
at expressing the spirit of Arab-Palestinian
folklore and contemporary culture through
unique combinations of traditional and
stylised dance and music. The Troupe’s
repertoire comprises folkloric dance forms,
It is an independent, non-profit organization
that is virtually entirely volunteer-based.
The members are therefore motivated
by the vision of the Troupe more than by
any other factor. This not only keeps the
Troupe’s administrative costs quite low, but
also ensures a strong sense of belonging to,
and ownership of, the group. This resolve,
coupled with a driving commitment to artistic
excellence and an authentic Palestinian
vision, has afforded El-Funoun its current
leadership status.
In Palestine, the Troupe holds an
impressive track record of over one thousand
performances since 1979, including its very
well attended performances at the Palestine
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Festival organised by the Palestinian Ministry
of Culture.
El-Funoun has won several commendation
certificates and awards, the most prominent
among which is the 1997 Palestine Award for
Popular Folklore, the highest award given in
this field by the Palestinian Authority.
Learn more about El-Funoun and their
works at www.el-funoun.org. The excerpts
below are from letters that were sent to ElFunoun, or from articles that were published
in praise of the Troupe’s latest work “Haifa,
Beirut & Beyond.”
“Haifa, Beirut & Beyond” was indeed
gripping, the choreography original, the
music haunting and quite moving, with the
overall effect of an integrated and rapidly
unfolding experience.
I’m extremely proud (at the personal
and collective levels!) of the Troupe in all
aspects. As a Palestinian, I feel that this
is precisely what is lacking in our public
presentation--an artistic, cultural endeavor
of the highest caliber that would render our
reality comprehensible and place it in the
middle of a human expression of creativity
that makes it recognizable in a multi-faceted
manner.
I applaud the vigor, the creativity, the
dedication, and the energy.
Dr. Hanan Ashrawi
Secretary General of Miftah
Haifa, Beirut & Beyond 2003, Photo by: Steve Sabella
International Festivals of 1992 through 1999.
Moreover, El-Funoun has participated in
festivals in Jordan, the United Arab Emirates,
Iraq and Sweden. It has performed at the
Lisbon and Hanover Expos and at the Cairo
Opera House. The Troupe went on tour in
France and Lebanon and on several tours
in the USA, to the delight of the Palestinian
communities there. El-Funoun believes in
building cultural bridges with the world, both
to have a healthy exchange of experiences,
ideas and techniques and to present the
long-suppressed Palestinian culture to
other nations.
El-Funoun played a key role in establishing
the Popular Art Centre, a community
organization committed to raising awareness
about the arts and providing opportunities for
community members to participate in artistic
activity and expression. The Centre offers
classes in traditional dance, ballet, jazz,
music, puppetry and drama, in addition
to a host of other programmes. Through
the Centre, El-Funoun’s message has
propagated to many schools, organizations
and localities.
In 1986, El-Funoun established the
Bara’em youth dance group in an effort
to promote the Palestinian-Arab cultural
identity and to counter the marginalisation
and alienation of Palestinian youth through
music and dance. Comprising 25 dancers,
both male and female aged 8–15, they are
carefully selected according to their artistic
talent and devotion to learn and develop.
Bara’em (Arabic for “buds”) performs
dances choreographed by El-Funoun that
are inspired by the dabke yet are reflective
of the present life of Palestinians. The group
has represented Palestine at festivals in
France, Greece and Qatar and has won
the first prize at the 1999 Children’s Dabke
felt that all my parts started to work in unison,
with persistence, in order for me not to miss
any piece of this warm artistic splendour,
which bombarded me from every side of the
stage. The beauty, I felt, was embodied in
the music, the décor, the lyrics, the dancers’
expressions, their movement and their
gestures.
The elegance and sincerity of the
movements fulfilled my soul and stored their
surplus in my memory. Hours after the end of
the show, I reflected upon those memories
and only then was I able to explain to myself
the perplexing ability of those dancers to lift
my soul in a flash from the depth of sorrow
to the soaring heights of elation.
Ziad Izzat
Visual artist and professor at Birzeit
University
and they become a poem, a Greek myth,
or a Phoenician tableau: they frown and
smile; they express a tragedy and then
dance festively in celebration; they toil,
flicker, twirl, shake, all in synchronization
with the music; their eyes speak, as much
as their bodies, whose carefully designed
movements are meticulously executed;
they flow, or form sharp shapes; they stomp
on the floor with anger, determination, and
they roar in defiance and hope.
I attended El-Funoun’s rehearsals right
before the premiere of “Haifa, Beirut &
Beyond” to capture the creative process in
its phases of progress, while the stage is still
cramped with details coalescing to announce
the ultimate birth of this production.
A group of dancers forming a circle,
discussing, debating, warming up, relaxing
… and despite the differences in age and
sex, there is an underlying equality between
them, as if they were different notes in a
harmonious symphony. Love for the work
unifies them, and so does the relentless
sweating, and they hold their heads up
high throughout. Then the dancing begins,
Haifa, Beirut & Beyond 2003, Photo by: Steve Sabella
It is an art that raids your soul in its
depths, a patently Palestinian spirit, evoking
the conscious as well as the spontaneous
memories. It is smooth and intense; it
impresses, without draining; it attracts,
never repels; and, above all, El-Funoun’s
art boosts the morale and expels despair,
thereby emancipating the soul from the siege
of time, and leaving an imprint of hope on
it instead.
Ahmad Qatamish
Author and community leader
Palestine Festival 1999, Photo by: Athens Studio
I cannot deny that from the first minutes of
the performance I was compelled to channel
all my energy to focus on seeing and hearing.
I tried to draw on all the space available in my
heart and mind; I unlocked all the domains
of my feelings and emotions to receive this
vociferous madness of creativity on stage. I
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The Mapping & G.I.S.1 Department of the
Arab Studies Society
The department of mapping at the Arab Studies Society was established in 1983 by the late
Faisal Husseini who attached a lot of importance to its work and spared no effort in developing it.
The department’s main task is to collect and document data on Israeli practices in the occupied
Palestinian territories that pertain to land confiscation, the building of settlements and the creation
of bypass roads.
Since its inception, the department gained considerable work experience and has been constantly
amassing a huge amount of precise data and documents. It was entrusted with the role of ‘official
advisor’ to the Palestinian negotiating team in several rounds of talks that the Palestinians have
had with their Israeli counterparts since 1992. To this day the department provides assistance and
scientific advice on all matters that have to do with lands, property and real estate in East Jerusalem
and the rest of the Palestinian territories.
The department currently disposes of state-of-the-art equipment and machinery that enable it
to continue playing a vital role in data collection and documentation, especially in East Jerusalem
where Palestinians are engaged in an endless battle to stand up to efforts by Israel to obliterate
Jerusalem’s Arab identity. The absence of proper documents on the Palestinian side makes the
task for Israel all the more easier.
Settlements and settlers in numbers
Settlement clusters
Years
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
NA
Total
Year No. of settlements No. of settlers
1,500
1983 86
29,090
1992 145
109,784
2001 155
213,672
2004 155
236,000
Geographic Information System
Settlement clusters
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22
22
14
1
16
25
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137
* NA. not available
Arial view of Qalqilia - June 2003
Space Imaging Middle East, and Globalsecurity.org
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1972 24
Partition Map 1947
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Special Section
Palestine after 1948
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Redployment Map - March 2000
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Special Section
Gaza
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Separation Wall in the West Bank
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Special Section
Qalqiliya Separation Wall
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Jerusalem Wall
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Special Section
Jerusalem Border 1917-1967
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Israeli Settlements in Jerusalem
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Note: Please make sure to contact the venue to
check if the programme is still running.
EAST JERUSALEM
Al-Mamal Contemporary Art Foundation, tel.
02-6283457; Ascension Church, Augusta
Victoria, tel. 02-6287704; British Council, tel.
02-6267111; Centre for Jerusalem Studies,
Al-Quds University, tel. 02-6569058/9; Church of
the Redeemer, tel. 02-6276111; Issaf Nashashibi
Centre for Culture and Literature, tel. 025813233; National Conservatory of Music, tel.
02-6271711; Palestinian National Theatre (PNT),
tel. 02-6280957; Turkish Cultural Centre, tel. 025400592, Yabous Productions, tel. 02-6261045;
YWCA, tel. 02-6282593
Thursday 25
17:00 Paper puppet making workshop, PNT
Friday 26
11:00 Film: Dream Land, and Peter Pan 2, PNT
17:00 Film: Dream Land, and Peter Pan 2, PNT
Sunday 28
11:00 Film: Lilo & Stitch, PNT
17:00 Film: Lilo & Stitch, PNT
ART
Friday 5
18:00 Inauguration of an exhibition of
photographs titled “Deserted Places 2002,” a
series of impressive photographs of the Eritrean
desert by Anne-Marie Filaire, in cooperation
with the Centre Culturel Francais (through Mar.
23rd, Mon.- Fri. 10:00-17:00, Sat. 10:00-14:00),
Al-Mamal
Thursday 18
17:00 Meet the Artist: Photographer Anne-Marie
Filaire presents her artwork in slides, with an
open discussion, Al-Mamal
FILMS
The Turkish Cultural Centre will screen Turkish
films upon request Mondays through Fridays
between 10:00 – 19:00. Please call 02-5400592
for details.
Monday 1
17:30 Palestine Film Festival – Dreams of
a Nation: A Woman Like a Flower, There is still
Ka’ak on the Sidewalk, like twenty impossibles,
La Danse Eternelle, and Four Songs for
Palestine, YWCA
20:30 Palestine Film Festival – Dreams of a
Nation: Planet of the Arabs, I am Palestine, Visit
Iraq, and Across Oceans-Among colleagues,
YWCA
Tuesday 2
a Nation. Closing Night: Going for a Ride, Diary
of an Art Competition, Deluge, and Song on a
Narrow Path, YWCA
Nation: The Jackal of Nahueltoro,
YWCA
Tuesday 9
19:00 The Look of An Other (documentary), PNT
Wednesday 10
16:00 Chicago, PNT
19:00 Kalem Mama (Arabic), PNT
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES
Thursday 4
17:00 Balloon sketching workshop, PNT
Friday 5
11:00 Film: Atlantis, PNT
Sunday 7
17:00 Circus show, PNT
Thursday 11
17:00 Paper masks workshop, PNT
Friday 12
17:00 Play: The Mermaid (Arabic), PNT
Sunday 14
16:00 Play: The Mermaid (Arabic), PNT
Thursday 18
17:00 Paper puppet making workshop, PNT
Friday 19
17:00 Play: The Colours Game Story, PNT
Sunday 21
17:00 Play: The Colours Game Story, PNT
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Monday 15
16:00 Bahebak Wana Kaman (Arabic), PNT
19:00 Chicago, PNT
Tuesday 16
16:00 The Hours, PNT
Wednesday 17
16:00 Black Knight, PNT
19:00 Askar Fi Al-Ma’askar (Arabic), PNT
Monday 22
Tuesday 23
Wednesday 24
19:00 Chicago, PNT
Monday 29
19:00 Chicago, PNT
Tuesday 30
Wednesday 31
19:00 Bahebak Wana Kaman, PNT
Saturday 27
19:00 In Search of Handalah (Arabic), PNT
SPECIAL EVENT
Thursday 4
World Book Day & Reading Around the World
Celebrations (call for details), British Council
TOURS
Saturday 6
10:30 Jerusalem, A Palestinian Perspective: The
Churches of the Status Quo (call for details),
Al-Quds University
Sunday 14
10:30 Jerusalem, A Palestinian Perspective:
The Separation Wall (call for details), Al-Quds
University
Saturday 20
10:30 Jerusalem, A Palestinian Perspective:
Saints and Tombs in Jerusalem (call for details),
Al-Quds University
BETHLEHEM and BEIT JALA
Bethlehem Peace Centre, tel. 02-2766677;
The Cardinal House, tel. 02-2764778; Inad
Theatre, tel. 02-2766263; International Centre of
Bethlehem (Dar Annadwa), tel. 02-2770047
ART
Monday 1
10:00 – 16:00 Continuation of the exhibition
“Untitled” for Palestinian artist Ghassan Salsaa’
in cooperation with the Cardinal House (through
March 22nd, daily from 10:00-16:00), Peace
Centre
Sunday 7
15:30 Inauguration of the exhibition “Bein AlDawali” for Palestinian artist Mayada Masri (daily
through Apr. 7th), Peace Centre
Saturday 27
Inauguration of an exhibition entitled “Panorama
of Jesus’ Life,” by Chinese artist Fan Pu,
International Centre
LECTURE
Monday 1
a Nation. “Perils and Promises of National
Cinemas in the Age of Globalization,” a lecture
by Dr. Hamid Dabashi, in cooperation with AlMamal Foundation for Contemporary Art, YWCA
PLAYS
Thursday 11
19:00 Abu Jabber Al-Khalili (Arabic) by
Al-Kasaba Theatre, PNT
Saturday 20
19:00 Abu Jabber Al-Khalili (Arabic) by
Al-Kasaba Theatre, PNT
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Thursday 4
17:00 In the Spider’s Web: a documentary
on collective punishment produced by Hanna
Musleh for Al-Haq, International Centre
18:00 Intolerable Cruelty, Peace Centre
Tuesday 9
18:00 Videoprogram in Palestine: Pilot for an
Egyptian Air Hostess: Soap Opera (Arabic)
in cooperation with Al-Mamal Foundation for
Contemporary Art, International Centre
Wednesday 10
18:00 Videoprogram in Palestine: Houna Wa
Roubbama Hounak (Arabic) in cooperation with
Al-Mamal Foundation for Contemporary Art,
Thursday 11
18:00 Videoprogram in Palestine: Saving Face;
Mounzer; and The Room (Arabic) in cooperation
with Al-Mamal Foundation for Contemporary Art,
18:00 Head of State, Peace Centre
Friday 12
18:00 Videoprogram in Palestine: Letters to
Francine (Arabic) in cooperation with Al-Mamal
Foundation for Contemporary Art, International
Centre
Saturday 13
18:00 Videoprogram in Palestine: The Lost
Film (Arabic) in cooperation with Al-Mamal
Foundation for Contemporary Art,
Thursday 18
18:00 Once Upon a Time in Mexico,
Peace Centr e
Thursday 25
18:00 Under the Tuscan Sun, Peace Centre
11:30 – 12:30 Storytelling for kids, Peace Centre
15:00 – 17:00 Bright Stars Programme: painting,
Saturday 20
15:30 – 16:30 Ballet for girls, Peace Centre
Sunday 21
Bright Stars Programme: karate, International
Centre
Thursday 25
Friday 26
Bright Stars Programme: swimming & karate,
09:30 – 11:30 Art workshops for kids, Peace
Centre
Saturday 27
Sunday 28
Centre
Tuesday 30
A photography exhibition entitled “The
Separation Wall,” on the occasion of Land Day,
Peace Centre
Friday 12
09:30 – 11:30 Art workshops for kids,
Peace Centre
Saturday 13
Sunday 14
Centre
11:00 Play: The Colours Game Story by the
Palestinian National Theatre, Peace Centre
Wednesday 17
Play: Green Adventures by Al-Kasaba Theatre,
Thursday 18
Friday 19
09:30 – 11:30 Art workshops for kids,
Peace Centre
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES
Thursday 4
Friday 5
09:30 – 11:30 Art workshops for kids, Peace
Centre
15:00 Film: George of the Jungle, International
Centre
Saturday 6
Sunday 7
Centre
Thursday 11
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CONCERTS
Saturday 13
19:30 “The Viola in the Late Romantic Age,”
with Clara Tokarabe and Aurelio Stagno in
cooperation with Cremisan, Peace Centre
Friday 26
Guitar concert for Said Lighzawi, International
Centre
FILMS
Monday 1
a Nation: Special screening of “The Jackal of
Nahueltoro,” in cooperation with the Cardinal
House, Peace Centre
LECTURE
Wednesday 31
“Christian Zionism,” a lecture in cooperation with
Sabeel, International Centre
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Red Crescent Society, tel. 08-2838844; Rashad
Shawwa Cultural Centre, tel. 08-2864599
PLAYS
Thursday 18
18:00 In Search Handala, International Centre
ART
Wednesday 24
17:30 Inauguration of “Zen,” a travelling
exhibition of Japanese poetry, followed by a
conference on “Haikus,” short Japanese poems
by Palestinian poet Ahmad Dahbour, and the
opening of white walls for poetry, CCF
SPECIAL EVENTS
Sunday 7
16:00 Poetry and musical evening with
Palestinian poet Rose Shomali Musleh
accompanied by the musician Bridget Rubbins
on the occasion of International Women’s Day,
Peace Centre
Monday 8
11:30 Festival by the Development Institutions’
Coalition on the occasion of International
Women’s Day, Peace Centre
13:30 Open discussion addressing the issues
of women’s rights, the empowerment of women
and their participation in the decision-making
process, presented by Rose Shomali Musleh,
Sana’ Aranki and Mariam Ismail (Women’s
Affairs Technical Committee) on the occasion of
International Women’s Day, Peace Centre
15:00 Presentation by the Development
Institutions’ Coalition highlighting their
achievements in the development of women in
the Bethlehem governorate, Peace Centre
Saturday 20
15:00 A lecture entitled “Discrimination Against
Women” by Suad Abu Dayyeh on the occasion
of the International Day for the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination (EAFORD Day),
Peace Centre
Friday 26
13:00 – 18:00 “Welcome Spring” programme
on Manger Street and Manger Square, Peace
Centre
FILMS
Monday 1
a Nation: The Olive Harvest, Red Crescent
Society
Nation: Jenin …Jenin, Red Crescent Society
Tuesday 2
a Nation. Closing Night: Coming Back, and
Mafateeh, Red Crescent Society
SPECIAL EVENTS
Thursday 4
Monday 8
17:00 Conference on “Arab Women and
Intercultural Dialogue” by Dr. Nadia Attar on the
occasion of International Women’s Day, followed
by a homage to Sahar Khalifa and inauguration
of the exhibition “Women of Palestine” by A.
