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Palestinian Walks
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Author : Raja Shehadeh
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2008-06-03
Palestinian Walks written by Raja Shehadeh and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-03 with History categories.
“A rare historical insight into the tragic changes taking place in Palestine.” —Jimmy Carter From one of Palestine’s leading writers, a lyrical, elegiac account of one man’s wanderings through the landscape he loves—once pristine, now forever changed by settlements and walls—updated with a new afterword by the author. “I often come to walk in these hills,” I said to the man who was doing all the talking and seemed to be the commander. “In fact I was once here with my wife, it was 1999, and some of your soldiers shot at us.” “It was over on that side,” the soldier pointed out. “I was there,” he said, smiling. When Raja Shehadeh first started hill walking in Palestine, in the late 1970s, he was not aware that he was traveling through a vanishing landscape. In recent years, his hikes have become less than bucolic and sometimes downright dangerous. That is because his home is Ramallah, on the Palestinian West Bank, and the landscape he traverses is now the site of a tense standoff between his fellow Palestinians and settlers newly arrived from Israel. In this original and evocative book, we accompany Raja on six walks taken between 1978 and 2006. The earlier forays are peaceful affairs, allowing our guide to meditate at length on the character of his native land, a terrain of olive trees on terraced hillsides, luxuriant valleys carved by sacred springs, carpets of wild iris and hyacinth and ancient monasteries built more than a thousand years ago. Shehadeh's love for this magical place saturates his renderings of its history and topography. But latterly, as seemingly endless concrete is poured to build settlements and their surrounding walls, he finds the old trails are now impassable and the countryside he once traversed freely has become contested ground. He is harassed by Israeli border patrols, watches in terror as a young hiking companion picks up an unexploded missile and even, on one occasion when accompanied by his wife, comes under prolonged gunfire. Amid the many and varied tragedies of the Middle East, the loss of a simple pleasure such as the ability to roam the countryside at will may seem a minor matter. But in Palestinian Walks, Raja Shehadeh's elegy for his lost footpaths becomes a heartbreaking metaphor for the deprivations of an entire people estranged from their land.
Palestinian Walks
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Author : Raja Shehadeh
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2010-07-09
Palestinian Walks written by Raja Shehadeh and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-09 with Travel categories.
Over two decades of turmoil and change in the Middle East, steered via the history-soaked landscape of Palestine. This new edition includes a previously unpublished epigraph in the form of a walk. When Raja Shehadeh first started hill walking in Palestine, in the late 1970s, he was not aware that he was travelling through a vanishing landscape. These hills would have seemed familiar to Christ, until the day concrete was poured over the flora and irreversible changes were brought about by those who claim a superior love of the land. Six walks span a period of twenty-six years, in the hills around Ramallah, in the Jerusalem wilderness and through the ravines by the Dead Sea. Each walk takes place at a different stage of Palestinian history since 1982, the first in the empty pristine hills and the last amongst the settlements and the wall. The reader senses the changing political atmosphere as well as the physical transformation of the landscape. By recording how the land felt and looked before these calamities, Raja Shehadeh attempts to preserve, at least in words, the Palestinian natural treasures that many Palestinians will never know.
Walking Palestine
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Author : Stefan Szepesi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Walking Palestine written by Stefan Szepesi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Hiking categories.
With the images of the Israeli- Palestinian conflict so dominant in our minds, walking for leisure is the one activity probably least associated with the West Bank region. But Stefan Szepesi s book wanders well off the beaten track of Palestine as only a synonym for occupation and strife, exploring its inspiring natural and cultural landscape, its intriguing past and present, and the hospitality of its people. The book takes first-time walkers and experienced hikers, as well as armchair explorers, through Palestine's steep desert gorges, along its tiny herders trails and over its quiet dirt roads running past silver green olive groves. With side stories and anecdotes on heritage, history, culture and daily life in the West Bank, the book ventures into the traits and character of Palestine today. Beyond the 250 km of walking trails described and mapped in detail throughout the book, Walking Palestine offers a wealth of practical walking tips, including references to local guides, the West Bank s best leisure spots and countryside restaurants, and the most charming places to spend the night.
Walks In Palestine
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Author : Henry Andrew Harper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888
Walks In Palestine written by Henry Andrew Harper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with Al-Aqsa Mosque (Jerusalem) categories.
"24 photogravures by Annan and Swan beautifully demonstrating masterful control of the process, opening up the shadows and keeping the highlights with detail."--David Hanson documentation.
Walks In Palestine
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Author : Henry Harper
language : en
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
Release Date : 2014-03
Walks In Palestine written by Henry Harper and has been published by Literary Licensing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03 with categories.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1888 Edition.
