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Mar Elias Educational Institutions
Blog for Monday, Oct 24, by DeDe Babcock Our day began with the delightful sounds of happy children coming to school. I had been looking forward to visiting Mar Elias High School and the Miriam Bawardi Grade School. The high school students gathered outside to hear Bishop Chacour give a short talk. Before his talk
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How Blessed We Are
Blog for Sunday, October 23, submitted by Rev. Lynell M. Caudillo This morning after a nourishing breakfast prepared by our hostess, Badeea, at the guest house in Ibillin, we ventured out to Bar’am National Park, which includes some ancient ruins of two synagogues that were built in the late fourth or early fifth century. Of
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Dar Al Kalima University and College of Arts and Culture
Blog for Friday, Oct 21, by Heidi Saikaly (pictures will be added ASAP) Palestinians are living in a system that limits their human, civil, and political rights. Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) recently stated that “Israel has, with impunity, intimidated, confused, humiliated, bullied, imprisoned, tortured and killed Palestinians since 1967…” Rev. Dr.
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Empowering People through Environmental Knowledge
Israel/Palestine Blog 10/21/22, Elie Saikaly We started the day heading to the Palestine Museum of Natural History of Bethlehem University. There we met Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh, Director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability. Prof. Qumsiyeh, previously at Duke and Yale University, now teaches at Bethlehem University. He had just finished teaching a master’s
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Creative Persistence
Thursday, October 20, 2022by Janae Novotny We began our day with a new bus and a new driver. A discussion of itinerary changes was the first order of business. Zoughbi updated us on overnight developments. A Palestinian sought by the Israeli Defense Forces for killing an Israeli was apprehended and killed. This provoked a wave of
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Jerusalem, Jerusalem
October 19, 2022, by Daren and Joann Barstad We started the morning traveling to the old city of Jerusalem, picking up our guide Mike after going through check point for security at the entrance to the city. Being a bit early for our meeting with our Al Aqsa host Aouni Bazbaz at the mosque compound,
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