Skaik, CCF
Tuesday 16
17:00 Conference on “L’Humanitaire et les
Francophones,” followed by a screening of the
documentary film “Le Convoi” at 19:00, Red
Crescent Society
Saturday 20
17:00 Debate on “Francophonie, Solidarité et
Diversité Culturelle,” Shawwa Centre
GAZA
Al-Qattan Centre for the Child, tel. 08-2839929;
Arts & Crafts Village, tel. 08-2846405; British
Council, tel. 08-2825574; Centre Culturel
Francais (CCF), tel. 08-2867883; Palestinian
20:30 The Palestine Film Festival – Dreams of a
Nation: Jeremy Hardy v. the Israeli Army, Elsana
Tuesday 2
18:00 The Palestine Film Festival – Dreams of
a Nation. Closing Night: Private Investigation,
Elsana
20:30 The Palestine Film Festival – Dreams of
a Nation: A Woman like a Flower, There is still
Ka’ak on the Sidewalk, like twenty impossibles,
and La Danse Eternelle, Elsana
HEBRON
British Council Info-Point (Hebron University),
tel. 02-2220995; Palestinian Child Arts Center,
tel. 02-2224813
SPECIAL EVENT
Thursday 4
Celebrations (call 02-2963295 for details) in
cooperation with the British Council, Palestinian
Child Arts Center
RAMALLAH
A.M. Qattan Foundation, tel. 02-2960544;
Al-Kasaba Theatre & Cinematheque, tel.
02-2965292; Ashtar Theatre, tel. 02-2980037;
British Council, tel. 02-2963295; Centre Culturel
Francais (CCF), tel. 02-2987727; Goethe
Institut, tel. 02-2981922; Khalil Sakakini Cultural
Centre, tel. 02-2987374; Popular Art Centre, tel.
02-2403891
NABLUS
British Council Info-Point (Al-Najah University),
tel. 09-2375950; Centre Culturel Francais
(CCF), tel. 09-2385914; Cultural Centre for Child
Development, tel. 09-2386890
ART
Tuesday 23
Continuation of an exhibition on the work of
Palestinian architect Ja’far Tuqan, in cooperation
with the CCF, at the gallery of the Faculty of
Fine Arts at Al-Najah University’s new campus
(through March 9th), Al-Najah University
ART
Monday 1
Continuation of the art exhibition that includes
paintings by young Palestinian artists in
cooperation with the Khalil Sakakini Cultural
Centre (through Mar. 7th), British Council
Tuesday 30
18:00 A Photography exhibition and film
screening by French photographer Ann Paquier
(in cooperation with Al-Haq Institute), Sakakini
SPECIAL EVENT
Thursday 4
Celebrations (call 02-2963295 for details) in
cooperation with the British Council, Cultural
Center for Child
FILMS
The Popular Art Centre will screen films on
Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays by
reservation only, for parties of five persons or
more.
Monday 1
15:30 Men Nazret Ein (Arabic), Al-Kasaba
a Nation: Jeremy Hardy v. the Israeli Army,
Sakakini
18:00 Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Al-Kasaba
NAZARETH
Elsana Nazareth Cinematheque, tel. 046467138
FILMS
Monday 1
18:00 The Palestine Film Festival – Dreams of a
Nation: Coming Back, I am Palestine, and Song
on a Narrow Path, Elsana
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20:30 Palestine Film Festival – Dreams
of a Nation: Fruition, and Chronicle of a
Disappearance, Sakakini
20:30 Pirates of the Caribbean, Al-Kasaba
Tuesday 2
15:30 Spy Kids 3-D, Al-Kasaba
a Nation. Closing Night: Ticket to Jerusalem,
Popular Art
18:00 Terminator 3, Al-Kasaba
Nation. Special screening: They Don’t Exist, and
Return to Haifa, Popular Art
Wednesday 3
Thursday 4
15:30 Finding Nemo, Al-Kasaba
18:00 Open Range, Popular Art
18:00 Kill Bill, Al-Kasaba
19:00 “Grapes & Figs are in Season:
A Palestinian Woman’s Story,” for stand-up
comedian Emily Mansur Shihadeh, followed by a
discussion with the artist, Sakakini
Friday 5
18:00 SWAT, Popular Art
Saturday 6
15:30 Peter Pan, Al-Kasaba
18:00 In the Spider’s Web (documentary,
Arabic), Al-Kasaba
18:00 Honey, Popular Art
Sunday 7
18:00 Hay Mish Eishe (documentary, Arabic),
Al-Kasaba
18:00 The Last Samurai, Popular Art
Monday 8
Tuesday 9
18:00 L’Auberge Espagnole (French), Al-Kasaba
Wednesday 10
Thursday 11
18:00 Love Actually, Popular Art
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Wednesday 24
15:30 Sana Ula Nasb (Arabic), Al-Kasaba
18:00 Duplex, Al-Kasaba
19:00 Art film screening: “Piet Mondrian: Mr.
Boogie-Woogie Man,” Sakakini
Thursday 25
18:00 Elf, Popular Art
Friday 26
18:00 Love Actually, Popular Art
Saturday 27
19:00 Experimental video/short film screenings:
Replay by Lamia Joreige, Saving Face,
Phantom Beirut: A tribute to Ghassan Salhab,
and The Sleep of Reason: This Blood Spilled in
my Veins by Jalal Toufic (in cooperation with the
Townhouse Gallery, Cairo), Sakakini
Sunday 28
Monday 29
Tuesday 30
Wednesday 31
Friday 12
18:00 Elf, Popular Art
Saturday 13
Sunday 14
Monday 15
15:30 Blue Light Poet (documentary, Arabic),
Al-Kasaba
Tuesday 16
18:00 La Commedie de L’Innocence (French),
Al-Kasaba
Wednesday 17
Thursday 18
Friday 19
Saturday 20
Sunday 21
Monday 22
18:00 Arna’s Children (documentary, Arabic),
Al-Kasaba
Tuesday 23
PLAY
Thursday 11
19:00 Abu Jabber El-Khalili by the Palestinian
National Theatre, Al-Kasaba
SPECIAL EVENTS
Thursday 4
Sunday 21
19:00 Folkloric evening organized with the
Palestinian Ministry of Culture, Al-Kasaba
Tuesday 23
18:00 ‘A Balata art forum: “Palestine and
Festival Prizes,” in cooperation with the A.M.
Qattan Foundation, Al-Kasaba
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Film Reviews
an English girl, a boy from Denmark, a young
woman from Belgium, a German and a girl from
Tarragona all join him in a series of adventures that
serve as an initiation to life.
IN THE SPIDER’S WEB
Palestine, 2003, 47 min, with
English subtitles
Directed by Hanna Musleh
A documentary produced by
Al-Haq in 2003 as part of
its international campaign
launched in January 2004 to
stop collective punishment
practised by the Israeli occupation forces against
Palestinian civilians in the occupied Palestinian
territories.
While the film mainly addresses the accounts of two
women, it also highlights the impact that measures
of collective punishment have had on the whole
civilian population. The film also takes the audience
to a girls’ school in Hebron, where it shows a typical
day in the lives of these students. This documentary
seeks to capture and relay some of the disastrous
implications that the continuous construction of the
Annexation Wall and further expropriation of land
for its construction have (followed by a discussion).
Al-Kasaba: March 9,24,29
ARNA’S CHILDREN
Directed by Juliano Mer Khamis
Yussef committed a suicide attack in 2001. Ashraf
was killed by the Israeli army in 2002. Alla led
a group of resistance fighters to his death in 2003.
The director, who documented them as promising
child actors in a theatre group he founded with his
mother Arna, returns to the Jenin Refugee Camp in
April 2002, to see what happened to the children he
knew and loved…(followed by a discussion).
Al-Kasaba: March 22
SANA ULA NASB
Egypt, 2004
Starring Ahmed Ezz, Nour, Khaled Selim, Dalia El
Behery
Directed by Kamla Abu Zekry
No jobs…no place to prove their identity and
qualifications. This is the problem of young people
in our age and the theme of the film. It revolves
around two guys and two young girls, graduates
from university. They search for work, but to no
avail. Looking for their identity, they travel to the
resort of Gardaga, where their life is turned upside
down and they fall in love with each other.
International Centre: March 4
Al-Kasaba: March 6
HAY MISH EISHE
Palestine, 2001, 42 min, English, French & German
subtitles
Produced & Directed by Alia Arasoughly
Hay Mish Eishe features portraits of eight
Palestinian women from different social and
religious backgrounds exploring how they live war
and imagine peace in the profound depth of lived
realities and felt pains. These are not unusual
women, women leaders or exceptional women in
the news media sense. They are media and theatre
professionals, farming women, a cleaning woman,
a boutique owner, a university student, a high
school teenage girl, and housewives. These are the
ordinary lives which make up the news and which
the news makes invisible.
become a witness to a seminal moment in the
history of the Palestinians and see the birth of
a worldwide solidarity movement now known as
the ISM.
RETURN TO HAIFA
Directed by Qasim Hawl
Palestine, 1980, 85 min
Based on Ghassan
Kanafani’s novel,
this film was the first
Palestinian fiction film
and it was produced with Palestinian funding. It
follows the story of a couple that was evicted from
their home in 1948 and forced to abandon their
young son. The story calls into question family
ties in the cause for the liberation of Palestine and
foretells subsequent struggles that are still relevant.
Sakakini: March 1
Elsana (Nazareth): March 1
THE JACKAL OF
NAHUELTORO
Chile 1968, 88 min,
Spanish with English
subtitles
Directed by Miguel Littin
“The Jackal of Nahueltoro” tells the story of an
illiterate farmer who kills his lover and her children
in a drunken rage after being evicted from his
farmhouse. The film was controversial for its
portrayal of the abject living conditions and the
social injustices facing the poor in Chile, and it
came to gain wide praise in international circles.
Popular Art: March 2
JEREMY HARDY
V. THE ISRAELI
ARMY
Palestine/UK 2003, 75
min, English with Arabic
subtitles
Directed by Leila Sansour
In March 2002 British comedian Jeremy Hardy
travels to Palestine to try his hand at ending the
occupation. What he does not know is that he will
Peace Centre: March 1
YWCA: March 2
Al-Kasaba: March 18-21,23-28,30-31
TICKET TO
JERUSALEM
Directed by Rashid
Masharawi
Palestine, 2002, 85 min,
with English subtitles
A Palestinian couple, Jaber and Sana, live in a
refugee camp near Ramallah. Jaber is unemployed
and with no job prospects for the immediate future.
