What is the Palestinian Arabic dialect? The Palestinian dialect is one of the dialects of colloquial Arabic that follows the southern Levantine dialect sect and is spoken by the people of Palestine. There is not just one Palestinian dialect, but there are several dialects that differ from one city to another and from one geographical area to another. The Palestinian rural or agricultural dialects have Read More …
The land that makes up Israel and Palestine has been inhabited—and contested—by human beings for nearly two million years. The Holy Land is not only the cradle of Judaism and Christianity; it is incredibly sacred to both Muslims and people of the Baha’i faith. In its history, the land has seen a variety of empires, kingdoms, and peoples, including Egyptians and Canaanites, Israelites and Philistines, Read More …
How did the division begin? In 1994, after a tragic massacre of Muslims by a radical Jewish physician from America during the holy month of Ramadan in the Ibrahimi Mosque located in the center of Hebron, the city was divided into two parts H1(80% of the city) under newly created Palestinian Authority control, and H2 (the remaining 20%) controlled by the Israelis. The authorities at Read More …
