Stories from Palestine
130 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsListen to lively stories and inspiring interviews about the history and cultural heritage of Palestine and the ongoing Palestinian struggle for justice and equality. Every Monday a new episode. Subscribe to the mailing list for a weekly update so you never miss an episode. All social media links (facebook, instagram and youtube) and to subscribe to the mail chimp are in one place, easy, on the website www.storiesfrompalestine.info The music for this podcast was made by Zaid Hilal, Palestinian musician, you can find him on Soundcloud, Spotify, Facebook and Instagram.
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Civil Society for Dignity in Palestine part 2 : Palestinian civil society involvement
September 18, 2023 12:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBThis is the second part of a trilogy I made for Pax Palestine Podcast about the 'Civil Society for Dignity' project, a project by MEND, PCR, PCPD and PAX for Peace, supported by the European Union. This project aims to bridge the gap between the Palestinian civil society and the local governments. In this episode you will learn more about the project 'Civil Society for Dignity' itself. Muna Rishmawi, the project manager, talks about the aims of the project, the cooperation between the diffe...
Civil Society for Dignity in Palestine part 3 : Media training for Palestinian youth
September 18, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MBThis is the third and last part of a trilogy that I made for Pax Palestine Podcast about the 'Civil Society for Dignity' project, a project by MEND, PCR, PCPD and PAX for Peace, supported by the European Union. This project aims to bridge the gap between the Palestinian civil society and the local governments. In this last episode Anwaar, who works for MEND and is the media and outreach coordinator for this project and journalist Hayat Hamdan tell us more about an important part of the Civi...
Civil Society for Dignity in Palestine part 1 : introduction to Palestinian civil society
September 18, 2023 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBThis is the first part of a trilogy that I made for Pax Palestine Podcast about the 'Civil Society for Dignity' project, a project by MEND, PCR, PCPD and PAX for Peace, supported by the European Union. This project aims to bridge the gap between the Palestinian civil society and the local governments. In this first episode you will learn more about the political reality for Palestinians under military rule and the civil society landscape of Palestine, in an interview with George Rishmawi, ...
A visit to Bisan / Beit Shean
June 26, 2023 20:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBBeit Shean or Beisan as it is called by Palestinians because before 1948 it was called Beisan and it had a population of 6000 people, is mainly known for the excavation of the ancient city and it is sometimes compared to Pompeii that was preserved so well because of the volcanic eruption, in this case the remains of Roman and Byzantine Beit Shean were preserved after a major earthquake. The ruins remained undisturbed and are now part of an archaeological park. The history of Beit Shean goe...
The Armenian Museum of Jerusalem
June 07, 2023 21:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBIn a previous episode with Apo Sahagian, we talked about the Armenian community in Jerusalem. This episode is a deeper dive into the history of the Armenians and their presence in the holy land in general and in Jerusalem in particular. The newly renovated Edward and Helen Mardigian Armenian Museum of Jerusalem offers a wealth of stories about the Armenians of Jerusalem. A key attraction is the sixth century mosaic floor that was found in the Musrara neighborhood while a Palestinian famil...
A visit to Akka / Akko / Acre
May 11, 2023 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBThe Palestinians call it Akka, in English they say Acre, which goes back to how the Crusaders called the city, today we hear people referring to it as Akko and the root letters AK go back to the Egyptian execration texts in hieroglyphic script that mention AK already in the 19th century BC. Today we can talk about three parts of Akka: the old city inside the Ottoman walls on a peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea, the ancient city that dates back to early and middle bronze age on the Tel eas...
A visit to Asqalan
April 13, 2023 14:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBOn the Mediterranean coast you can find the ruins of a city that first became a large sized city during the Canaanite period. Of this period the oldest brick wall and arched gate have been excavated and can now be visited. You can even pass through the gate! The National Park in which the ruins of Asqalan can be visited has some very interesting sites: the biggest Roman basilica found in the area, a Phoenician dog cemetery, an antilia (water wheel) that brought fresh water up from above the...