He immerses himself in his passion, running
a mobile cinema for children throughout the
West Bank. One day, an opportunity to organize a
screening in the Old City of Jerusalem arises and,
despite the obstacles ahead, he is determined to
keep his commitment.
Al-Kasaba: March 7
L’AUBERGE
ESPAGNOLE
France/Spain, 2002, 122 min,
with Arabic subtitles
Starring Romain Duris, Judith
Godréche, Audrey Tautou,
Cécile De France
Directed by Cédric Klapisch
As part of a job that he
is promised, Xavier, an
economics student in his twenties, signs on to
a European exchange programme in order to
gain working knowledge of the Spanish language.
Promising that they’ll remain close, he says farewell
to his loving girlfriend, then heads to Barcelona.
Following his arrival, Xavier is soon thrust into
a cultural melting pot when he moves into an
apartment full of international students. An Italian,
THEY DON’T EXIST
Directed by Mustafa Abu Ali
Palestine, 1974, 25 min
One of the earliest Palestinian documentaries, Abu
Ali takes the title of the film from the remark made
by Golda Meir that the Palestinians do not exist. On
May 16, 1974, Israeli bombers launched a terror
attack against the Palestinian refugee camp in
Nabatieh, Syria. Three quarters of the camp was
destroyed, leaving innumerable victims.
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over the Arab world. Palestine was always present
in his paintings and works and was the theme and
inspiration for most of his works of the 70s and 80s.
“Jerusalem is Ours and Victory is Ours” (1975) is
probably his most famous painting. His works were
among the most important pieces to be shown at
exhibitions organised by the Palestinian Artists’
Federation worldwide. Karkutli specialized in
graphic art (i.e. painting with black ink in all its
variations). He used to colour some of his black
and white works with popular primary colours. He
made some oil paintings but most of his works were
graphic drawings in black and white.
As he became more experienced in the field
of painting, Karkutli tackled topics from popular
folklore and portrayed images of Arab life and
in particular Syrian life. In the late sixties, the
Palestinian cause became his obsession and
main theme, but he did not give up the painting
and drawing of popular life in Greater Syria. He
loved to paint Arab and Palestinian young girls
and women with their beautiful eyes and slender
shapely bodies, in addition to the portrayal of
popular occasions such as feasts and weddings.
He also drew portraits of Arab and Palestinian
figures such as Sheikh Izziddin Al-Qassam and
Abdul Qader Al-Husseini. He used Arab (and
sometimes western) handwriting as an ornamental
style in most of his works as an important aesthetic
element that distinguished his art and as a means
of conveying his message which was in the form
of words, verses, poetry, or rhymes.
In one of his exhibitions with colleagues in a
city in Germany, one of the paintings represented
the faces of the Nazi dictator [Adolf] Hitler and
the Zionist leader [Menahem] Begin on the two
sides of the same coin. A group of Zionists in
the city protested against the painting and took
the matter to the police, accusing Karkutli of
incitement against Semitism and Judaism. The
police came to the exhibition and told him not
to display that painting. With his usual wit and
sharpness, Karkutli kept the painting displayed
but covered it with a piece of paper on which he
wrote: “Under this paper lies a painting which the
German authorities banned me from displaying
due to Zionist pressure.” This fed the curiosity of
many of the attendees so much that one by one
they came and lifted the paper to see the painting
underneath it. This was not prohibited according
to the relevant laws and thus the number of people
who saw that painting doubled and the painting
became famous.
Many articles and studies were written on
Karkutli and his art in many parts of the world, the
most important of which was a book written in 1981
in German entitled “The Graphics of the Revolution
by Palestinian Artist Burhan Karkutli.”
Burhan Karkutli
Burhan Karkutli, the Syrian Arab artist – with
a strong Palestinian and Arab sense of belonging
– passed away peacefully on December 26th,
2003, in the German city of Bonn, leaving behind
the Arab and international art arena.
Karkutli was born in Damascus in 1932. He
studied the art of painting in Cairo, Madrid and
Berlin and lived in Syria and Morocco before
settling in Germany for the last 30 years of his
life. His artistic works were exhibited in several
Arab capitals, in many European countries, in
some countries in Latin America, and in most
cities and towns of Germany.
Karkutli produced many paintings and had
many exhibitions between the late 60s and the
early 90s. He moved a lot, carrying his paintings
with him from one city to another, exhibiting his
works in art halls, universities and schools, in
the alleys, streets and on the corners of popular
neighbourhoods. He never sought fame; on the
contrary, fame was always following him. He was
very humane and made sure that he never harmed
or hurt anyone even unintentionally. He loved to
help others. He was adamant in clinging to his
principles at all costs.
Karkutli believed in Palestine and in the right
of Palestinians to their homeland – all of it. When
the Oslo Accords were declared, he read them and
thought deeply about them but was not convinced,
and he declared his opposition to them, which cost
him a lot. He felt frustrated, which caused him to
abandon painting. Following Oslo, Karkutli became
a storyteller at popular German theatres. He told
people popular Arab stories in German and made
them smile. He told them about the many Arab
causes, mainly the issue of Palestine, through
cynical and symbolic stories he used to invent.
He was an interesting speaker to whom one would
want to listen for hours.
Karkutli’s paintings were popular and loved all
Ismail Shammout
Amman, December 30, 2003
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Artist
Najwa Najjar
Filmmaker Najwa Najjar came to Jerusalem
with the start of the Oslo Peace Process nine
years ago. Born in Washington, DC, raised
in Saudi Arabia and Europe, and back to the
USA to study political science and economics
(BA) and film and video production (MA), Oslo
seemed like an opportunity to come to Palestine
to make her dream a reality.
Before leaving the USA Najjar worked as
an associate producer on a Public Broadcast
Television’s two-hour documentary on Islamic
art and civilization. In the Middle East she made
commercial documentaries as well as television
commercials. Tired of the compromises made
in commercial work, she started working on her
first auteur film Naim and Wadee’a.
At first no organization would support the
idea a non-traditional 20-minute documentary
on the social history of Yaffa, Palestine, based
on the oral history of the filmmaker’s family.
Fortunately, upon completion of the rough
cut, European cultural institutions in Palestine
funded the project, which went on to win
international awards under ‘Films of Conflict
and Resolution’ at the Hamptons International
Film Festival, USA, 2000 and at the Movimiento
de Documentalistas, Argentina, 2002.
Financial awards and further funding from
cultural institutions in Palestine enabled Najjar
to do her second documentary, Jawhar AlSilwan (Quintessence of Oblivion), which she
wrote, directed and produced. The 45-minute
documentary reflects Palestinian life and
culture in the city of Jerusalem during three
eras and three turbulent times in Palestinian
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into the West Bank, encircling Palestinian
communities and severing infrastructure
connecting them to public services, including
water and sanitary networks as well as regional
and national health care facilities, the Wall is
simultaneously sundering as well as foisting a
greater burden on a health care system already
operating under considerable strain.
The inhabitants of communities enclosed
or partially bordered by the Wall describe the
resulting experience as that of living in a prison,
guarded by a foreign army. The outside world is
reachable only via gates and checkpoints that
not only restrict the movement of the ill and
infirm, but also of vaccines, medications, food,
water tankers, health care professionals and
medical supplies.
This report focuses primarily on assessing
the impact of the first phase of the Wall,
generally and by district, and provides
preliminary projections about the impact of
its subsequent phases. Due to the scarcity of
available data, it draws primarily on indicators
and resources already available to HDIP’s
researchers.
It is hoped that information provided in this
report will help concerned stakeholders to work
together towards sustaining and improving
services in the affected areas. This report is
also geared to local and international policy
makers and all those involved in advocacy
focused on raising awareness about, and
challenging the Wall.
The large format book is richly illustrated with
maps, charts, tables and very telling photos.
Pictures of persons jumping over the Wall are
the recurring theme and have been used as
icons at the bottom of each page. To get a copy
of the book, call HDIP at 02-2985372 or write
to [email protected].
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history: 1948, 1967 and 2001. It was awarded
the Jury’s Choice at the ART Desert Rain Film
Festival, USA, in 2001.
Both Naim and Wadee’a and Jawhar AlSilwan rely heavily on oral history and archival
footage. Najjar purposely chose those means to
tell a Palestinian story. Growing up without the
visual history most other peoples are afforded,
she worked on piecing together stories she
has heard, to try and create a visual history.
Najjar found the archival footage helped her
in rebutting what has been said of a people
without a land and/or history, especially at the
international festivals she attended, in particular
those in the USA.
Showing last month at the Palestine Film
Festival – Dreams of a Nation was her third
film, A Boy Called Mohamed, which she wrote
and directed on a charismatic 12-year old
boy, Mohamed, who works carrying goods for
Palestinians across the Qalandia Checkpoint
manned by Israeli soldiers.
While making documentaries, Najjar started
working on the script of her first feature film.
Completely disillusioned by Oslo and living for
the first time the harsh reality of a continuing
occupation during a time when the world was
applauding the steps taken towards peace,
Najjar found the only way to release the
frustration and share her experience with
others was through writing. In the script for
Pomegranates and Myrrh she deals with the
effect of the occupation on the Palestinian mind
through the story of a Palestinian female dancer
trying to fulfil her dreams in a conservative
society under occupation. The script won a
major European scriptwriting award in France
and was presented on three 1.5 x 0.5 metre
storyboards conceived and photographed by
Najjar as part of the exhibition From/To by
Farid Armaly at the Witte de With Museum
in Rotterdam. The script received interest
from several European producers, becoming
a Palestinian/European co-production that
is scheduled for completion by the summer
of 2004.
Her film company, Ustura Films, is presently
involved in two other projects, a short fiction
and an investigative documentary. Ustura
Films was established in 1996 in Ramallah as a
film/video production company to create films
that deal with Palestinian issues, both past and
present, in the hope of shedding new light on
a cause often relegated to worn out TV clips
and stereotypes.
Book
Health and Segregation
The impact of the Israeli Separation Wall
on access to health care services
Edited by Mustafa Barghouti, Md., Msc.
Health, Development, Information, and
Policy Institute (HDIP), Ramallah, 2004,
112 pages, $15
Health and Segregation presents one of the
first detailed mappings of how health service
provision in the West Bank has been affected
by the first phase of Israel’s Wall complex, the
construction of which was completed in July
2003. It also provides preliminary projections
of the impact of the Wall’s subsequent phases,
which are currently under rapid construction.
The research draws on Health, Development,
Information, and Policy Institute’s (HDIP)
regularly updated databases of local
health infrastructure and services and is
complemented by interviews and testimonies
from affected communities. By cutting deep
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WEBSITE REVIEW
http://www.unv-pal.org
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 country codes such as "lb" for Lebanon and "it" for Italy.
Arts and Culture: Ashtar Theater www.ashtar-theatre.org/, Al-Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque
www.alkasaba.org, Baha Boukhari's website www.baha-cartoon.net/index.html, Khalil Sakakini Cultural
Center (Ramallah) www.sakakini.org/, Rim Banna www.rimbanna.com, RIWAQ: Centre for Architectural
Conservation www.riwaq.org, The International Center of Bethlehem (Dar Annadwa) www.annadwa.org,
The Popular Arts Centre www.popularartcentre.org, Shammout.com www.shammout.com/; BUSINESS
AND ECONOMY: Arab Pal es tinian In vestment Com pany 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/; DIRECTORIES, ISPs AND PORTALS: Quick-Link
www.quick-link.net, Jaffa Net www.weino.com; Palestine-Net http://www.palestine-net.com, Palestine
On line www.p-ol.com, Palnet www.palnet.com, Palseek www.palseek.com, Paleye www.paleye.com,
Al Buraq www.alburaq.net; GOVERNMENT: PLO Negotiations Affairs Department (NAD) www.nadplo.org, 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.gov.ps, Ministry of Health www.moh.gov.ps,
Governnt Computer Center www.gcc.gov.ps, Orient House www.orienthouse.org; 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; HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS:
Al Haq www.alhaq.org/, Defence for Children International Palestine Section www.dci-pal.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; 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; Al Quds www.alquds.com, Al Ayyam www.al-ayyam.com, WAFA
www.wafa.pna.net/, Al-Hayyat Al-Jadedah www.alhayat-j.com/, Palestine Wildlife Society www.wildlifepal.org, Ramallah on line www.ramallahonline.com; Ramattan Studios www.ramattan.com; TOURISM:
Ministry of Tourism www.visit-palestine.com, Arab Hotel Association www.palestinehotels.com, Arab Travel
Association www.visit-holyland.com; TRAVEL AGENCIES: 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, Halabi Tours and Travel Co.
www.halabitours.ps, 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; 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;
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“Together For a Better Future.” With
this statement the website of the United
Volunteers Programme being implemented
in the occupied Palestinian territories opens
its flash introductory page. The page is
very attractive and reflects what the UNV
programme is all about.
“The United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
programme is the UN organization that
supports human development globally by
promoting volunteerism and by mobilizing
volunteers. It is administered by UNDP and
operates amidst growing recognition that
volunteerism makes important contributions,
both economically and socially, to more
cohesive societies by building trust and
reciprocity among citizens. It values free
will, commitment, engagement and solidarity
which are the foundation of volunteerism”
This website is dedicated to the UNV
programme in the occupied Palestinian
territories, providing a lot of information
on volunteerism in Palestine. It explains in
detail the projects that UNVs are involved
in. The site contains general information
on the people of Palestine and has an
interactive map of Palestine whereby the
user can highlight any Palestinian city to get
information on it.
The site allows organizations to request a
UNV by filling out an online application form.
It also provides information for individuals
who are interested in becoming a UNV,
or a volunteer at any other organization
in the country. The website describes
the advantages of becoming a UNV and
provides information on living allowances
and expenses.
The website’s database allows the user to
browse through the UNVs currently working
in Palestine, along with their profiles and their
places of work. A very nice photo gallery
reflects the activities UNVs are involved in.
Although the website is not completely
finished yet – the section in Arabic, for
example, is not complete still – it is a very
good site to visit for its rich information and
its attractive design.
