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The Window in the Ceiling
The following story happened in Syria but is known in the Bethlehem area.
It is said that a young peasant fell in love...
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Toine Van Teeffelen
24.05.2006
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Toine Van Teeffelen
19.05.2006
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Artas and the Song of Songs
Like in the Bible, traditional Palestinian peasant life took its wisdom from connecting the human universe with the flora and...
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Arab Educational Institute
16.05.2006
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Arab Educational Institute
19.03.2006
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Bread
"If bread is searched, it will not be tasted." People who are always critical do not enjoy life.
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Arab Educational Institute
19.03.2006
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Bedouin proverbs
"Eat as camels (quickly) and get up before moon."
"The demands of the stomach should not always be complied with."...
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Arab Educational Institute
19.03.2006
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Food
"The husband's love goes through the stomach." A man likes to eat. If you want to satisfy him, fill his stomach...
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Arab Educational Institute
19.03.2006
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The Baker
"Give your dough to the baker even though you know that he eats half of it." An experienced person knows better.
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Arab Educational Institute
19.03.2006
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About bad persons
"From radishes no lemon can be made." Nothing good can be expected from a bad person.
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Arab Educational Institute
19.03.2006
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Arab Educational Institute
19.03.2006
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The Peasant's Year
Do all English children know why in summer the days are long and the nights short, whereas in winter the days are short and...
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Arab Educational Institute
19.03.2006
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The son and the father
A man had a son, and the son had a lot of friends. One day the father asked the boy, "Dear boy, I see you very often going in...
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Arab Educational Institute
17.03.2006
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Toine Van Teeffelen
18.02.2006
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The Hungry Bedouin
Once a fellah and a Bedouin met together. Good food was spread for them at a low table. The Bedouin asked: "What do you bring...
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Toine Van Teeffelen
18.02.2006
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You Gain When You Give
There was a man, who was told by a Bedouin fortune teller: "When you are forty years old, you will die, a serpent will kill...
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Toine Van Teeffelen
18.02.2006
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The Well in Artas
The village Artas near Bethlehem is famous for its well. The Prophet Al-Khader or St. George used to drink from the water of...
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Toine Van Teeffelen
18.02.2006
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Al-KHADER
The following is a folklore version of a narrative told in the Koran, relayed by Moslems from Al-Khader (the village to the...
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Toine Van Teeffelen
18.02.2006
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The Virgin Mary and the plowmen
When the Virgin Mary, peace be on her, was on the flight to Egypt with the son in her arms, she passed by some plowmen making...
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Toine Van Teeffelen
18.02.2006
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The Olive Tree
When the Prophet Mohammed died all trees mourned and cast their leaves. Then came one and said to the olive tree: "Oh Olive...
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Toine Van Teeffelen
18.02.2006
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The Old Man and the Fig Tree
One day, Caliph Harun went out riding. In the fields he saw a very old fellah planting a fig tree. Surprised to see a man who...
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Toine Van Teeffelen
18.02.2006
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