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Beit Hanina
Occupied East Jerusalem

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From August 2001 to August 2004 we lived in East Jerusalem, in a Palestinian neighbourhood called Beit Hanina. Beit Hanina is on the north-east side of Jeruslaem, about 10 km from Ramallah.

It is a safe and quiet area. The most exciting thing that happens there is when the ice cream truck comes by at dusk on summer evenings.

The Palestinian nut bars don't cause trouble here because it is a Paletinian neighbourhood. The Israelis rarely cause trouble here because they consider it to be part of Jerusalem, their territory.

Before 1967, when this was part of Jordan, King Hussein was building a palace at the top of our hill. We could see the detereorating structure from our bedroom window, a reminder of how politically unstable this region is.

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Views of Beit Hanina

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sunrise over greek orthodox church

Sunrise over the Greek Orthodox Church
morning in Beit Hanina

Morning in Beit Hanina
alley

the alley one block from our house
neighbourhood kids

neighbourhood kids
King Husseins's palace from our roof

King Hussein's unfinished Palace, from our roof
toward Ramallah

view toward Ramallah, from our roof
architecture

typical archetecture
Spring

Spring blossoms
architecture

typical architecture
our house

our house
parking place

unique parking place
neighbourhood

neighbourhood
coming home from school

girls coming home from school
piddler on the roof

a piddler on the roof
sunset

sunset from our kitchen window

To see the downside of life under the Israeli occupation, click here to see the other side of life in Beit Hanina.

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Visit the other pages in the Palestine section. click the link to go to the page.

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Patti

This page was updated on 26 November 2007.

Contact me at: patti.primeau@sympatico.ca

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