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Issaf Nashashibi Center for
Culture & Literature
Baituna al Talhami Museum, Arab Women's
Society
Jerusalem
Tel: 02-5813233, Fax: 02-5818232
e-mail: [email protected]
Tel: 02-2742589, Fax: 02-2742431
Opening hours: daily from 8:00 - 17:00 except for
Sundays and Thursdays afternoon
East Jerusalem
Bethlehem Folklore Museum
Al-Jawal Theatre Group
Jerusalem Centre for Arabic
Music
Turkish Cultural Centre
Tel: 02-5400592, Fax: 02-5400563
Yabous Productions
Tel: 02-6280655
Tel: 02-6274774
Tel: 02-6261045; Fax: 02-6261372
http://www.yabous.org
Tel: 02-6272477, Fax: 02-6273477
Opening hours: daily from 9:00 - 13:300
Telefax:02-2742589
Al-Kasaba Theatre
Bethlehem
Tel: 02-6283313, Fax: 02-6285561
Opening hours for tourists: daily from 7:30 - 13:30
Tel: 02-2766677, Fax: 02-2741057
Website: www.peacenter.org
Opening hours: daily from 10:00-16:00
Tel: 026264052, Fax: 02-6276310
e-mail:[email protected]
Nakhleh Esheber Institute
for Art Production
Islamic Museum (The Islamic Waqf
Association), Old City
Bethlehem Peace Center Museum
Armenian Museum, Old City
The International Museum of Nativity
Dar At Tifl Museum (Dar At Tifl
Association), Near the Orient House
Al-Ma'mal Foundation for
Contemporary Art
Tel: 02-6283457, Fax: 02-6272312
Al-Ruwah Theatre Group
Tel: 02-6282331, Fax.: 02-6264362
Opening hours: Mon. - Sat. from 9:00 - 16:30
Tel: 02-2747825
Telefax: 02-6274041,
050-279607,050-456989
Kalandia Camp Women's Handicraft Coop.
Palestinian Heritage Center
Manger Str., Bethlehem
Tel: 02-2742381;
Telefax: 02-2742642
[email protected]
Al-Urmawi Centre for Mashreq
Music
Tel: 02-6569385, Fax.: 02-5856966
e Mail: [email protected]
Ramallah & Al-Bireh
Museum of Palestinian Popular Heritage
- In'ash el Usra, In'ash el Usra society, Al-Bireh
http://www.palestinianheritagecenter.com
Al-Wasiti Art Center
Palestinian PEN Centre
Tel:02-2777141, Fax:02-2777142
Natural History Museum
Tel: 02-5822859, Fax: 02-5817853
http://www.alwasiti.org
Tel:02-6262970, Fax:02-6280103
Bethlehem Peace Center
Public Affairs Office- US
Consulate General
Tel:02-2766677, Fax:02-2741057
http://www.peacenter.org
Bethlehem
Tel: 02-2228122, Fax: 02-2228293
Opening hours: daily from 8:00 - 14:30 except Fridays
Hebron Museum, Old City
British Council
Tel: 02-6267111, Fax: 02-6283021
http://www.ej.britishcouncil.org
Nablus
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Tel:02-6282456, Fax:02-6282454
http://www.uscongen-jerusalem.org
Cardinal House
Sabreen Association for
Artistic Development
Telefax: 02-2764778
Tel: 02-6282451/6262236, Fax:
02-6284324
Tel:02-5321393, Fax:02-5321394
Centre for Cultural Heritage
Preservation
Tel:02-2766244, Fax:02-2766241
Gallery Anadiel
Sanabel Culture & Arts
Theatre
Tel:02-6714338
Inad Centre for Theatre & Arts
Spanish Cooperation
Telefax:02-2766263
French Cultural Centre
Telfax: 02-6282811
Opening hours: daily from 9:00 - 17:00
Artas Folklore Center
Tel:02-2772024, Fax:02-2772024
Bethlehem Academy of Music/
Bethlehem Music Society
Hebron
Palestinian Ethnographic Museum,
Tel: 02-2767467, Fax: 02-2760533
Tel: 02-6271711, Fax: 02-6271710
http://www.birzeit.edu/music
Tel: 02-6280957, Fax: 02-6276293
Tel: 02-2982000
Fridays and Sundays
Tel: 02-2741581
Opening hours: 8:00-14:30 Monday through Saturday
Anat Palestinian Folk & Craft
Center
Telefax:02-2741639
Tel: 02-2767467, Fax: 02-2760533
Tel: 02-2760876, Fax: 02-2760877
Al-Bad Museum for Olive Oil Production
National Conservatory of
Music
Palestinian National Theatre
The Crib of Nativity Museum
Palestinian Archeological Museum, Birzeit
University
Al-Liqa' Centre for Religious &
Heritage Studies in the Holy Land
Tel: 02-2342005, Fax: 02-5660578
http://www.urmawi.org
Telfax: 02-2774373
Tel: 02-2402876, Fax: 02- 2401544
Opening hours: daily from 9:00 - 14:30 except Fridays
Telefax: 02-5855698; 056-561766
URL: www.nakhleh.org
Goethe Institute
Al-Kassaba Museum, Thafer al-Masri
Foundation
Tel: 02-5610627, Fax: 02-5618431
Tel:02-6286098, Fax:02-6286099
Hakawati Theatre Company
Tel: 09-2384126
Fridays
Telefax: 02-5854513
Theatre Day Productions
http://www.theatreday.org
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International Centre of
Bethlehem - Dar Annadwa
Tel:02-2770047, Fax:02-2770048
http://www.annadwa.org
Music
Tel:02-2745989, Fax:02-2770048
Palestinian Heritage Center
Manger Str., Bethlehem
Tel: 02-2742381;
Telefax: 02-2742642
[email protected]
http://www.palestinianheritagecenter.com
Palestinian Group for the
Revival of Popular Heritage
Tel:02-2747945, Fax:02-2747945
Sabreen Association for
Artistic Development
Tel: 02-2750091, Fax: 02-2750092
The Higher Institute of
Music
Telefax: 02-2740441
Turathuna - Centre for
Palestinian Heritage (B.Uni.)
Tel: 02-2741241, Fax: 02-2744440
www.bethlehem.edu
Hebron
Association d'Echanges
Culturels Hebron-France
(AECHF)
Telefax:02-2224811
Manar Cultural Center
Tel: 09-2385914, Fax: 09-2387593
Tel:02-2957937, Fax:02-2987598
Music
Palestinian Scientific Society
Tel:02-2959070, Fax:02-2959071
Telefax: 09-2942111
Palestinian Association for
Cultural Exchange (PACE)
Ramallah & Al-Bireh
A. M. Qattan Foundation
Tel:02-2958825, Fax:02-2986854
Popular Art Center
Tel:02-2960544, Fax:02-2984886
http://www.qattanfoundation.org
Tel: 02-2403891, Fax: 02-2402851
www.popularartcentre.org
West Bank
Al-Kasaba Theatre and
Cinematheque
RIWAQ: Centre for
Architectural Conservation
Addar Hotel
Tel:02-2965292/3, Fax:02-2965294
www.alkasaba.org
Tel:02-2406887, Fax:02-2406986
http://www.riwaq.org
Al-Rahhalah Theatre
The Palestinian Network of
Art Centres
Tel:02-2408023, Fax:02-2408017
http://www.amideast.org/
Gaza
Ambassador Hotel
Ashtar for Theatre
Production
Tel:08-2839929, Fax:08-2839949
[email protected]
Amideast
Al-Qattan Centre for the Child
Tel:02-2980037, Fax:02-2960326
http://www.ashtar-theatre.org
Arts & Crafts Village
Baladna Cultural Center
Ashtar for Culture & Arts
Tel:02-2958435, Fax:02-2958435
Telefax:08-2846405
Tel:02-2211019, Fax:02-6288448
British Council Info-Point
(Hebron University)
Tel:02-2963293, Fax:02-2963297
British Council
Carmel Cultural Foundation
Tel:02-2987375, Fax:02-2987374
Tel:08-2825574/282594
Fax:08-2820512
Cinema Al-Walid
Culture & Light Centre
Tel:02-2952295
Telefax:08-2865896
Palestinian Child Arts
Center (PCAC)
Tel:02-2224813, Fax:02-2220855
http://www.pcac.net
Jericho
Alcazar Hotel
Telefax: 02-2407939
Telefax: 02-2988091
British Council
Tel: 02-2220995; Fax: 02-2229303
(30 suites; bf; mr; res)
Tel: 02-6263111, Fax: 02-6260791
http://www.addar-hotel.com
(38 rooms; bf; mr; res)
Tel: 02-6281111;Fax: 02-6287360
http://www.jrscazar.com
Telefax:08-2833569
Beit Ula Cultural Center
East Jerusalem
Cinema Production cente
Tel:02-2986942
First Ramallah Group
French Cultural Center
Tel:08-2867883, Fax:08-2828811
(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
Azzahra Hotel
(15 rooms, res )
Tel:02-6282447, Fax:02-6283960
http://www.azzahrahotel.com
Capitol Hotel
Tel:08-2824860, Fax:08-2824870
Capitolina Hotel (ex. YMCA)
Jericho Culture & Art Center
Tel:02-2987727, Fax:02-2987728
Holst Cultural center
Goethe Institute
Rashad Shawwa Cultural
Center
(55 rooms; bf; cf, mr; res)
Tel: 02-6286888, Fax: 02-6276301
Telefax: 02-2325007
Municipality Theatre
Tel: 02-2322417, Fax: 02-2322604
Nablus
Al-Yasmin - Assalah Center
Tel: 09-2386723, Fax: 09-2384568
British Council Info-Point
(An-Najjah University)
Telefax: 09-2375950
Cultural Centre for Child
Development
Tel: 09-2386890; Fax: 09-2397518
www.nutaleb.cjb.net
Tel:02-2981922, Fax:02-2981923
Greek Cultural Centre
- "Macedonia"
Gaza Theatre
In'ash Al-Usra SocietyCenter For Heritage
&Folklore Studies
Theatre Day Productions
Tel:02-2987374, Fax:02-2987375
http://www.sakakini.org
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Gloria Hotel
Lawrence Hotel
(30 rooms; business facilites; res)
Tel: 02-6264208, Fax: 02-6271285
(94 rooms; mr; res)
Tel: 02-6282431; Fax: 02-6282401
Metropol Hotel
Golden Walls Hotel
Mount of Olives Hotel
(112 rooms)
Tel: 02-6272416, Fax: 02-6264658
http://www.goldenwalls.com
Tel: 02-6284877, Fax: 02-6264427
http://www.mtolives.com
Holy Land Hotel
Mount Scopus Hotel
Tel: 02-6272888/6284841,
Fax: 02-6280265
Tel: 02-5828891, Fax: 02-5828825
Jerusalem Hotel
New Imperial Hotel
(14 rooms; bf; mr; res; live music)
Tel: 02-6283282; Fax: 02-6283282
http://www.jrshotel.com
(45 rooms)
Tel: 02-6272000; Fax: 02-6271530
Tel: 02-6282507, Fax: 02-6285134
New Metropole Hotel
Jerusalem Claridge Hotel
Tel: 02-2347137; Fax: 02-2347139
Jerusalem Meridian Hotel
Tel: 02-6272277, Fax: 02-6273699
(25 rooms; mr; res)
Tel: 02-6283846; Fax:02-6277485
New Regent Hotel
Tel: 02-6284540; Fax: 02-6264023
New Swedish Hostel
Tel: 02-6277855; Fax: 02-6264124
www.geocities.com/swedishhostel
Notre Dame Guesthouse
Tel: 02-6279111, Fax:02-6271995
Science & Culture Center
Tel:08-2810476, Fax:08-2808896
Khalil Sakakini Cultural
Center
(45 rooms; cf; mr; res)
Tel: 02-6271414; Fax: 02-6284701
Tel:08-2864599, Fax:08-2868965
[email protected]
Telefax:02-2981736/2980546
Tel:02-2401123, Fax:02-2401544
http://www.inash.org
Commodore Hotel
Jerusalem Panorama Hotel
Telefax: 02-2325007
Jericho Equestrian Club
(50 rooms)
Tel: 02-6282537, Fax: 02-6282401
Tel: 02-6285212, Fax: 02-6285214
http://www.jerusalem-meridian.com
Tel:02-2952706, Fax:02-2980583
http://www.sirreyeh.org
Tel: 02-2321047, Fax: 02-2321047
Knights Palace Guesthouse
Tel: 02-6282588, Fax: 02-6264417
Tel: 02-6282561/2562,
Fax: 02-6264352
Jericho Community Centre
Tel:08-2810476, Fax:08-2808896
Christmas Hotel
Telefax: 08-2836766
http://www.theatreday.org
Khan Younis
Culture & Free Thought
Association
Tel: 08-2851299, Fax: 08-2851299
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Everest Hotel
Jericho Resort Village
Tel: 02-2742604
Fax: 02-2741278
(60 rooms; 46 studios; bf; cf; mr; res)
Tel: 02-2321255
Fax: 02-2322189
[email protected]
http://www.jericho-resort.com
Grand Hotel
Tel: 02-2741602/1440,
Fax: 02-2741604
Golden Park Resort & Hotel
(Beit Sahour)
(54 rooms; res, bar, pool)
Tel: 02-2774414
Jerusalem Hotel
(22 rooms)
Tel: 02-2322444, Fax: 02-9923109
Hisham Palace Hotel
Tel: 02-2322414
Fax: 02-2323109
Inter-Continental Hotel
Inter-Continental Hotel
(Jacir Palace)
(250 rooms; su; bf; cf; mr; res)
Tel: 02-2766777, Fax: 02-2766770
Telepherique & Sultan Tourist
Center
Tel: 02-2770650, Fax: 02-2744083
http://www.nativity-hotel.com
(55 rooms)
Tel:02-2321590
Fax:02-2321598
(129 rooms; cf; bf; mr; res)