Update on the tour guide course
March 26, 2023 20:00 - 35 minutes - 24.8 MBI have not been able to record new episodes recently because I am so busy with the Israeli tour guide course. Many people have asked me how that is going so I decided to record an episode about my experience in the first four months of this course. In the meantime I got my tour guide license by the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and I have taken the first small group into the Church of Nativity as a licensed tour guide. That was an amazing moment, especially because it took me almost 4 ye...
Church of the Nativity Bethlehem audio tour
March 04, 2023 09:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBIn the previous episode you could learn more about the history of the Church of Nativity, built over the birth cave of Jesus. In this episode I am taking you on a tour inside the Church to explain you some of its most interesting features. You can use this audio guide when you visit the church in Bethlehem but you can also listen to it from the comfort of your home or while you are walking, cleaning or commuting. If you want to visit the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem with a real tour gui...
History of the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem
February 16, 2023 17:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBThe most visited site in Bethlehem is the Church of Nativity on Manger Square. It is the oldest church in the world that is still in use by the local community and that is visited by over two million pilgrims every year. The Church of Nativity is on the UNESCO world heritage list together with the pilgrimage route that passes through today's Star Street. This is the road that Mary and Joseph would have taken to reach Bethlehem where they had to go because of the Roman census organized by Q...
Permaculture and eco design in Palestine
February 01, 2023 11:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBMohamad Saleh grew up as a city boy. He never worked in a garden or grew his own food until he had an opportunity to travel to Turkey to be close to his partner and live for some time in a WWOOF project where he learned all about Permaculture. When he came back to Palestine he decided to start working on bringing the concepts of permaculture closer to the community and he established 'Mostadam' He emphasizes the importance of healing of individuals in general in order to be able to feel mo...
The shaping of the Palestinian identity and the Palestinian national project
January 14, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 48.8 MBIn this episode you can hear Bassam, the host of the podcast: "PreOccupation: A not so brief history of Palestine." Bassam emphasizes the importance of telling the Palestinian story and the futility of trying to counter hasbara (a term in Hebrew that refers to the advocacy for Israel, a form of propaganda). He explains that we should distinguish between the shaping of the Palestinian identity, the collective consciousness, and the Palestinian national project. When and where did these eme...
Christian Palestinians and Christian Zionism
December 17, 2022 18:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBIn this episode I speak with Yousef Khoury, which translates to Joseph the priest, a Christian Palestinian originally from Gaza, who now lives in Bethlehem. He is the 43rd generation in his family of which 36 generations were priests in the Orthodox priesthood. He studied biblical studies at the Bethlehem Bible College, he has a masters of divinity in theology and mission from the US and is currently working on his doctorate at the University of Amsterdam. We talk about the history of Chri...
From Peleset to Falastin: a history of the name Palestine
December 03, 2022 09:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBWhere did the name Palestine come from and for how long has it been in use? After reading the book "Palestine a four thousand year history" by Nur Masalha, a Palestinian historian and academic, it became clear that the name Palestine has been used since the 13th century BC until today. Only in the last decades did the use of the name Palestine become estranged, with the establishment of the State of Israel and the vilification of the Palestinian people. Many people doubt whether they can sp...
The Sea of Galilee pilgrimage audio tour
November 12, 2022 20:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBDuring this episode I will take you on an audio tour to the Sea of Galilee where we will visit Bethsaida, Chorazin, Capernaum, Tabgha and the Mount of Beatitudes. These are pilgrimage locations related to places where according to tradition Jesus lived, spoke to his followers, visited synagogues and did miracles. Disclaimer: I am a trained tour guide at the Bethlehem Bible College, I am not a theologian and I do not belong to any religion. I am telling the stories the way they were told an...
Armenians in diaspora in Jerusalem / Palestine
October 30, 2022 02:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBApo Sahagian is a singer and works in different artistic related projects in Jerusalem. He is also the host of the podcast 'Apo and the city'. He grew up in the old city of Jerusalem in the Armenian quarter. His family came to Jerusalem in the 1920s when many Armenians fled from the genocide committed by the Ottoman empire. In this episode Apo gives us more insight into the Armenian community in Palestine. The Armenians came in three waves. As the first Christian nation in the world, King ...