Walks In Palestine
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Author : Henry Andrew Harper
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
Walks In Palestine written by Henry Andrew Harper and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ... viii the ruins of the muristan and the mosques of omar and el aksa The ruins in the foreground mark where stood the fine Hospice of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, a building of great magnificence, erected 1120 A.d. The Order was founded on the establishment of the Christian kingdom in Jerusalem, and in close connection with it was the Abbey of St. Marie la Grande, where female pilgrims were entertained and housed by the sisterhood. A few years ago these ruins were all covered with rubbish. The Sultan gave the site to the Prussian Government; but he had also given it to the French! Neither power seemed to care much about it until after the French defeat at Sedan. The French agent on the spot then determined to take possession of it, and one fine morning he, with official cavass and flag, went off to erect that flag, and so claim the land and ruins as French. On arriving he found the German flag just planted! It had been erected by the late Emperor Frederick of Germany, then Crown Prince. With one of the most talented of the explorers for the Palestine Exploration Fund we often went to the Muristan when the Germans had commenced their excavations. The large area is bounded by Christian Street and David Street. It is 170 yards east and west, 150 north and south. The hospitallers who erected the building were military monks, and there was an earlier building on the same site, for the original hospital is mentioned by Bernhard the Wise in 867 A.d. as the Hostel of Charlemagne. Sir John Mandeville saw it in 1322, but in the seventeenth century it was a total ruin. It its palmy days it must have been a very
Walks In Palestine
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Author : Henry Albert Harper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
Walks In Palestine written by Henry Albert Harper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with categories.
Walks In Palestine
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Author : Di Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Cicerone PressLtd
Release Date : 2001-01-01
Walks In Palestine written by Di Taylor and has been published by Cicerone PressLtd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The authors have twenty years' experience of Middle East exploration. Their guide to Walks in Palestine, including the newly created Nativity Trail, is a Bethlehem 2000 project to introduce walkers to this ancient land and its people.The routes take the walker through all aspects of Palestinian life - urban, rural, mountain and desert. On the ten day 'pilgrimage' of the Nativity Trail you can stay with villagers and in monasteries and Bedouin camps before reaching Bethlehem where Christ was born. Other walks visit ancient monasteries and Islamic shrines in the emptiness of the Judean Desert, prehistoric caves dating back a million years, and biblical sites such as Jerusalem's Via Dolorosa and Mount of Olives.Maps and descriptions cover thirty-five routes from one hour to ten days' duration, with biblical references and information on the environment, politics, history, how to get there, where and when to go and all other relevant details. You will not only have some great days on the hills and in Palestine's ancient cities but also gain a unique insight into the lives of Palestinians in today's Holy Land. Everywhere, you will experience the warmth of their welcome. Don't miss the opportunity!
Walking Palestine
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Author : Stefan Szepsi
language : en
Publisher: Interlink Books
Release Date : 2012-12-31
Walking Palestine written by Stefan Szepsi and has been published by Interlink Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-31 with Travel categories.
With the images of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict so dominant in our minds, walking for leisure is the one activity probably least associated with the West Bank region. But Stefan Szepesi’s book wanders well off the beaten track of Palestine as only a synonym for occupation and strife, exploring its inspiring natural and cultural landscape, its intriguing past and present, and the hospitality of its people. The book takes first-time walkers and experienced hikers, as well as armchair explorers, through Palestine’s steep desert gorges, along its tiny herders’ trails and over its quiet dirt roads running past silver green olive groves. With side stories and anecdotes on heritage, history, culture and daily life in the West Bank, the book ventures into the traits and character of Palestine today. Beyond the 250 km of walking trails described and mapped in detail throughout the book, Walking Palestine offers a wealth of practical walking tips, including references to local guides, the West Bank’s best leisure spots and countryside restaurants, and the most charming places to spend the night.
Extreme Rambling
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Author : Mark Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-04-14
Extreme Rambling written by Mark Thomas and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-14 with Travel categories.
'Good fences make good neighbours, but what about bad ones?' The Israeli separation barrier is probably the most iconic divider of land since the Berlin Wall. It has been declared illegal under international law and its impact on life in the West Bank has been enormous. Mark Thomas - as only he could - decided the only way to really get to grips with this huge divide was to use the barrier as a route map, to 'walk the wall', covering the entire distance with little more in his armoury than Kendal Mint Cake and a box of blister plasters. In the course of his ramble he was tear-gassed, stoned, sunburned, rained on and hailed on and even lost the wall a couple of times. But thankfully he was also welcomed and looked after by Israelis and Palestinians - from farmers and soldiers to smugglers and zookeepers - and finally earned a unique insight of the real Middle East in all its entrenched and yet life-affirming glory. And all without hardly ever getting arrested!