Tel: 02-2744542/4543,
Fax: 02-2744544
Petra Hostel and Hotel
Tel: 02-6286618
Pilgrims Inn Hotel
Tel: 02-6272416
Rivoli Hotel
Tel: 02-6284871, Fax: 02-6274879
Savoy Hotel
(17 rooms)
Tel:02-6283366
Fax:02-6288040
Seven Arches Hotel
Tel: 02-6267777
Fax: 02-6271319
St. George Hotel
Tel: 02-6277232/6277323
Fax: 02-6282575
St. George's Pilgrim Guest
House
(25 rooms; bf; res)
Tel: 02-6283302
Fax: 02-6282253
Strand Hotel
(88 rooms; mr; res)
Tel: 02-6280279
Fax: 02-6284826
Victoria Hotel
(50 rooms; bf; res)
Tel: 02-6274466
Fax: 02-6274171
YWCA Hotel
(30 rooms; bf; mr)
Tel: 02-6282593, Fax: 02-6284654
www.ywca-palestine.org
Bethlehem
Alexander Hotel
Tel: 02-2770780
Fax: 02-2770782
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Andalus Hotel
Tel: 02-2741348
Fax: 02-2765674
Beit Al-Baraka Youth Hostel
(19 rooms)
Tel: 02-2229288, Fax: 02-2229288
Bethlehem Hotel
Tel: 02-2770702, Fax: 02-2770706
(36 rooms; mr; cf;res;pf)
Tel: 02-2744308, Fax: 02-2770524
Santa Maria Hotel
Hebron Tourist Hotel
Bethlehem Inn
Tel: 02-2742423
Fax: 02-2742424
Telfax:02-2226760
(83 rooms; mr; res)
Tel: 02-2767374/5/6, Fax: 02-2770063
Regency Hotel
(76 rooms; su; res; tb; cf; bf)
Tel: 02-2257389/98
Shepherd Hotel
Fax: 02-2257388
Tel: 02-2740656
Fax: 02-2744888
www.hebron-regency.com
http://www.shepherdhotel.com
St. Nicholas Hotel
(25 rooms; res; mr)
Tel: 02-2743040/1/2
Fax: 02-2743043
Talita Kumi Guest House
Bethlehem Palace Hotel
(22 rooms; res; mr; cf)
Tel: 02-2741247
Fax: 02-2741847
(25 rooms; bf; res)
Tel: 02-2742798, Fax: 02-2741562
Al- Zaytouna Guest House
Bethlehem Star Hotel
(7 rooms; bf; res; mr)
Telefax: 02-2742016
(72 rooms; cf; bf; res)
Tel: 02-2743249/2770285,
Fax: 02-2741494
Jericho
Casanova Hospice
Tel: 02-9943038
Mob: 050-348892
(60 rooms; mr; res)
Tel: 02-2743981, Fax: 02-2743540
Deir Hijleh Monastery
Al-A'in Hotel
Tel:02-2400683
Fax:02-2405925
Al-Bireh Tourist Hotel
(50 rooms; cf; res)
Telefax: 02-2400803
Best Eastern Hotel
(91 rooms; cf; res)
Tel: 02-2960450
Fax: 02-2958452
City Inn Palace Hotel
(47 rooms; bf; cf; res)
Tel: 02-2408080
Fax: 02-2408091
Grand Park Hotel & Resorts
38 rooms; bf; cf; mr; res)
Tel: 02-2986194
Fax: 02-2956950
Gemzo Suites
Hebron
Beit Abouna Ibrahim - family
managed home-accommodation
(2 rooms; bf; res)
Telefax: 02-2224811
Mob: 052-229897
Saint Antonio Hotel
(68 rooms; mr)
Tel: 02-6271126; Fax: 02-6271649
Tel: 02-2311200
Fax: 02-2311222
Nativity Hotel
Paradise Hotel
Palace Hotel
(181 rooms; su; bf; cf; mr; res; ter; tb)
Ramallah & Al-Bireh
(90 executive suites; cs; mr; pf;
gm; res)
Tel: 02-2409727
Fax: 02-2409532
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
(Jifna village)
Nablus
(8 rooms; res)
Telefax: 02-2957881
Al-Qaser Hotel
Rocky Hotel
Tel: 09-2385444, Fax: 09-2385944
(22 rooms; cf; res; ter)
Tel: 02-2964470
Telefax: 02-2961871
Al-Yasmeen Hotel & Souq
Pension Miami
(30 rooms; cf; mr; res)
Tel: 09-2333555
Fax: 09-2333666
http://www.alyasmeen.com
(12 rooms)
Telefax: 02-2956808
Asia Hotel
Ramallah Hotel
(28 rooms, res )
Telfax:09-2386220
Tel: 02-2953544, Fax: 02-2955029
Chrystal Motel
Retno Hotel
(12 rooms)
Telfax:09-2333281
(15 rooms & su; res; mr; gm; sp)
Telefax: 02-2950022
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Plaza Hotel
Telefax: 02-2982020
West Bank
East Jerusalem
Abu-Shanab Pizza
Armenian Tavern
Lotus and Olive Garden
Tel: 02-6273854
(Jerusalem Meridian Hotel)
Tel.02-6285212
Askidinya
Tel: 02-5324590
Tel: 02-5836821
Az-Zahra
Tel: 02-6282447
Tel: 02-6260752
Al-Diwan (Ambassador Hotel)
Tel:02-5412213, Fax:02-5828202
Al-Shuleh Grill
Tel: 02-6273963
Antonio's (Ambassador Hotel)
Tel: 02-5412222
Arabesque, Poolside & Patio
Restaurants
(American Colony Hotel)
Tel:02-6279777,Fax:02-6279779
Royal Court Suite Hotel
Cliff Hotel
Zahrat Al-Madain
(24 suites; res)
Tel: 02-2964040
Fax: 02-2964047
Tel: 08-2823450
Fax: 08-2820742
Tel: 08-2826801, Fax: 08-2826801
Marna House
Tel: 08-2830277, 08-2842654,
Fax: 08-2824231
Al-Wihdah Hotel
Telefax: 02-2980412
Gaza Strip
Tel: 08-2822624
Fax: 08-2823322
Palestine Hotel
Telefax: 08-2823521/19
Tel: 08-2823355
Fax: 08-2860056
Al-Amal Hotel
Al-Quds International Hotel
Adam Hotel
Tel: 08-2841317, Fax: 08-2861832
Al Deira
(44 rooms; 2suites; bf; mr; res)
Telefax: 08-2826223/63487/5118
(11 suites; cf; mr; res; ter)
Tel:08-2838100/200/300
Fax:08-2838400
Summerland Tourist Village
Al-Hilal Al-Ahmar Hotel
Gaza International Hotel
Telfax:08-2054261
Beach Hotel
Telefax: 08-2825492,
Telefax: 08-2848433
(casino; cf; res)
Tel: 08-2847171
Fax: 08-2864008
(30 rooms; bf; cf; res; sp)
Tel: 08-2830001/2/3/4
Fax: 08-2830005
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Moon Light Pizza
Tel: 02-6275277
Café Europe
Tel: 02-6284313
Nafoura
Tel: 02-6260034
Café Imperial
Tel: 02-6282261,Fax:02-6271530
Tel: 02-6273768
Al-Quds Al-Arabi
Mocca Café (Beit Hanina)
Notre Dame - La Rotisserie
Tel: 02-6279114; Fax: 02-6271995
El Dorada Coffee shop &
Internet Café
Papa Andreas
Tel: 02-6260993
Tel: 02-6284433
Four Seasons Restaurants &
Coffee Shop
Pasha's
Tel: 02-5825162; 02-5328342
Tel. 02-6286061, Fax. 02-6286097
Patisserie Suisse
Kan Zaman (Jerusalem Hotel)
Tel: 02-6271356
Hotel Sea Breeze
Commodore Gaza Hotel
(120rooms;su; bf)
Tel: 08-2834400 Fax: 08-2822623
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
sp = swimming pool
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Tel: 02-6284377
Zaitouneh - Jacir Palace
Inter-Continental Bethlehem
Tel: 02-2766777, Fax: 02-2766754
Jabal Quruntul
Sultan Restaurant -
Tel: 02-2322614; 02-2322593
Jericho Cable Car
Tel: 02-2324025
Jericho Tent
Jericho
Al-Amara
Tel: 02-2323820
Tel: 02-2322600
Old Jericho Tent
Tel: 02-2323820
Tel: 02-2323500
Al-Nafoura Restaurant (Jericho
Resort Village)
Tel: 02-2321255; Fax: 2322189
Mob: 050-286067
Tel: 02-6289770
Pizza House
Tel: 02-6273970
Popular Arab
Tel: 02-5833226
Quick Lunch
Tel: 02-6284228
Sizzling Restaurant and Bar
Bethlehem
Abu Eli
Tel: 02-2741897
Abu Shanab Restaurant
Tel: 02-2742985
Andalos
Tel: 02-2743519
Al Makan Bar - Jacir Palace Inter-
Tel: 02-6263344
Continental Bethlehem
Tel: 02-2766777, Fax: 02-2766754
The Gate Café
Baidar - Jacir Palace Inter-
Tel: 02-6274282
The Patio (Christmas Hotel)
Tel: 02-6282588
Victoria Restaurant
Tel: 02-6283051
Zeit ou Zaater
Tel: 02-6569889
Tel: 02-2766777, Fax: 02-2766754
Tel: 09-2675362
Mob: 050-515518
Tel: 02-2324060,
Mobile:055-5338295
Seven Trees
Tel: 02-2322781
Zeit Ou Zaater
Green Valley Park
Shallal
(Al-Yasmeen Hotel)
Tel: 09-2383164
Diwan
Tel: 02-2770333, 02-2770329
Tel: 02-2322349
Dolphin
Tel: 09-2371332
Mob: 050-520932
Tel: 02-2743432
Golden Roof
Tel: 02-2743224
Mariachi (Grand Hotel)
Tel: 02-2741440
RadioNet Cafe (Beit Sahour)
Tel: 02-2774883, Fax: 02-2774882
Shepherds Valley Village
Tel: 02-27773875
Tachi Chinese
Tel: 02-2744382
Tel: 02-2766338
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Salim Afandi
Tel: 02-2743212
Cigar Bar - Jacir Palace Inter-
Checkers Restaurant
Tel: 09-2385676
Spanish Park
Al-Rabiyah Park & Restaurant
Tel: 02-2741378
Tel: 02-2766777, Fax: 02-2766754
Rozana
Dar Jdoudnah Coffeeshop
Riwaq Courtyard - Jacir
Palace Inter-Continental
Tel: 02-2766777, Fax: 02-2766754
Central
Al-Mankal
Samhouri
Tel: 02-2323252
Philadelphia
Nablus
Papaya Park
Al-Rawda
Tel: 02-2322555
Tahhan
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Plaza Restaurant & Park
Zarour Bar BQ
Matouq
Tel: 02-2956020
Tel: 02-2956767; 02-2964480
Tel: 08-2826245
Pollo-Loco (Mexican)
Ziryab
La Mirage
Tel: 02-2981984
Tel: 02-2959093
Tel: 08-2865128
Pronto Resto-Café
Lido
Tel: 02-2987312
Gaza Strip
Rukab's Ice Cream
Abu Nuwas
Lotus
Tel: 02-2956467
Tel: 08-2845211
Tel: 08-2842431
Saba Sandwiches
Al-Andalus
Love Boat
Tel: 02-2960116
Tel: 08-2821272
Tel: 08-2861353
Samer
Tel: 08-2864198
Al-Baidar
Palm Beach
Tel: 02-2405338
Tel: 08-2861321
Tel: 08-2860142
Sangria's
Al-Deira
Pizza Inn
Tel: 02-2956808
Tel: 08-2838100/200
Tel: 08-2840415
Season (Birzeit)
Al-Diwanea Tourist
Sea Breeze Cafeteria
Tel: 02-2810575
Tel: 08-2825062
Tel: 08-28426
Skippy's
Alladin
Summer land Village
Tel: 02-2950058
Tel: 08-2823355
Tel: 08-2453441
Stones
An Nawras Tourist Resort
Al-Salam
Tel: 02-2966038
Tel: 08-2833033
Tel: 08-2822705
Tabash (Jifna village)
Cyber Internet Café
Al-Sammak
Tel: 02-2810932
Tel: 08-2844704
Tel: 08-2864385
Taboun
Fisher tourist
Al Sammak Ghornata
Tel: 02-2980505
Tel: 08-2834779
Tel: 08-2840107
Tel El-Qamar Roof
Granada
As-Sayad
Tel: 02-2987905/6
Tel: 08-2822165
Tel: 08-2834779
The Orthodox Club
Café Mocha Rena
New Flamingo's
Al-Marsa
Salam Beach
Tel: 02-2981460
Tel: 02-2966128
Tel: 02-2956520
Tel: 08-2863599
Tel: 08-2844964
Casablanca
Kings
Urjuwan
Al-Molouke
White Tent
Tel: 02-2987658
Tel: 02-2964040
Tel: 02-2987783/4
Tel: 08-2868397
Tel: 08-2860380
Champs
K5M - Caterers
Vatche’s Garden Restaurant
Mika Cafeteria
Tel: 02-2987188
Tel: 02-2956813
Tel: 02-2951410
Chinese House
Restaurant
La Strada
Al-Mattal
Tel: 02-2964081
Ramallah & Al-Bireh
Addar (Birzeit)
Tel: 02-2810274
Al-Aseel
Tel: 02-2980456
Al-Bardauni's
Cliff House (Rocky Hotel)
Angelo's
Tel: 02-2964470
Tel: 02-2956408
Darna
Tel: 02-2958434
Benny's
Tel: 02-2960937
Caesar's (Grand Park Hotel)
Tel: 02-2986194
Café Olé
Tel: 08-2866040
Tel: 02-2965968
La Terrace
Tel: 02-2986529
Baladna Ice Cream
Tel: 02-2965966; Fax 02-2965988
Tel: 02-2987701
Mr. Pizza
Tel: 02-2950590
Elite Coffee House
Tel: 02-2965169
Ein Al-Marj (Birzeit)
Tel: 02-2810220/1
Fawanees
Tel: 02-2987046
Tel:02-2403016
Muntaza Restaurant
& Garden
Tel: 02-2956835
Osama's Pizza
Tel: 02-2953270
Pizza Inn
Tel: 02-2981181/2
Tel: 02-2984135
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Restaurant Review
savoury goodies. The pizza-shaped round
dough is topped with olive oil and za’atar
(hyssop) for the classic manakeesh, or
spread with slices of white goat cheese and
a sprinkling of nigella seeds and baked in
the oven. The same dough could be given
a raised edge to allow for eggs to cook in its
centre, with or without fragrant sausages,
for a breakfast special. The dough also
goes into the making of pizza, which could
be topped with mushrooms, pepperoni
sausages, shrimp or chicken pieces. In
addition to a few salads and sauces for
dipping, the restaurant has dishes such as
roast chicken with potatoes, kebab, different
kinds of oven-baked meats, stuffed chicken
and fish. Zeit ou Zaater is currently featuring
lasagne baked in its brick oven. Most of these
dishes have to be ordered beforehand and
are available for take-away.
