Culture and Customs of the Palestinians
Author : Samih K. Farsoun
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,82 MB
Release :
Category : Ethnology
ISBN :
Jerusalem
Author : Subhi S. Ghosheh
Publisher : Olive Branch Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,58 MB
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781566567886
Book Description
AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE GUIDE TO 20TH CENTURY ARAB LIFE IN JERUSALEM. Jerusalem is a city of unique grief, a city that has been the target of conquerors more than twenty times. Yet the city has managed to maintain its Arabic culture and traditions—Islamic, Christian, and Jewish—and has emerged victorious time and time again. But beginning with its partial occupation in 1948, its full occupation in 1967, and continuing through today, the Israeli claim on Jerusalem and the government’s efforts to change its identity, threatens to obliterate the traditional Arab culture of the city. This book is a wonderfully-presented account of Palestinian life in a city that packs more culture and history than anywhere else in the world. It seeks to document and preserve Jerusalem’s Arab customs and traditions: festivals, folk medicine, cuisine, and even the everyday simple pleasures.
Raising Dust
Author : Nicholas Rowe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,34 MB
Release : 2010-04-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0857716050
Book Description
Dance in Palestine has a history as complex and contentious as the land itself. Whether dismissed as bacchantic madness by Bible tourists in the 19th Century, revived and glorified by Zionists, Pan-Arabists and Palestinian Nationalists in the 20th Century, or rejected by Islamic Reformists in the 21st Century, dance in Palestine has a rich and elusive story that remains to be told. 'Raising Dust' traces one dancer's journey into Palestine's past and present. Through historical archives, the memories of dancers of yesteryear and into today's vibrant performing arts scene, Nicholas Rowe shows how dance has acted as a barometer of social change, a forum for debate and a means of expressing forbidden ideas. Far from apolitical, this most physical of art forms has often defined the political mood of the day. Sumptuously illustrated, the author provides a unique, rare and compelling cultural history of dance in Palestine.
Palestinian Village Histories
Author : Rochelle Davis
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 20,43 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 0804773130
Book Description
This book chronicles the local histories written by modern Palestinians about their villages that were destroyed in the 1948 war.
Tatreez & Tea
Author : Wafa Ghnaim
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 12,41 MB
Release : 2018-06-30
Category :
ISBN : 9781732931237
Book Description
Wafa Ghnaim brings traditional Palestinian embroidery to life by resuscitating its roots as a powerful, provocative, and profound storytelling tool used by Palestinian women for hundreds of years to document their stories, observations, and experiences.
Introduction to Palestine
Author : Gilad James, PhD
Publisher : Gilad James Mystery School
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 50,51 MB
Release :
Category : History
ISBN : 3858082732
Book Description
Palestine is a region that is located in Western Asia, situated between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. Palestine has been an important center of human civilization for thousands of years, with civilizations like the Canaanites, Israelites, Romans, Byzantines, and Ottoman Empire having all had a presence in this area. In modern times, the region has been the subject of intense conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, with both sides claiming it as their rightful homeland. The history of Palestine is complex and multifaceted, with conflicting narratives and interpretations of events. The ongoing struggle for control of the territory remains a major issue in the Middle East and the world at large.
Palestine on a Plate
Author : Joudie Kalla
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 33,97 MB
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0711245282
Book Description
Prize-winning author and chef Joudie Kalla presents the delicious home cooking recipes passed down from her parents to deliver a delicious taste of Palestine. Winner 'Best Arab Cuisine Book' - Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2016. Palestine on a Plate is a tribute to family, cooking and home, made with the ingredients that Joudie's mother and grandmother use, and their grandmothers used before them. - old recipes created with love that bring people together in appreciation of the beauty of this rich heritage. Palestinian food is not just found on the streets with the ka'ak (sesame bread) sellers and stalls selling za'atar chicken and mana'eesh (za'atar sesame bread), but in the home too; in the kitchens all across the country, where families cook and eat together every day, in a way that generations before them have always done. This recipe book brings together these mouth-watering recipes and presents them in this sumptuously illustrated collection. Sections include: Good Morning Starters, Hearty Pulses & Grains, Vibrant Vegetarian, The Mighty Lamb & Chicken, Fragrant Fish, Sweet Tooth Immerse yourself in the stories and culture and experience the wonderful flavours of Palestine through the delicious food in this book.
Palestinian Costume
Author : Shelagh Weir
Publisher : Arris
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 28,17 MB
Release : 2008-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781844370795
Book Description
THE TRADITIONAL COSTUMES OF THE Palestinian villagers and Bedouin are of exceptional beauty and diversity, especially the festive costumes of the women with their lavish silk embroidery and patchwork and their dramatic headdresses encrusted with coins. This book surveys male and female fashions from the early nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth, and describes the main regional styles of costume, their materials and ornamentation, against the background of Palestinian life and culture. The emphasis throughout the book is on the social and symbolic significance of costume, and the final chapters analyze in detail the language of costume in the context of the wedding. The book is based on extensive field research the author has conducted at intervals since 1967 among Palestinians in Israel, the Occupied Territories, and Jordan. The illustrations include studio photographs of magnificent garments in the British Museum and other collections, archive photographs from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and recent photographs of costumes still made and worn.
Traditional Palestinian Costume
Author : Hanan Karaman Munayyer
Publisher : Olive Branch Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 23,36 MB
Release : 2019-11-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781623719241
Book Description
The historical and cultural richness of Palestine is reflected visually in its costume and embroidery. Distinguished by boldness of color, richness of pattern, and diversity of style, and combined with great needlework skill, these textiles have long played an important role in Palestinian culture and identity and manifested themselves in every aspect of Palestinian life. Based on over twenty-five years of extensive field research and the culling of museum resources and publications from around the world, this book presents the most exhaustive and up-to-date study of the origins of Palestinian embroidery and costume--from antiquity through medieval Arab textile arts to the present. It documents region by region the evolution of costume and the textile arts in Palestine in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is lavishly illustrated with over 500 full-color photographs from the highly praised Munayyer Collection, which includes a whole range of embroidered textiles from traditional costumes and coin headdresses of Palestinian village women to cloaks and jackets worn by village men to belts, sashes, and footwear. The exquisite colors of the silk stitching on natural linens are a feast for the eye. The sumptuous photography and author's well-informed text greatly enrich our appreciation of Palestinian embroidery and make this book a valuable resource that displays this unique art in all its splendor.
Speak, Bird, Speak Again
Author : Ibrahim Muhawi
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 19,17 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520058637
Book Description
A collection of Palestinian Arab folktales which reflect the culture and highlights the role of women in the society.
