6th December 2022 Knafeh – the cheesecake queen of Palestine
Recently I was lured back to Palestine – though sadly it was just through my...
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Palestine
3rd November 2018 A visit to Bethlehem – it’s beyond belief
Look Bethlehem up on Google and you find questions such as “Is Bethlehem in Israel...
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29th October 2018 Hebron – the West Bank ghost town
Sometimes a town gets forgotten, and that seems to be the fate of Hebron, or...
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26th November 2017 A chat with Bethlehem’s top chef – Fadi Kattan
Bethlehem‘s identity was set in stone some 2000 years ago when a certain baby was...
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20th November 2017 50 years on in Jerusalem’s Old City
The Old City of Jerusalem feels like such a secret city, an ancient labyrinth of...
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4th November 2017 Ramallah’s cutting edge new Palestinian Museum
Jump in a taxi in downtown Ramallah, agree on a fare of about 40 shekels,...
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12th November 2015 Only in Jericho: Bedouins, desert and dates
The taxi-ride from the central West Bank to Jericho is a memorable experience, not least...
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30th October 2015 Life & death in the West Bank olive groves
The crack of a gunshot rang out, then another. Both came from across the valley...
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19th January 2015 Palestinian Balata Refugee Camp – the forgotten people?
At the turn of 2015, Muslims (whether in the Middle East, Paris or in Nigeria)...
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29th November 2014 Palestinian women – strength in despair
Something that struck me forcibly while in the West Bank a month ago was the...
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