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| 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 |
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| 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 |