Traces of Home
October 16, 2022 02:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBIn this episode you can hear an interview with Colette Ghunim about the film 'Traces of Home' that she has been working on for the past years. The film brings her parents back to Mexico and Palestine from where they respectively were forced to leave due to different circumstances. Colette grew up in a suburb of Chicago and was never really exposed to her roots as her parents were trying to move beyond their trauma and focused on raising their children in the American society. When Colett...
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre part 2, an audio tour
October 02, 2022 02:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBIn the previous episode you could hear an introduction to the history of the Holy Sepulchre Church in Jerusalem. This episode can be used as an audio tour when you are visiting the Church. Start on the square in front of the main entrance. If you are listening from elsewhere you can follow the description and use your imagination! There are lots of photos online as well as YouTube videos. Here is a 20 minutes documentary by AlJazeera English that gives an idea about the church and the c...
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre part 2, an audio tour
October 02, 2022 02:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBIn the previous episode you could hear an introduction to the history of the Holy Sepulchre Church in Jerusalem. This episode can be used as an audio tour when you are visiting the Church. Start on the square in front of the main entrance. If you are listening from elsewhere you can follow the description and use your imagination! There are lots of photos online as well as YouTube videos. Here is a 20 minutes documentary by AlJazeera English that gives an idea about the church and the c...
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, an introduction (part 1 of 2)
September 18, 2022 02:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBOne of the most visited sites in the old city of Jerusalem is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This is where Christians venerate the place where Jesus was crucified and where he was buried in a tomb. Pilgrims that visit Jerusalem will follow the 'way of the cross' or in Latin the 'Via Dolorosa', the way of his suffering. On the route there are 14 stations where the pilgrims stop to remember something that happened to Jesus on his way to the Golgotha (in Aramaic) or the Calvary (in Latin). T...
Update on the crowdfunding for tour guide license
September 11, 2022 02:00 - 10 minutes - 7.27 MBA short episode recorded under the olive tree in the garden to update you on the crowdfunding for the fees of the tour guide program in Jerusalem! With good news that we reached the goal! Including a shout out to some of the donors but I couldn't mention everybody because there are 69 people who supported me!! Also an update about the visit to the Open House of the School of Tourism and the English test I had to do there that consisted of a text to praise the greatness of Israel and how I m...
New season new plans for tour guiding in Palestine
September 04, 2022 02:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBAfter a long summer break I am back with new episodes. But from now on you can listen to the podcast bi-weekly. In this episode I will tell you about my new plans for this coming year and I need YOUR help (and help of all my friends, relatives and podcast listeners!) to proceed with this plan. That's why I am explaining you why I think it is an important step in my life and how you can help me. If you agree and if you can and want to support, then this is the link you need to click: https:/...
Visit Palestine this October with Saleem & Kristel
July 20, 2022 18:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBIn this episode you can hear all about the Visit Palestine October program that Saleem and myself are organizing! This 10-days program includes a full day of olive picking and two nights with local families in the village of Abud. We will visit many of the people and places that you have heard about in the last two years of podcast episodes! We will start the program on Monday 3 October with an introduction to get all participants on the same page when it comes to history and terminology ...
Visit Palestine this October with Saleem & Kristel
July 20, 2022 18:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBIn this episode you can hear all about the Visit Palestine October program that Saleem and myself are organizing! This 10-days program includes a full day of olive picking and two nights with local families in the village of Abud. We will visit many of the people and places that you have heard about in the last two years of podcast episodes! We will start the program on Monday 3 October with an introduction to get all participants on the same page when it comes to history and terminology ...
'Khazaeen' Palestinian archive
June 12, 2022 02:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBIn the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, where Israeli settlers are in the process of taking over many Palestinian houses, there is an archive where Palestinians can store their photos, diaries, posters and other tangible documents. It is the first Palestinian run archive that is trying to collect memories, history AND documents that are produced TODAY, to store them for future generations. The initiative is called 'Khazaeen', the Arabic word for 'cabinets'. Each Palestinian that brings docum...