Zeit ou Zaater also has catering facilities
for parties and special occasions whereby it
can supply all kinds of Palestinian specialities
such as stuffed lamb and mansaf. A boon to
busy housewives and working mothers.
Zeit ou Zaater
Beit Hanina (behind Ja’afar’s Supermarket)
Jerusalem
Tel. 02-6569889
Open daily from 08:00 – 22:00
Zeit ou Zaater is the latest addition to
Beit Hanina’s restaurant scene – if you can
call it that. This northern neighbourhood
of Jerusalem has seen an increase in the
number of cafés and eateries in the past
five years or so. Zeit ou Zaater, in fact, is an
import from Nablus where this hugely popular
restaurant was first established on the edge
of Nablus’ old city. The focal point of both
restaurants is its olivewood burning brick
oven that turns out all kinds of specialities.
Zeit ou Zaater is located behind Ja’afar’s
Supermarket, in a newly built building,
occupying two storefronts. One section is
dominated by the brick oven and serves as
the take-away outlet while the other section
has tables and chairs where diners can sit
down for a meal.
The restaurant specializes in its country
bread dough, which it turns into all kinds of
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Herbal Medicine
Chickweed
Chickweed is probably one of the most
widely available plants, growing in almost
all parts of the world. In the olden days it
was given as a fortifier to birds that grew
in cages. Chickweed was also used to heal
wounds and was used in compresses for the
extraction of puss from furuncles.
to joints affected by rheumatism. They are
also good for boils.
The upper parts of the chickweed
plant, called stellaria media in Latin,
are boiled in water when still fresh
and the resulting liquid is taken
in cases of general fatigue and
weakness. This liquid is also
beneficial for treating infections
of the urinary tract and the
uterus. The tincture, on the other
hand, is indicated for the treatment
of rheumatism. Compresses made
with the fresh plant can be applied
The roots of chickweed, called stellaria
dichotoma, can be boiled in water to obtain a
liquid that is beneficial in treating cases of
high fever that is caused by weakness
resulting from chronic diseases. In
China this liquid is taken to stop
severe menstrual bleeding. It is
also given to children suffering
from malnutrition, which
explains its use in the poor
rural parts of Europe as a “free
food” in times of need.
The ointment made with chickweed is
indicated for the treatment of eczema,
especially one that causes scratching. The
ointment can also be applied to burns caused
by hot liquids.
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Tel:02-6284769, Fax: 02-6284710
Taxis
Al-Ittimad
Mahfouz Tourist Travel
Tel: 09-2371439
Tel:02-6282212, Fax: 02-6284015
Al-Madina
Kawasmi Tourist Travel Ltd
EAST JERUSALEM
Car Rental
AutoNation
Tel: 02-5851666, Mob: 050-414449
Dallah Al-Baraka
Tel: 09-2373501
BETHLEHEM
Car Rental
Murad
Tel: 02-6564150
Tel: 02-2747092
Good Luck
Orabi
Tel: 02-5327126
Green Peace
Petra
Orabi
Tel: 02-5853101
Petra
Tel: 02-5820716, Mob: 050-511105
Taxis
Abdo
Tel: 02-5858202 (Beit Hanina)
Tel: 02-6283281 (Damascus Gate)
Al-Eman Taxi & Lemo Service
Tel: 02-5834599, 02-5835877
Al-Sha'ab
Tel: 02-6724908
Aqsa
Car Rental
Good Luck
Tel: 02-2342160
Mob: 050-372687
Tel: 02-5859756, Mob: 050-522619
RAMALLAH & AL-BIREH
MENA
Tel: 02-2965744
Mob: 050-511105
Orabi
Tel: 02-2403521
Taxis
Asha'b
Shkoukany
Tel: 02-2742309
Beit Jala
Tel: 02-2742629
HEBRON
Beit Hanina
Tel: 02-5855777
Tel: 02-2228545
Holy Land
AL-Khalil
Tel: 02-5855555
Tel: 02-2228276
Imperial
Al-Najah
Tel: 02-6282504
Tel: 02-2228996
Itihad
Al-Nissreen
Tel: 02-6286941
Tel: 02-2228346
Jaber
Al-Sha'b
Tel: 02-5855566
Tel: 02-2228726
Khaled Al-Tahan
Al-Itihad
Al-Salam
Tel: 02-2955805
Al-Wafa
Tel: 02-2955444
Al-Itihad
Tel: 02-2955887
Hinnawi Taxi
Tel:02-2956302 02-2956186
Shamma' Taxi Co.
Tel: 02-2960957
Omaya
Tel: 02-2956120
Petra 2
Maydan Al-Quds
Tel. 2953915
Panorama
Tel: 02-6281116
02-2253320
GAZA STRIP
Car Rental
Imad
Tel: 08-2864000
Rashid
Mob: 050-405095
Palestine
Tel: 02-6282220
Petra/Allenby Bridge Branch
Tel: 08-2823841
Ummeh
Tel: 02-9400494, Fax: 02-9400493
Tel: 02-2340378
Tourist Transportation
Jerusalem of Gold
Taxis
Azhar
Petra
Tel: 02-2322525
Tel: 08-2868858
Tel: 02-6737025/6, Mob: 050-259186
Mount of Olives
NABLUS
Abdo Tourist
Car Rental
Orabi
Tel: 02-6281866
Tel: 09-2383383
Tel: 02-6271122
Yafa
Tel: 08-2825127
Taxis
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Arab Tourist Agency (ATA)
Guiding Star Ltd.
Tel: 02-6277442, Fax: 02-6284366
Tel: 02-6273150, Fax: 02-6273147
www.guidingstarltd.com
Tel: 02-6286159, Fax: 02-6264023
www.atictour.com
Tel: 02-2402956
Car Rental
Orabi
Tel: 02-6276133. Fax: 02-6271956.
Tel: 02-2964688
Al-Bireh
JERICHO
Hajj& Umra Services
Tel: 02-6280770, Fax: 02-6285912
Atic Tours & Travel Ltd.
Tel: 02-2228750
Tel: 02-6276699
Golden Dome Company for
Tel: 02-6283397, Fax: 02-6281215
TWINS
Mount of Olives
Nijmah
Albina Tours
Tel: 02-2986154
Tel: 02-5855777
Tel: 02-6272777
Safieh Tours & Travel
Tel: 02-6282183, Fax: 02-6282189
Mob: 050-302670, Tel:02-2953675
Al-Badawi
George Garabedian Co.
Tel: 02-6283398, Fax: 02-6287896
Shorouq
Tel: 02-2220811
Tel: 02-2229436
Abdo Tourist & Travel
Tel: 02-6281865, Fax: 026272973
East Jerusalem
Aswar Tourism Services
Taxis
Amer Alam Airport Transfer
Tel: 02-6273003
The Pioneer Links Travel &
Tel: 02-2954764
Car Rental
Holy Land
Taxis
Al-Asdiqa'
Gates of Jerusalem Travel
Agency
Tel: 02-2344365, Fax: 02-2343835
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
Tel: 02-6284361, Fax: 02-6285804
Bible Land Tours
Tel: 02-6271169, Fax: 02-6272218
Blessed Land Tours
Tel: 02-6286592, Fax: 02-6285812
www.blessedland.com.
Carawan Tours & Travel
Tel: 02-2447495, Fax: 02-2349826
Daher Travel
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
Al-Nasser
4M Travel Agency
Tel: 08-2861844/2867845
Tel: 02-6271414, Fax: 02-6284701
www.4m-travel.com
Midan Filastin
Tel: 08-2865242
J. Sylvia Tours
Tel: 02-6281146, Fax: 02-6288277
Jiro Tours
Tel: 02-6273766, Fax: 02-6281020
www.jirotours.com
Jordan Tourist Agency
Tel: 02-6274389, Fax: 02-6275037
Jordan Travel Agency
Tel: 02-6284052, Fax: 02-6287621
KIM's Tourist & Travel Agency
Tel: 02-6279725, Fax: 02-6274626
www.kimstours.com
Lawrence Tours & Travel
Tel: 02-6284867, Fax: 02-6271285
Mt. of Olives Tours Ltd.
Tel: 02-6271122, Fax: 02-6285551
www.olivetours.com
Nawas Tourist Agency Ltd.
Tel: 02-6282491, Fax: 02-6285755
Near East Tourist Agency (NET)
Tel: 02-6282515, Fax: 02-6282415
www.netours.com
Tourism Bureau
Tel: 02-6261963, Fax: 02-6284714
www.pioneer-links.com
Tel: 02-6264447, Fax: 02-6284430
Samara Tourist & Travel Agency
Shepherds Tours & Travel
Tel: 02-6284121, Fax: 02-6280251
Shweiki Tours Ltd.
Tel: 02-6736711, Fax: 02-6736966
Sindbad Travel Tourist Agency
Tel: 02-6272165, Fax: 02-6272169
www.Sindbad-Travel.com
Siniora Star Tours
Tel: 02-6286373, Fax: 02-6289078
Tony Tours Ltd.
Tel: 02-6288844, Fax: 02-6288013
United Travel Ltd.
Tel: 02-6271247, Fax: 02-6283753
www.unitedtravelltd.com
Universal Tourist Agency
Tel: 02-6284383, Fax: 02-6264448
http://www.universal-jer.com
Zatarah Tourist & Travel Agency
Tel: 02-6272725, Fax: 02-6289873
Bethlehem
Angels Tours and Travel
Telfax:02-2775813
Crown Tours & Travel Co. Ltd.
Tel: 02-2740911, Fax: 02-2740910
http://www.crown-tours.com
New Holy Land Tours
Tel: 02-6264422, Fax: 02-6264421
Gloria Tourist & Travel Agency
Tel: 02-2765813 Fax: 02-2765812
O.S. Hotel Services
Golden Gate Tours & Travel
Tel: 02-6289260, Fax: 02-6264979
Tel: 02-2766044, Fax: 02-2766045
Overseas Travel Bureau
Kukali Travel & Tours
Tel: 02-6287090, Fax: 02-6284442
Tel: 02-2773047, Fax: 02-2772034
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Cyprus Airways
Royal Jordanian Airways
Tel: 02-2404894 (Al-Bireh)
Tel: 02-2405060 (Ramallah)
Tel: 08-2825403/13 (Gaza)
Egypt Air
Tel: 02-2986950/49 (Ramallah)
Tel: 08-2821530 (Gaza)
SN Brussels Airlines
Emirates Airlines
SAS Scandinavian Airlines
Tel: 02-2407705/6, (Ramallah)
Tel: 02-6283235/7238 (Jerusalem)
Gulf Air
Singapore Airlines
Tel: 09-2386312 (Nablus)
Malev-Hungarian Airlines
South African Airways
Tel: 02-6286257 (Jerusalem)
Tel: 02-6282535/6 (Jerusalem)
Tel: 08-2860616 (Gaza)
Iberia
Swiss International Airlines
Tel: 02-6283235/7238 (Jerusalem)
Alitalia
KLM
Tunis Air
Tel: 02-6283515/6788 (Jerusalem)
Tel: 02-6284896/7 (Jerusalem)
Air Malta
Lufthansa
Tel: 08-2860616 (Gaza)
Tel: 09-2382065 (Nablus)
British Airways
Palestine Airlines
Tel: 08-2822800 (Gaza)
Tel: 08-2829526/7 (Gaza)
Airport Information
Flight information:
Gaza International Airport
Tel: 08-2134289
Ben Gurion Airport
Tel: 03-9723344
Lama Tours International
Tel: 02-2743717, Fax: 02-2743747
Millennium Transportation
TeleFax:02-6767727
Mobile: 050-242270
Mousallam Int'l Tours
Tel: 02-2770054, Fax: 02-2770054
Nativity Travel
Tel: 02-2742966, Fax: 02-2744546
Sky Lark Tours and Travel
Tel: 02-2742886, Fax: 02-2764962
Terra Santa Tourist Co.
Tel: 2770249 Fax: 2770250
Ramallah Travel Agency
Ramallah
Adventure Tourism & Travel
Tel: 02-2407705, Fax: 02-2408273
http://www.paladventure.com
Reem Travel Agency
Al-Asmar Travel Agency
Tel: 02-2953871, Fax: 02-2953871
Telefax: 02-2954140, 2965775
Salah Tours
Al Awdah Tourism & Travel
Tel:02- 2952597, Fax:02- 2952989
Amani Tours
Telefax: 02-2987013
Anwar Travel Agency
Tel: 02-2956388, Fax: 02-2956517
Arab Office for Travel &
Beit Jala
Guiding Star Ltd.
Tel: 02-2765970, Fax: 02-2765971
Tel: 02-2953692, Fax: 02-2955029
www.kaoud.org
Tourism
Tel: 02-2956640, Fax: 02-2951331
Issis & Co.
Tel. 02-2959931, Fax. 02-2987206
Shbat & Abdul Nur
Tel: 02-2956267, Fax: 02-2957246
Skyway Tourist Agency
Telefax: 02-2965090
Holiday International
Tel: 02-2952180, Fax: 02-2986395
http://www.atlasavia.com
Tel: 09-2389159, Fax: 09-2840630
Darwish Travel Agency
Tel: 02-2956221, Fax: 02-2957940
Tel. 09-2381410, Fax. 09-2381437
Hebron
Golden Globe Tours
Tel: 02-2965111, Fax: 02-2965110
Gaza
Al Amir Tours
Jordan River Tourist & Travel
Telefax: 02-2212065
Agency
Tel. 02-2980523, Fax. 02-2980524
Alkiram Tourism
Kashou' Travel Agency
Tel: 02-2256501/2, Fax: 02-2256504
Tel: 02-2955229, Fax: 02-2953107
Al-Salam Travel and Tours Co.
