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Beit Sahour, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1525/26 (AH 932), Beit Sahur an-Nasara ('Christian Beit Sahur') had 5 Christian and 7 Muslim households, increasing in 1538/39 (AH 945) to 8 Christian and 8 Muslim households. [14]
In 1858, the remains of a monastery built around 400 A.D. were discovered, on what was called the "Khirbet Siyar al-Ghanem" – the "Ruins of the Sheep Enclosure" or "Ruins of the Sheepfold"). [8] The French official responsible for the excavations claimed to have found the three “shepherds’ tombs” mentioned by a pilgrim who visited Beit ...
Honduras has one of the largest Palestinian populations in Latin America. [1] The first recorded case of a Palestinian emigrant to Honduras dates back to 1899. The largest wave of Palestinian migration to Honduras took place between 1922 and 1931. Many of the migrants hailed from Bethlehem, Beit Jala or Beit Sahour.
The PCR is based in Beit Sahour under the aegis of the International Solidarity Movement. George Rishmawi is director of PCR. [1] The group was established in 1988, then formally registered under the auspices of the Mennonite Central Committee in Jerusalem in 1991 and officially registered in the Palestinian Ministry of Interior in 2004.
Stories on the 'Wall Museum' of the Sumud Story House in Bethlehem. Sumud (Arabic: صمود, romanized: ṣumūd, meaning "steadfastness" [1] or "steadfast perseverance"; derived from the verb صمد ṣamada, meaning "arrange, adorn, lay up, save") [2] is a Palestinian cultural value, ideological theme and political strategy that emerged in the wake of the 1967 Six-Day War among the ...
Raji Qumsille, a furniture maker in Beit Sahour, was quoted by the Washington Post as saying that "everyone in Beit Sahour is happy because the Israeli leadership promised it would break Beit Sahour. But Beit Sahour didn't break. We didn't pay our taxes." [20] Nasser abu Ayta, a video rental store owner, was quoted by the Los Angeles Times ...
Solomon Ponds Resort ()Emergency project (Beit Sahour)Baptism site (Jordan Valley)Spine Mosque [3] [4]He has brought in many investments on the part of the private sector to develop some areas such as the historic city of Hebron as well as the city of Bethlehem through lectures in the Library of Alexandria.
JDECO is a joint-stock company.As at 2016, 25% of its shares were owned by the municipalities of Jerusalem, Ramallah, Al-Bireh, Bethlehem, Beit Sahour, Beit Jala and Jericho, while the remaining 75% were owned by over 3,000 private shareholders.