Monday evening began with a tour of the Old City of Nablus, led by camp director Ala Yousef.
He demonstrated his unique knowledge of the difficult situation faced by the area's inhabitants by pointing out damaged and destroyed homes along the tour.
A somber moment was shared by each of the volunteers as they listened to a family sadly recount the death of their 11 year old son at the hands of IDF troops two years earlier.
The group paid a visit to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society building in the Old City
Other stops along the tour included one of Nablus' famous soap factories as well as a Palestinian antiques shop.
After a long walk through the Old City, the Zajel volunteers were ready to rinse off in one of the area's Turkish bath houses.
After an hour or so of tea and arguileh, they stripped down in the steam room before seemingly having their skin stripped off at the hands of the bath workers.
After the optional massage, everyone enjoyed Knaffa, a sweet cheese pastry invented here in Nablus, before returning home to recover.
9 comments:
Hi all,
How was the Hamam, i hope you enjoyed it .. i see konafa , wow..
miss it too much ....
well, if you are all happy i'm happy, take care all, and keep the good job...
good job guys..
yours
Fawaz
Very Nice
i hope more good news from Zajel
i keep in this wonderful team work
ok people! i see everything is going well, i really hoped to be there with you all, but i guess am not that lucky this yyear
Respect guys for what you are doing. I wish you the best to come and I am by heart with you.
Wow! The hammam! and... kenafe! I really miss it. Have you tried za'tar yet? lol
I hope you all are enjoying your time in Nablus as much as I did last year.
My best wishes for all the local volunteers.
Yalla, shabab, bye, bye!
Hey everyone, looking at the pictures brings back so many memories. Nice to see good friends once again...Enjoy every minute of it, when you go back your life will be changed...Looking forward to hopefully heading up to say hello soon. Can't wait to read even more of your adventures...Rory (Zajel 2006!)
ahhh those photos are lovely! brought back memories of my camp visit (2005) which feels like a lifetime ago now with so much happened in my life (and no doubt all of you too!) since then! ill have to come back and refresh! :D
Nice to see the camp is still going strong!
peace and love
ala xx
Thanks for the photos. I took a look at the recommendation of one of your fellow volunteers, Dacia from Chicago. Please pass on my greetings to her. Thanks, Terry B.
Thanks for the photos. I visited the blog at the recommendation of one of your fellow volunteers, Dacia from Chicago. Please pass on my greetings to her. Terry B.
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