Jerusalem: Arab Social Life, Traditions, and Everyday Pleasures in the 20th Century

by Subhi S. Ghosheh

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566567882
• ISBN13: 9781566567886
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Olive Branch Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"