Vow making Vow making is a religious custom in which a believer promises to perform a pious act or some form of labor in exchange for...
Arab Educational Institute 21.06.2006
Badriyyeh's shrine (near Beit Jala) Not only Moslems vowed at religious shrines which were not their own. In their turn, Christians performed vows at Moslem...
Arab Educational Institute 21.06.2006
Icons in Palestinian churches Many of the local, especially Eastern churches emphasize that God came to earth in order to allow human beings and the...
Arab Educational Institute 21.06.2006
Little Miriam - a Palestinian nun (from: Bethlehem Community Book, AEI-Open Windows, Bethlehem 1999)
In September 1999, the Greek-Catholic or Melkite...
Ramadan is Back By Amal Nashashibi
During the whole month of Ramadan, Moslems break away from strict social norms and enjoy a freer...
This Week In Palestine 17.06.2006
Moslem-Christian relations: Hania Bitar WAITING FOR GODOT
Interview with Hania Bitar
By Katherine von Schubert, for the Arab Educational Institute
Published in...
Waking up for suhur during Ramadan The following is a memory of Ali Qleibo, a cultural anthroplogist from Jerusalem:
The mshahher, a lonely turbaned man...
Toine Van Teeffelen 28.05.2006
Holy Sepulchre: Guardians of the key Ironically, the responsibility for guarding the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of the holiest sites in Christendom, falls...