'Khazaeen' Palestinian archive
June 12, 2022 02:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBIn the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, where Israeli settlers are in the process of taking over many Palestinian houses, there is an archive where Palestinians can store their photos, diaries, posters and other tangible documents. It is the first Palestinian run archive that is trying to collect memories, history AND documents that are produced TODAY, to store them for future generations. The initiative is called 'Khazaeen', the Arabic word for 'cabinets'. Each Palestinian that brings docum...
Community Action Center to empower the Palestinian community in East Jerusalem
June 05, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBIn 1999 Al-Quds University created the “Community Action Center” (“CAC”), a semi autonomous association, which aims to empower the Palestinian community in East Jerusalem. The CAC aims to empower the disadvantaged Palestinians of East Jerusalem to access their rights and entitlements and negotiate the complex bureaucratic procedures that control the flow of these rights. Most Palestinian inhabitants of East Jerusalem are residents and not citizens of Israel. They have to prove that the c...
Avdat and the Nabateans
May 29, 2022 02:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBIn the Naqab desert you can find the Nabatean desert cities that were established on the incense and spices route. This was a very important trade route that stretched over about 1800 kilometers from Yemen / Oman until the port in Gaza. The trade was mainly in frankincense and myrrh, but also pearls, gold and cotton were traded. As the camels needed to stop every 35 kilometers to rest and drink, there were about 65 stops on the whole incense route. The Nabateans, a nomadic Bedouin group in ...
Palestinian Arak Distillery Muaddi
May 22, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBWith a group of fifteen Palestinians and foreigners we visited the Arak distillery of Nader Muaddi in Beit Jalla. This podcast episode was recorded during his presentation. Nader Muaddi is very passionate about the craft of distilling Arak and the Palestinian heritage of this product. Arak is the oldest spirit in the world. Every single spirit comes from the roots of Arak. It started in the 8th / 9th century when the Arabs had their renaissance period. The first person documented in the wor...
7amleh and digital rights in Palestine
May 14, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBIn this episode you can hear Nadim Nashif and Mona Shtaya who both work for 7amleh, The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media and Digital Rights in the Palestinian context. We talk about several aspects of their work. For example how social media is censoring Palestinians and others with a pro-Palestinian message. Many Palestinians have their social media profiles shut down without a valid reason and it is often hard to counter that. Another issue that 7amleh works on is digi...
Ancient Banias or Caesarea Philippi
May 08, 2022 02:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBThis site is technically not in Palestine but in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. It is only a few kilometers west of Tel el Qadi (Tel Dan) and it is really a beautiful ancient site with an interesting history. It was the most northern part of the region that Jesus ever visited and according to the Bible it was here that he first confirmed to his disciples that he was the Messiah. Banias is called after the Greek god of fertility, nature and wildlife: Pan. It was believed that his birth...
Ancient Banias or Caesarea Philippi
May 08, 2022 02:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBThis site is technically not in Palestine but in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. It is only a few kilometers west of Tel el Qadi (Tel Dan) and it is really a beautiful ancient site with an interesting history. It was the most northern part of the region that Jesus ever visited and according to the Bible it was here that he first confirmed to his disciples that he was the Messiah. Banias is called after the Greek god of fertility, nature and wildlife: Pan. It was believed that his birth...
Mama's Palestinian kitchen facebook group, Palestinian diaspora and right of return
May 01, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBIn this episode you can hear Palestinian American activist Abbas Hamideh, the founder of Al Awda for the right of return of Palestinians and the founder of the immensely popular Facebook group Mama's Palestinian Kitchen! Abbas was born in Puerto Rico and grew up in the United States. When he was 12 years old his father took him to his homeland, Palestine. They went to Deir Yassin, in West Jerusalem, where his father is originally from. At the same age as Abbas was during that first visit,...
A critical tour in Silwan at the City of David archaeological site
April 24, 2022 02:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBOn Sunday 17 April I took the bus from Beit Safafa to the old city to join a tour in Silwan with Emek Shaveh, an Israeli NGO that, in their own words, works to defend cultural heritage rights and to protect ancient sites as public assets that belong to members of all communities, faiths and peoples. That day was Easter Sunday for the Catholic Church, Pesach for the Jews and Ramadan for the Muslims. As we walked up to Mount Zion we saw a lot of police blockades, police everywhere and Jewis...
