The Palestinian village Nebi Samwail with its minaret framed in the arch, circa 1800s & an old engraving of Kolonia, and Wady [Wadi] Beit Hanina from the book Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt

Circa late 1800s...The #Palestinian village Nebi Samwail with its minaret framed in the arch...This could be a rare old photo of one of the several villages that surround Nebi Samwail including Lifta, Al Jeeb, Beit Iksa, and of course Mike Hanini Odetella's ancestral village of Beit Hanina

Kolonia, and Wady [Wadi] Beit Hanina, favourite place of resort of the people of Jerusalem; it is famous for its well-kept vineyards and vegetable gardens from the book Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt By Colonel Wilson, Charles William, Sir, 1836-1905. Published in New York by D. Appleton and Company in 1881 with engravings in steel and wood from original Drawings by Harry Fenn and J. D. Woodward Volume 1