Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Al Awda... The Return



by Fayeq Oweis, Ph.D.

The Palestinian house key with 'Al-Awda' (the return)
written in Arabic calligraphy

Landscapes of Palestine

Here are some striking images that I found today...


Ancient Olive Tree.


http://www.macucc.org/emj/images/tree.jpg


Destroyed olive groves in Palestine.

Suba (Arabic: صوبا‎) was an Arab village west of Jerusalem that was depopulated and destroyed in 1948. The site of the village lies on the summit of a conical hill called Tel Tzuba (Hebrew: תל צובה‎), or Jabal Suba, rising 769 metres above sea level, and it was built on the ruins of a Crusader castle.


The village square, which was based on Belmont Castle's courtyard, with surviving medieval structures adapted and rebuilt as domestic buildings and a mosque.