During a film screening at the World Council of Churches on 4 October, viewers got a deeper understanding of why Palestinians are about to lose one of the last green spaces left for them in the Bethlehem Governorate.
The World Council of Churches will host the screening of a 10-minute movie “Our Land of Olives and Vines,” featuring Al Makhrour in Beit Jala, the last green area rich in olive trees, fruits, and apricots left in Bethlehem, and very connected to the heritage and future of Palestinian Christians.
The World Council of Churches will host the screening of a 10-minute movie “Our Land of Olives and Vines,” featuring Al Makhrour in Beit Jala, the last green area rich in olive trees, fruits, and apricots left in Bethlehem, and very connected to the heritage and future of Palestinian Christians.
Fighting back: Palestinian bloggers promote tourism as an act of defiance
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Saturday Jul 10, 2021
Travel bloggers Malak Hassan and Bisan Alhajhasan visit the village of Burin near Nablus to help out in the olive harvest season. Photo: Courtesy Ahlan Palestine
The reality for Palestinians is occupation, Malak Hassan tells
Geo.tv over the phone. But she says they try to show the world that there’s another side to them, other than occupation and violence. Tourism reminds the world that Palestinians own this land. And it reminds Palestinians that they have a land to return back to,” Hassan said.
Hassan is one of two women travel bloggers – the other, Bisan Alhajhasan – who last year founded Ahlan Palestine , a blog that aims to promote tourism in the West Bank and Gaza as an act of defiance.