Ramadan reflections about my life in Palestine
April 17, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 49 MBThis is the fourth year that I use the month of Ramadan to deepen my own spirituality and break with some habits that I don't want to continue with and introduce new habits. They say if you do something for three weeks, it becomes a habit. During the four weeks of Ramadan I do not drink alcohol, I refrain from eating sugar and processed food and I focus on eating fresh vegetables, fruits and balanced meals. I drink more water also. And I start and end the day with yoga exercises and meditati...
Life in the South Hebron hills
April 10, 2022 02:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBFor the full transcript of this podcast click the transcript tab next to the show notes tab or go to the website: https://storiesfrompalestine.info/2022/04/08/south-hebron-hills/ Sami Huraini is a young Palestinian activist from the village of At-Tuwani in the South Hebron Hills. His village, just as many other Palestinian villages in that region, is in area C, which is under full Israeli military control. Settlers and Israeli military are making life very hard for the villagers, in order ...
Date palm trees in Palestine, Palestinian medjoul dates
April 03, 2022 02:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBThe month of Ramadan 2022 started in Palestine on the second of April. Between sunrise and sunset Muslims refrain from eating. When they break their fasting, they usually start by eating a date. They do this because according to the tradition prophet Mohamad used to break his fasting by eating a date. Dates have many health benefits and they are a healthy replacement for refined sugar. In Palestine date palm trees mainly grow in the Jordan valley, where the oxygen level is high due to the...
The history of Masada desert fortress
March 27, 2022 02:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBMasada comes from the Hebrew word Metzad and this means fortress. It is basically a fortress that was built on top of a rock plateau. It is located very close to the Dead Sea and it is a bit south of the Westbank, so it is not accessible to Palestinians from the Westbank currently. The fortress was built in the time of Herod the Great who prepared it to be able to withstand a long siege. The rock plateau had palaces, water cisterns, storage halls, workshops, residencies for generals and bar...
Aida Refugee Camp in Bethlehem
March 20, 2022 03:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBThis episode was recorded in Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, during our visit to Aida Youth Center where the director, Anas, spoke to us about the history of the refugee problem and life in the refugee camp. There are 19 refugee camps in the Westbank, three of them are located in Bethlehem. Aida refugee camp is the most teargassed place in the world. There is an Israeli army base right next to the camp and the Israeli separation wall has been built just on the edge of the camp. There is lit...
The Mount of Olives in Jerusalem
March 12, 2022 20:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBThe Mount of Olives is situated to the East of the old city of Jerusalem. The Mount plays an important role in the Bible. It is the place where Jesus taught his disciples to pray. It is the place from where Jesus looked at Jerusalem and wept for its future destruction. It is also from here that Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey and was welcomed by a crowd covering the street with palm branches. And of course it is the place where Jesus spent the last night before he was crucified, in the g...
Banksy's Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem
March 06, 2022 03:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBFive years ago, in 2017, the Walled Off Hotel opened its doors in Bethlehem. After a period of two years closure because of the Covid pandemic, the hotel has recently reopened. The hotel is marketed as the hotel with the worst view, as it is located only a few meters from the eight meters high concrete wall that Israel built to carve out Rachel's tomb and a parking lot from Bethlehem for the exclusive visit of Israeli and foreign visitors to the site that is considered holy in all three mon...
The history of Tel Megiddo / Tel el Mutaselim (Armageddon)
February 27, 2022 03:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBTel megiddo is an archaeological site in the Jezreel valley (Marj bin Amer in Arabic) where they found 25 layers of civilizations. Megiddo is mentioned several times in the Bible and it is associated with Armageddon, mentioned in the book of Revelations, the last book of the New Testament of the Bible, as the location for a final battle. It is not for no reason that the writer of the book of Revelations chose to stage this battle at Har Megiddo (the mount of Megiddo, from which Armageddon ...
