Stories from Jerusalem / Al Quds – Détails, épisodes et analyse

For International Women's Day, today on the 8th of March, I prepared a tour in the old city of Jerusalem, that takes you through the history of Jerusalem with women as the main characters! 

Unfortunately the old city is closed to visitors due to the war with Iran and the tour is canceled. I decided to record some of the stories of these important historical women and share this episode with you on International Women's Day. 

This virtual guided journey through Jerusalem highlights the lives of several women whose stories shaped the city’s faith, art, politics, and daily life. From Mary Magdalene and Mother Mary to Melisende, Rabia al Adawiya, Khassaki Hürrem Sultan, Helena, Eudocia, and Hind al‑Husseini, we trace witness, rule, charity, and education across centuries.

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My name is Kristel, I studied history and tour guiding in the Netherlands and I have a tour guide license from the Israeli Ministry of Tourism and from the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism. During the Covid pandemic I created the podcast Stories from Palestine. I stopped uploading new episodes when things opened up and I could actually go out there and do tour guiding. But now, due to the current war situation, I have decided to go back to podcasting, focusing on stories from Jerusalem. 

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After almost a year of radio silence, I am back to producing new episodes! Last year was very intense for everyone and I was unable to continue the podcast. In this first introduction to the new season, I am trying to explain what happened. I can not go into the details but hopefully you will accept my apologies for disappearing just like that. 

I am also back on social media and you can find me and the Ko-fi page for donations towards producing the podcast through this link: https://linktr.ee/storiesfrompalestine

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Beit Safafa was a Palestinian town between Jersualem and Bethlehem, before it was split into two halves in 1948 when the State of Israel was created. The Western half of the village, with the important Jaffa-Jerusalem railway, became part of Israel and the Eastern half was under Jordanian control. This situation remained so until Israel military occupied the Westbank of the Jordan River in 1967 and Beit Safafa was reunited. But the 19 years of physical separation between the people, left its mark until today.

Beit Safafa has ancient history and several important archeological sites.

In this guided tour, we discover the town with Ahmad Nabeel. He was suggested to me by Musa Othman, the son of the late historian Mustafa Othman, who wrote a book about the history of Beit Safafa.

For the full transcript of this podcast episodes you can go to the website https://storiesfrompalestine.info/2021/01/29/beit-safafa/

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Sufism is a more mystical way of approach of the Islamic faith. Sufi scholars have defined it as the way to reach the reparation of the heart and turning it away from all else but God.

In this podcast episode I speak with Izzeldin Bukhari who stems from a family of important Sufi sheikhs from the Naqshabandi tradition. The family originates from Uzbekistan, but they have been living in the old city of Jerusalem for about four hundred years.

If you want to read along with the transcript of this interview you can click here and go to the website. https://storiesfrompalestine.info/2021/01/23/sufism-in-palestine/

If you want to get in touch with Izzeldin Bukhari you can email him at thesacredcuisine@gmail.com

This episode contains music fragments by Zevk Ensemble that consists of husband and wife Benyamin and Rabia.  Zevk is a Turkish word conveying spiritual taste and joy coming from an uplifted heart.

For more background about Islamic Mysticism, you can watch this video on Youtube:
An introduction to Sufi Islam.

Reading tips: books and poetry by Hafiz and Rumi

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On a sunny day in January 2021 we visit the Palestine Museum of Natural History in Bethlehem. We speak to the founder Mazin Qumsieh and his wife Jessie Chang and we take a tour around the ethnography museum and the garden.  This is where the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity is teaching children AND adults about the rich flora and fauna of Palestine.

Palestine is located between Europe, Asia and Africa with an area of 27000 km2 in the western part of the Fertile Crescent where humans first developed agriculture. The unique geography and geology gave Palestine more biological diversity than some countries ten times its size.

The museum has a section with fossils and stuffed animals. There are also several animals that are being rehabilitated before they are released back into the wild. The museum demonstrates methods for cultivation, composting, recycling and upcycling.

Listen to this episode to learn more about Palestine's biodiversity and the Natural Museum of History and visit the website to read more and see the photos of the visit!

https://storiesfrompalestine.info/2021/01/16/palestine-museum-natural-history/

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From the REAL Bethlehem, in Palestine, a SPECIAL Christmas episode. We follow the road that Joseph and Mary must have taken on their way to the town and we talk to Christian and Muslim Palestinians about their understanding of the Christmas story and how they celebrate Christmas in the 'little town of Bethlehem.' They explain us about their THREE Christmas celebrations, that Jesus was NOT born in a stable and why they play BAGPIPES on the Christmas day.

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This was the last episode of season 1. I will be back with season 2 mid January. Until then, enjoy all the episodes you haven't heard yet! And MERRY CHRISTMAS, despite the lock downs.

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This is the third and last episode of the Jericho trilogy that includes episodes 17 and 14.  In this last part of the tour we drive through the Jordan Valley and learn why the Westbank is called the Westbank while it is the eastern part of Palestine! We visit the baptismal site on the Jordan river, learn more about the Dead Sea and we hear from tour guide Kamal Mukarkar about the Essenes community that lived in Qumran, where the Dead Sea scrolls were found.

For the transcript of this episode and photos of the sites you can visit  https://storiesfrompalestine.info/2020/12/12/jordan-river-to-qumran/

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For the SPECIAL CHRISTMAS from BETHLEHEM podcast episode on 21 December you can do a donation on the above mentioned ko-fi platform and follow the instructions. Click here to go directly to the right place: DONATE for the CHRISTMAS PODCAST

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The  oldest city in the world, the lowest point on earth, the longest cable car under sea level, remains of the most beautiful Umayyad desert palace in the region, a monastery hanging from the Mount of Temptation, swimming pools, date palm trees, the sycamore tree of Zaccheus and the water spring of Elisha. This and more, narrated by Kristel, student at the Bethlehem Bible College tour guide program. This episode is a continuation of episode 14, the road trip from Bethlehem to Jericho with visit to the Samaritan Inn mosaic museum and Nabi Musa.

Transcript of this episode and photos can be found on the website: https://storiesfrompalestine.info/2020/12/04/jericho-city-of-the-moon/

If you appreciate the podcast I would be very happy if you wanted to contribute and buy me a coffee (or a falafel) on the Ko-fi platform page:  https://ko-fi.com/storiesfrompalestine

For the SPECIAL CHRISTMAS from BETHLEHEM podcast episode on 21 December you can do a donation on the above mentioned ko-fi platform and follow the instructions. Click here to go directly to the right place: DONATE for the CHRISTMAS PODCAST

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The music in this episode is by Zaid Hilal (find him on Youtube and Soundcloud) 

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Rana Hijawi has a passion for wildlife in Palestine. She is a biology graduate from Birzeit University. She started an Instagram page where she posts photos of birds in Palestine. Palestine is on the crossing of three continents and famous for its bird migration route.  About 500 million migrating birds fly over Palestine yearly. Despite its small size Palestine has very diverse landscapes. The coastal plain in the West, the mountain ridge in the center and the dessert and Jordan valley rift to the East. The diversity in ecosystems makes Palestine an interesting place for a large variety of flora and fauna.

If you want to follow Rana on instagram go to:  https://www.instagram.com/wildlife.with.rana

Other interesting pages to check out:

Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (Palestine Nature museum)
Palestine Wild Life Society
Mahmiyat.ps

If you appreciate the podcast I would be very happy if you wanted to contribute and buy me a coffee (or a falafel) on the Ko-fi platform page:  https://ko-fi.com/storiesfrompalestine

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The music in this episode is by Zaid Hilal (find him on Youtube and Soundcloud)

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