The Pioneer Links Travel &
Tel: 02-2215574, Fax: 02-2233747
Tourism Bureau
Tel: 02-2407859, Fax: 02-2407860
Raha Tours and Travel
Tel: 02-2961780, Fax: 02-2961782
www.rahatravel.com
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Qatar Airways
Air Sinai - Varig
Tel: 08-2821530 (Gaza)
Tel: 02-2404895 (Al-Bireh)
Tel: 08-2842303 (Gaza)
Nablus
Atlas Tours & Travel
Tel: 02-2772151, Fax: 02-2772211
http://www.patg.org
Tel. 02-6260606 (Jerusalem)
Tel: 02-2770130 (Bethlehem)
Asia Travel Agency
Tel: 04-2438056, Fax: 04-2438057
Dream Travel & Tourism
Alternative Tourism Group
Continental Airlines
Turkish Airlines
Jenin
Tel. 02-2956250, Fax. 02-2954305
Beit Sahour
Air France
Tel: 09-2335056, Fax: 09-2372069
Yaish International Tours
Halabi Tours and Travel Co.
Great Britain
CONSULATES
East Jerusalem
Tel: 02-5414100,
Fax: 02-5322368; 02-5325629
http://www.britishconsulate.org
Greece
Tel: 08-2823704, Fax: 08-2866075
www.halabitours.ps
Apostolic Delegation
Tel: 02-5828316, Fax: 02-5325392
Tel: 02-6282298, Fax: 02-6281880
Italy
Tel: 02-5822170, Fax: 02-5619190
Maxim Tours
Belgium
Tel: 02-5828263, Fax: 02-5814063
Spain
Tel. 08-2827919 Fax. 08-2824923
European Community
- Delegation to the OPT
Sweden
National Tourist Office
Tel: 02-5415888, Fax: 02-5415848
Tel: 08-2860616 Fax: 08-2860682
France
Tel : 08-2824415 Fax: 08-2867596
Al-Muntazah Travel Agency
Time Travel Ltd.
Tel: 08-2836775, Fax: 08-2836855
Tel: 02-5828250, Fax: 02-5820032
Tel: 02-5828006, Fax: 02-5828065
Tel: 02-5828212, Fax: 02-5828801
Turkey
REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES TO THE PNA
Ramallah & Al-Bireh
Australia
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
Tel: 02-5323310, Fax: 02-5820214
Czech Republic
United States of America
Chile
Tel: 02-6227230, Fax: 02-6259270
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Tel: 02-2965595, Fax: 02-2965596
Tel: 02-2960850, Fax: 02-2984768
Denmark
Tel: 02-2402330, Fax: 02-2400331
Finland
Tel: 02-2400340, Fax: 02-2400343
Germany
Tel: 02-2984788, Fax: 02-2984786
Hungary
UNITED NATIONS
ORGANIZATIONS
UNSCO - United Nations Office
of the Special Coordinator in the
Occupied Territories
Gaza
Tel: 08-2843555, Fax: 08-2820966
Gaza
Tel: 08-2822033
Fax: 08-2845409
ILO - International Labor
Organization
Jerusalem
Tel: 02-6260212, 02-6280933
Fax: 02-6276746
Ramallah/Al-Bireh
Gaza
Standard Chartered
Grindlays Bank
Arab Bank
Tel: 02-2960122, Fax: 02-2960126
Arab Land Bank
Arab Bank (A
l-Balad)
Tel: 08-2822046, Fax: 08-2821099
Tel: 02-2986480, Fax: 02-2986488
Tel: 08-2823272, Fax: 08-2865667
Center for Development
Consultancy (CDC)
Arab Bank (Al-Bireh)
Beit Al-Mal Holdings
Tel: 02-2959581, Fax: 02-2959588
Tel: 08-2820722, Fax: 08-2825786
Tel: 02-5833183, Fax: 02-5833185
Arab Land Bank
Cairo-Amman Bank
Tel: 02-2958421
Tel: 08-2824950, Fax: 08-2824830
Bank of Palestine Ltd.
Tel: 02-2985921, Fax: 02-295920
Commercial Bank of
Palestine
Beit Al-Mal Holdings
Tel: 08-2825806, Fax: 08-2825816
Tel: 02-2986916, Fax: 02-2986916
The Housing Bank
HSBC Bank Middle East
Tel: 08-2826322, Fax: 08-2861143
Tel: 02-2770080, Fax: 02-2770088
Tel: 02-2987802, Fax: 02-2987804
Jordan Bank
Arab Land Bank
Cairo-Amman Bank
Tel: 08-2820707, Fax: 08-2824341
Tel: 02-2740861
Tel: 02-2983500, Fax: 02-2955437
Palestine Development Fund
Cairo-Amman Bank
The Center for Private
Enterprise Development
Tel: 08-2824286, Fax: 08-2824286
Tel: 02-2407676, Fax: 02-2407678
UNTSO - United Nations Truce
Supervision Organization
Ireland
Jerusalem
Tel: 02-5687222 - 5687444
Fax: 02-5687400
Ramallah
Tel: 02-2900022
Fax: 02-2900023
Tel: 02-2796671, Fax: 02-2796673
UNRWA - United Nations Relief and
Works Agency
Nablus
Tel: 09-2375692
Tel: 09-2338371
Fax: 09-2338370
Tel: 02-240 6811/2/3,
Fax: 02-240 6816
Norway
Tel: 02-2345050, Fax: 02-2345079
The Netherlands
Tel: 02-2987639, Fax: 02-2987638
Portugal
Tel: 02-2407291/3, Fax: 02-2407294
Gaza
Tel: 08-6777333, Fax: 08-6777555
West Bank
Tel: 02-5890401, Fax: 02-5322714
firstletterofsurname.familyname @unrwa.org
South Africa
Tel: 02-2987355, Fax: 02-2987356
http://www.sarep.org
IBRD - International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development
(World Bank)
Switzerland
West Bank
Tel: 02-2366500
Fax: 02-2366543
Tel: 02-2408360/1, Fax: 02-2408362
Gaza
Egypt
Tel: 08-2824290, Fax: 08-2820718
Germany
Tel: 08-2825584, Fax: 08-2844855
India
Tel: 08-2825423, Fax: 08-2825433
Japan
Gaza
Tel: 08-2824746
Fax: 08-2824296
[email protected]
IMF - International Monetary Fund
Gaza
Tel: 08-2825913
Fax: 08-2825923
Tel: 08-2842406, Fax: 08-2842416
Jordan
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
South Africa
Tel: 08-2841313, Fax: 08-2841333
Tunisia
UNICEF - United Nations Children's
Fund
Jerusalem
Tel: 02-5830013,4
Fax: 02-5830806
Gaza
Tel: 08-2862400
Fax: 08-2862800
WHO - World Health Organization
Jerusalem
Tel: 02-5400595
Fax: 02-5810193
Tel: 08-2825018, Fax: 08-2825028
WFP - World Food
Programme
Gaza
Tel: 08-2827463
Fax: 08-2827921
Jerusalem
Tel: 02-6268200
Fax: 02-6268222
[email protected]
UNFPA - United Nations
Population Fund
Jerusalem
Tel: 02-5817292;
Fax: 02-5817382
http://www.unfpa.ps
OHCHR - Office of the High
Commissioner For Human
Rights
Gaza
Tel: 08-2827021
Fax: 08-2827321
West Bank Office
Telefax: 02-2965534
UNIFEM - United Nations
Development Fund for
Women
Tel: 02-2402370
Fax: 02-2406838
UNESCO - United Nations
Educational, Scientific, and
Cultural Organization
Ramallah
Tel: 02-2959740
Fax: 02-2959741
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP)
UN OCHA – United Nations
Office for Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs
4 Al-Ya'qubi Street, Jerusalem
Tel: 02-6268200, Fax: 02-6268222
E-mail: [email protected] / URL: http://www.papp.undp.org
Tel: 02-5829962/02 - 5825853
Fax: 02-5825841
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East Jerusalem
Arab Bank (Al-Ezzarieh)
Arab Bank (Al-Ram)
Tel: 02-2348710, Fax: 02-2348717
Commercial Bank of
Palestine
Tel: 02-2799886, Fax: 02-2799258
Bethlehem
Arab Bank
Tel: 02-2744971, Fax: 02-2744974
Jordan National Bank
Tel: 02-2770351, Fax: 02-2770354
Tel: 02-2765515/6, Fax: 02-2765517
Tel: 02-2986786, Fax: 02-2986787
Palestine International Bank
(PIB)
Commercial Bank of
Palestine
Tel: 08-2844333, Fax: 08-2844303
Tel: 02-2954141, Fax: 02-2954145
Tel: 08-2822105, Fax: 08-2822107
Tel: 02-2770888, Fax: 02-2770889
Cooperative Development
Unit
Hebron
Deutsche Ausgleichsbank
(DTA)
Al-Ahli Bank
Tel: 02-2984462, Fax: 02-2952610
Tel: 02-2224801/2/3/4
The Housing Bank
Arab Bank
Tel: 02-2986270, Fax: 02-2986276
Tel: 02-2226410/1/2/3
International Islamic Arab
Bank
Tel: 02-2250001/2/3
Tel: 02-2980060, Fax: 02-2980065
Cairo-Amman Bank
(Wadi Al-Tuffah)
Jordan Bank
Tel: 02-2225353/4/5
Jordan-Gulf Bank
Cairo-Amman Bank
(Al-Balad)
Tel: 02-2987680, Fax: 02-2987682
Tel: 02-2229803/4
Tel: 02-2959343, Fax: 02-2959341
Cairo-Amman Bank
(The Islamic Branch)
Palestine International Bank
(PIB)
Tel: 02-2227877
Tel: 02-2983300, Fax: 02-2983333
Islamic Arab Bank
Palestine Investment Bank
Tel: 02-2254156/7
Tel: 02-2987880, Fax: 02-2987881
Islamic Bank
Union Bank
Tel: 2226768
Tel: 02-2986412, Fax: 02-2956416
Jordan Bank
World Bank
Tel: 2224351/2/3/4
Tel: 02-2366500, Fax: 02-2366543
Tel: 08-2824729, Fax: 08-2824719
Tel: 02-2900029, Fax: 02-2900029
Tel: 02-2958686, Fax: 02-2958684
Jordan National Bank
Nablus
Standard Chartered
Grindlays Bank
Tel: 09-2384555, Fax: 09-2384563
Arab Bank
Tel: 09-2382340, Fax: 09-2382351
Arab Land Bank
Tel: 09-2383651, Fax: 09-2383650
Tel: 09-2382030, Fax: 09-2382923
Cairo-Amman Bank
Tel: 09-2381301, Fax: 09-2381590
Commercial Bank of
Palestine
Tel: 09-2385160, Fax: 09-2385169
The Housing Bank
Tel: 09-2386060, Fax: 09-2386066
Jordan Bank
Tel: 09-2381120, Fax: 09-2381126
Jordan-Gulf Bank
Tel: 09-2382191, Fax: 09-2381953
Jordan-Kuwait Bank
Tel: 09-2377223, Fax: 09-2377181
Jordan-National Bank
Tel: 09-2382280, Fax: 09-2382283
Tel: 2252701/2/3/4
Tel: 09-2385051, Fax: 09-2385057
The Housing Bank
Tel: 02-2250055
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Mass Media (2002)
Availability of TV sets
92.7 %
Availability of satellite dish
for households having TV set
46.1 %
Population and Demography
Availability of computers at home
9.5 %
Projected Population (End 2003) 3,737,895
Availability of Internet at home
2.9 %
Projected Population by Age (End 2003)
Persons (18 years and over)
0-17 years
52.6%
have access to the Internet (2000) 5.4 %
18-64
44.3%
65+
3.1%
Living Standards and Humanitarian Aid
Sex Ratio (2003)
102.7
(July-August 2003)
Fertility rate (1999)
5.9
Percentage of Households bellow poverty line
Population Natural Increase Rate
3.5
Number of Individuals bellow poverty line
Percentage of Households lost more than half
Land Use and Agriculture (2000)
of their income during Al-Aqsa Intifada
2
Palestinian Territory (PT) area (Km )6,020
Percentage of Households who indicated their
Area of PT by type of use
need for assistance
• Agricultural land
25.2 %
• Forest and wooded land
1.5 %
Labour Force (Third Quarter, 2003) Male
• Palestinian built-up land
9.7 %
Labour Force participation rate
68.6%
• Built-up land in Israeli settlements 2.4 %
Unemployment rate
24.2%
• Other land
61.2 % Average net daily wage for employees working
Cultivated Area (Km2)-2002
1,851.1 in the Palestinian Territory (US$)
14.9
Education 2003/2004
Illireracy rate for persons 15 years
and over (2002)
No. of schools
No. of school teachers
No. of school students
Students per class (schools)
Drop-out rate (schools 2001/2002)
Repetition rate (schools 2001/2002)
Health (2001-2002)
No. of hospitals (2002)
Doctors per 1000 population (2002)
Beds per 1000 population (2002)
Insured persons (2002)
Infant mortality rate per 1000
live births (1995-1999)
Child mortality rate per 1000
live births (1995-1999)
Stunting among children
(6-59 months) (2002)
Wasting among children
(6-59 months) (2002)
Culture (2002)
No. of mosques (in operation)
No. of churches
No. of newspapers (in operation)
No. of museums (in operation)
No. of cultural centers (in operation)
* Preliminary results
9.0%
2,102
38,620
1,024,285
35.7
1.0%
1.6%
72
1.5
1.4
76.0 %
25.5
28.7
9.0 %
2.5 %
1,704
201
8
4
50
Bethlehem
WEST BANK
62.3%
2,456,000
45.4%
79.3%
Female
13.6%
20.7%
Economics
GDP (2001-million US$)-at constant prices
GNI (2001-million US$)-at constant prices
4,236.3
4,736.2
No. of institutions by economic activity (end of 2002)
Mining and Quarrying
312
Construction
348
Commerce
39,084
Transportation, storage and communication 469
Hotels and restaurants
2,709
Financial intermediation
657
Others
4,447
Imports (2001-million US$)
Exports (2001-million US$)
Hotels (Third Quarter, 2003)
Room occupancy rate
Bed occupancy rate
Environment
Available quantities of water (2002-mcm)
Connected households
to wastewater network (2003)
Housing Conditions (2003)
Average number of rooms
in the housing units
Average number of persons
per room (housing density)
54
Tel: 02-2744242
Jericho
Caritas Baby
Hospitals
Augusta Victoria
Tel: 02-2758500; Fax: 02-2758501
The Holy Family
Tel: 02-6279911
Tel: 02-2741151, Fax 02-2741154
Dajani Maternity
Al-Hussein Government
Tel: 02-5833906
Tel: 02-2741161
Hadassah (Ein Kerem)
Mental Health
Hospitals
Jericho Government
Tel: 02-2321967/8/9
Pharmacies
Hijazi
Tel: 02-2322694
Tel: 02-6777111
Tel: 02-2741155
Grand Jericho
Hadassah (Mt. Scopus)
St. Mary's Maternity
Tel: 02-2322456
Tel: 02-5844111
Tel: 02-2742443
Maqassed
Clinics and Centers
Audiology
Tel: 02-2742439
Beit Shour Medical Center
Clinics and Centers
UPMRC
Tel: 02-6270222
Red Crescent Maternity
Tel: 02-6286694
St. John's Opthalmic
Tel: 02-5828325
Tel: 02-5828188
Clinics and Centers
Arab Health Center
Tel: 02-6288726
CHS Clinics
Tel: 02-6280602/0499
Jerusalem First Aid Clinic
Tel: 02-2794443
Bethlehem Dental Center
Tel: 02-2743303
Nablus
Hospitals
Al-Ittihad
Tel: 09-2371491
St. Luke's
Tel: 02-2741647
Rafidia
Al-Sha'ab
Tel: 09-2390390
Tel: 02-2742472
Al-Watani
Tel: 09-2383818
Tel: 09-2380039
Hebron
Ibn Sina Medical Center
Hospitals
Al-Meezan
Tel: 02-5400083/9, 02-5322536
Tel: 02-2322148
Pharmacies
Al-Razi
Tel: 02-6264055
Clinics and Centers
Al-Amal Center
Tel: 09-2383778
Arab Medical Center
Medical Relief Women's
Health Clinic
Tel: 02-2257400/1
Tel: 02-5833510
Tel: 02-2229035
Palestinian Counseling
Center
Al-Ahli
Tel. 02-656 2272, 02-656 2627
