At a recent lecture hosted by the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL), Yasir Suleiman, professor of Modern Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge guided the audience through the ...
"This is our city, our capital ... referring to a contested holy site in Jerusalem that is known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif and is the location of the al-Aqsa Mosque. "They gave him ...
(credit: Wineries mentioned) In 1855, Montefiore purchased a plot of land outside Jerusalem’s Old City. He named it Moses ... employees would not touch the holy wall by mistake.
Jerusalem, with its major Muslim, Jewish and Christian holy sites, is at the heart of ... occupied the formerly Jordanian-held east of the city in 1967, and effectively annexed it in 1980 in ...
HIGH TEA at Jerusalem’s American Colony Hotel ... From there, walk into the Old City and visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of the most sacred sites for millions of Christian believers.