Olijfbomen planten in Palestina (in Dutch)
February 21, 2022 11:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBThis is a special episode in Dutch for the Dutch foundation 'Plant an olive tree' If you want to learn more about olive tree planting in Palestine you can listen to episode 6 of season 5 (20 February 2022) in English. Dit is een speciale aflevering in het Nederlands gemaakt op verzoek van Stichting Plant een Olijfboom. In deze aflevering spreek ik met Esther over het werk van de Stichting. Plant een Olijfboom ondersteunt geweldloos verzet van Palestijnse boeren tegen landconfiscatie door h...
Olive tree planting in Palestine
February 20, 2022 03:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBFor this episode I joined the olive tree planting in Al Khadr, organized by the Keep Hope Alive campaign that is run by the JAI. (Joint Advocacy Initiative of the East Jerusalem YMCA and the YWCA of Palestine) I interviewed several people on the field, some of the organizers and participants of the planting day. We talked about the threats that Palestinian landowners experience from expanding settlements, violent settlers and the army who are after the Palestinian land, trying to take it by...
Olive tree planting in Palestine
February 20, 2022 03:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBFor this episode I joined the olive tree planting in Al Khadr, organized by the Keep Hope Alive campaign that is run by the JAI. (Joint Advocacy Initiative of the East Jerusalem YMCA and the YWCA of Palestine) I interviewed several people on the field, some of the organizers and participants of the planting day. We talked about the threats that Palestinian landowners experience from expanding settlements, violent settlers and the army who are after the Palestinian land, trying to take it by...
Black history month: the Afro Palestinian community in Jerusalem
February 13, 2022 03:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBFebruary is Black History month, an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in US history. I thought it was a great moment to record an episode about the Afro Palestinian community in Jerusalem. My friend Issam who runs Bassem's Gallery Bookshop Cafe in the Via Dolorosa helped me to connect to Mohammed Qous, a 22 year old member of the Afro Palestinian community, who grew up in the African quarter in the old city. His grandfather...
From Holland to Palestine by bike
February 06, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBIn the beginning of July 2021 Salah and his wife Nynke left Holland to go on a great adventure. They decided to go on a 6 month bike ride heading towards Istanbul and from there they would try to find a way to get to Egypt and from Egypt to Jordan and then finishing in Palestine to attend the wedding of Salah's sister in Balata camp in Nablus. In this podcast episode, recorded with live audience in Beit Sahour, Palestine, you can hear from Salah how they decided to go on this long journey. ...
Caesarea Maritima ancient port city of Palestine
January 30, 2022 03:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBFor a full transcript of the podcast click on the transcript tab in Buzzsprout or go to the website https://storiesfrompalestine.info/2022/01/27/caesarea-maritima/ On the coast half way between Jaffa and Haifa are the ruins of the ancient port city of Caesarea Maritima. It was built by King Herod the Great about 2000 years ago. He named it Caesarea to honor the Roman emperor Ceasar Augstus. He built a harbor with a very advanced breakwater in the sea, made of pozzolana, volcanic ash mixed w...
Hisham's palace and its famous mosaics in Jericho
January 23, 2022 03:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBHisham's Palace and the mosaics were very recently renovated and the mosaics are now covered and protected by a special shield and that's why there has been quite a lot of attention for the place, even from the world media, because the mosaics are one of the largest mosaic carpets in such a good shape, in the world. The mosaics cover an area of about 900 square meters. In this episode you can learn about the Umayyads, why they built palaces in the desert and I will take you on a virtual to...
Haram al Sharif, Aqsa mosque, Dome of the Rock
January 16, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBThis episode has a transcript so that you can read along. You can find it on the Buzzsprout site if you click on Transcript (next to Description) Or find it on the website: https://storiesfrompalestine.info/2022/01/12/al-aqsa-and-dome-of-the-rock/ I recorded this interview after I visited the Dome of the Rock and Aqsa mosque on the Haram al Sharif (the Nobel Sanctuary) in the old city of Jerusalem. We made a special arrangement with the 'Awqaf' so that we could enter into the different mosq...