Amira Alia
Peace Medical Center
Tel: 02-2228126
Tel: 02- 5327111, 02-5324259
Hamdan
Pharmacies
Kamal Shawkat
Red Crescent Society
02-2281860
Tel: 09-2377711
Tel: 02-586056
Mohammed Ali
Al-Jalil
Spafford Children's Clinic
Tel: 02-2253883/4
Tel: 09-2373570
Tel: 02-6284875
Shaheera
279.9
The Austrian Arab
Community Clinic (AACC)
Tel: 02-2226982
45.1%
Tel: 02-6273246
Tel: 02-2228333
Pharmacies
Al-Hayat
Clinics and Centers
Tel: 02-5859386
Tel: 02-2227450
Al-Mustaqbal Hospital
Balsam
UPMRC
Ramallah Government
Hospitals
2,831.2
717.3
16.7
10.0
3.4
2.1
Tel: 02-6272315
Beit Hanina
Tel: 02-5854680
Prepared by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
Tel: 02-2406340, Fax: 02-2406343,
email: [email protected], URL: www.pcbs.org
Tel: 02-2229649
East Jerusalem
St. Joseph
14.6
Ibn Sina
Hospitals
Al-Dibis Maternity
Dar Ad-Dawa'
Tel: 02-6282058
Al-Za'tari
Tel: 09-2371515
Tel: 09-2382153
UPMRC
Tel: 02-2220212
Tel: 09-2837178
The Red Crescent
Ramallah & Al-Bireh
Hospitals
Arabcare Hospital
Tel: 02-2986420
Tel: 02-2963562/4
Tel: 02-2226663
Pharmacies
Al-Hikmah
Tel: 02-2982216/7
Tel: 02-2228254
Tel: 02-2956260
Red Crescent Hospital
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Clinics and Centers
Arab Medical Center
UPMRC
Tel: 02-2954334
Pharmacies
Bushnak
Tel: 02-2984423 / 2960686
Arabcare Medical Center
Tel: 02-2986420
Clinics and Centers
Arab Medical Center
Tel: 08-2862163
Beit Hanoun Clinic
Tel: 08-2858065
Tel: 02-2953740
Emergency & Trauma Center
Dar Al-Shifa
Tel: 02-2988088
Tel: 08-2865520
Harb Heart Center
GAZA STRIP
UPMRC
Tel: 02-2960336
Tel: 08-2827837
Modern Dental Center
Hospitals
Al-Ahli Al-Arabi
Tel: 02-2980630
Tel: 08-2863014
Patients' Friends Society
K. Abu Raya Rehabilitation
Centre
Dar Al-Salam
Tel: 02-2957060/1
Tel: 08-2051244
Peace Medical Center
Shifa
Tel: 02-2959276
Tel: 08-2862765
Pharmacies
Al-Fayrouz
Tel: 08-2865502
Tel: 08-2854240
Al-Rimal
Nasser
Tel: 08-2822522
Berlin Pharmacy
Tel: 08-2873498
Tel: 02-2406260
City
Fire
Ambulance
Police
Jerusalem*
CHS (Old City Jerusalem)
Jenin
Tulkarem
Nablus
Qalqilia
Ramallah
Jericho
Bethlehem
Hebron
Gaza
02-6282222
101 / 050-319120
04-2501225
09-2672106
09-2383444
09-2940440
02-2956102
02-2322658
02-2741123
102/2228121-2-3
08-2863633
101
100
101 / 04-2502601
101 / 09-2672140
101 / 09-2380399
101 / 09-2940440
101 / 02-2400666
101 / 02-2321170
101 / 02-2744222
101
101 / 08-2863633
04-2501035
09-2672161
09-2383518
09-29422730
02-2956571
02-2322521
02-2748231
100
08-2863400
Border Crossings
Allenby Bridge
Sheikh Hussien
Rafah Border
Eretz Crossing
02-9942302
04-6093410
08-6734205
08-6741672
Tourism and Antiquities
Police
Bethlehem
Gaza
Nablus
Jericho
02-2770750/1
08-2829017
09-385244
02-2324011
Telephone Services
Information
144
Phone Repairs*
166
Telegrams*
171
Time*
155
Wake Up*
174
International operator* 188
Weather
03-9668855
Calls from Overseas
Dial access code, international
country code (972) or (970),
area code (without the zero),
desired number
* can only be called from East Jerusalem
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57
BETHLEHEM
Where to Go?
Israeli Settlements
in Beit Jala
Map of Bethlehem source: Arab Hotel Association/Pecdar
The largest of these settlements is
Gilo, which was established in 1970 on
Palestinian lands confiscated from Beit
Jala and Beit Safafa. With a population
of 30,000 inhabitants, Gilo physically
separates Jerusalem from Bethlehem.
The settlement of Har Gilo, to the west of
Beit Jala, was created in 1976 as a military
outpost on 32 hectares (320 dunums) of
land. As has become a customary Israeli
practice, the outpost was later turned into
a settlement for habitation. The settlement
is now made up of individual houses in
which more than 350 settlers live. Har
Gilo’s proximity to Beit Jala impedes the
town urban development to the west.
Giv’at Hamatos, visible from the
Monastery of Mar Elias, was erected in
1992 on 25 hectares of land confiscated
from the Greek Orthodox Church of Beit
Jala and annexed to Jerusalem. The
settlement is currently made up of 280
mobile homes that accommodate Ethiopian
Jews. Plans are afoot to construct 3,600
housing units and to extend the area of the
settlement to 99 hectares, to be taken from
the lands of Beit Jala and Beit Safafa. This
will sever any continuity between Jerusalem
and Bethlehem.
(From Palestine & Palestiniens by the
Alternative Tourism Group)
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59
JERUSALEM
Where Not to Go?
Cinemas in Jerusalem
Map of Jerusalem source: Arab Hotel Association/Pecdar
Visitors to East Jerusalem will be
surprised to learn that there are no
commercial movie theatres in this part
of the city. The truth is that before the
eruption of the first Intifada in late 1987,
there were three movie theatres that
screened an eclectic mix of films, from
Egyptian dramas and comedies to Indian
musicals and Japanese karate films, and a
fourth theatre that, while screening much
of the same, occasionally sneaked in clips
of pornographic movies.
All this came to an end in 1987 and
three of the theatres have been closed
ever since. One theatre was saved from this
sad fate when it was turned into a theatre
for plays and other cultural activities. The
Palestinian National Theatre, as it is now
known, has become the hub of cultural
activity in Jerusalem where plays and films
are shown and where workshops and other
activities take place. Another theatre was
turned into offices. The other two are still
standing, in total decay.
Several ideas and initiatives have
circulated for some time to turn one of the
two movie houses into a theatre for plays
and other cultural activities. Either due to a
lack of funds or a lack of interest, none of
these ideas ever got off the drawing board,
despite the fact that Jerusalem does not
dispose of a decent theatre in which to
hold the events that are organized by such
vibrant institutions as Yabous Productions
and the National Conservatory of Music,
to name a few.
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61
The Last Word
This week was more difficult than usual, mentally and emotionally. I attended the preview of a
new film titled The Cage, which documents the Separation/Apartheid Wall Israel is constructing on
West Bank lands in total disregard to international law, human rights and plain common sense.
The Cage was shown to a full house of invited guests at Al-Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque in
Ramallah. Immediately following the 27-minute film, a critique session was led by political writer Hani
Masri and the producer, Omar Nazzal. The shocking pictures of the wall, fence and corresponding
gates, coupled with the personal accounts of Palestinians, young and old, whose lives the wall has
violated, along with the tone of the audience during the discussion following the preview, all brought
the wall squarely into focus. The Separation/Apartheid Wall is an issue that cannot be ignored, no
more than the 1948 catastrophe (Nakba) or the 1967 occupation can be ignored.
The pictures of the suffering caused by the Separation/Apartheid Wall refuse to leave my mind.
The children of the West Bank town of Qalqilyah, younger than my little daughters, with no option
but to wait, at times hours on end, at the wall’s gate for a fully armed Israeli solider to open their
path to and from school every morning and afternoon. It is heartbreaking to see the blank stares
in the eyes of these violated youth as they sadly speak to the camera about their daily hardships
just to be children.
Then the Palestinian farmers who, despite their daily witnessing of their world collapsing around
them with every metre of wall that is built, proudly speak of their attachment to the land – land they
can no longer reach without permission from the Israeli occupation and raw human humiliation at
the gates of the wall. One farmer spoke with a mix of despair and steadfastness that only those
who have lived this miserable Israeli occupation can know about, how he and generations of his
family have produced 800 gallons of olive oil every season from his olive groves. But this year, the
year of the Separation/Apartheid Wall, he was prohibited by Israel to harvest the season and was
forced to purchase, for the first time in his life, olive oil for his family’s consumption!
Then the shepherd, a poor and nearly illiterate young peasant, embarrassingly recounts how
the Israeli solider at one of the wall’s gates forced him at gunpoint to have intercourse with his
donkey before allowing him to return home. Lastly was the elderly woman farmer who was made
a refugee in 1948 and is now living in the West Bank. She stared into the camera with her last
remaining two front teeth bearing witness to her age while sitting on the ground picking herbs.
The Separation/Apartheid Wall towered behind her as she shed tears when she spoke of how
the wall blocked her vision to even see the lands that she still dreams of returning to. There is no
international commission, no international lawyer, no head of state, no superpower that can even
begin to measure the pain of a refugee living barely two kilometres from their original home and
not being able to even literally see the lands that were once theirs.
All of these images, the thought of my own children living in a cage, refuse to leave me. All of
this while I prepare to exit the country again, for the zillionth time, to renew my Israeli Visitor’s
Permit, to be able to remain in Palestine. The Separation/Apartheid Wall, the lack of permanent
residency, the thought of how easy it is for the Israeli occupation authorities to deny entry to any
Palestinian and add one more name to the millions already yearning to return home, remain in
the forefront of my thoughts.
And to bring all of this closer to home, my nine-year-old daughter Areen asked me today,
“How does Jerusalem look?” Jerusalem is literally 14 km away from our home, but for Areen, her
grandmother in Youngstown, Ohio, is closer.
God bless the children of Palestine!
Sam Bahour
General Manager
PLAZA Shopping Centers
TWIP Advisory Board Member
P.S. To see stunning satellite imagery of the Separation/Apartheid Wall visit: www.globalsecurity.org/
military/world/israel/fence-imagery.htm
Taboun
Since the notorious checkpoints of Surda (between Ramallah and Bir Zeit) and Ein
Areek were lifted in early December 2003 – hopefully for good – I have been taking
full advantage of this fact to re-explore the Palestinian villages and the countryside
as much as possible, particularly since we were isolated from these places for so
long.
The imagery was beautiful: the hills, the terraced fields full of olive trees, the
landscape verdant from this winter’s generous showers; but most distinctive was
the scent emanating from traditional Taboun ovens. Taboun, for those who are
not familiar with the word, is the traditional Palestinian
bread made from wheat flour and baked in a special
oven called taboun, hence the name.
All it took to meet a typical Palestinian family
baking taboun bread was to follow the scent.
Um Mohammad did not wait for my greetings to
offer me a loaf of taboun bread right away. I was
overwhelmed by her generosity and hospitality,
but could not refuse her welcoming gestures.
Um Mohammad has been baking bread in the
taboun oven for 30 years, although the family does have an electric oven in the house.
“It’s better and faster,” she said. The taboun oven is made out of uncooked clay covered
by natural materials such as the extracts from olive pressing. At the oven’s base gravel
is laid out so that the loaves would not stick. The low fire is constantly maintained and
never put out. Um Mohammad said that the last time she lit the oven was around ten years
ago! If left unused for some time, a flammable material is thrown on it in order to get the
right temperature for baking. Apart from bread, food could also be baked in this outdoor oven.
An authentic musakhan, the famous Palestinian dish of taboun bread drizzled with olive oil
and topped with sautéed onions and grilled chicken, is among the specialities to come out
of a taboun oven.
Go out and enjoy the sights
and scents of the Palestinian countryside.
Photos and Text by:
Majdi Hadid

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