Originally published on Ma’an News Agency on April 19, 2014. MAALUL (Ma’an) — As thousands of Palestinian Christians descend on Jerusalem for Holy Week festivities, the villagers of Maalul are busy
Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on April 19, 2014. Thousands of Palestinian Christians marched in cities and villages across the Holy Land on Saturday to receive the holy fire
Originally published on Ma’an News Agency on April 14, 2014. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Christian groups in Jerusalem have launched a campaign condemning Israeli restrictions on freedom of worship in advance
Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on March 27, 2014. “The Ceremonial Vniform” opened to the public at Birzeit University Museum on March 20. Created by Palestinian artist Omar Joseph
Originally published on Ma’an News Agency on Feb. 26, 2014. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A new law to create a separate “Christian” nationality for Palestinian citizens of Israel successfully passed through the
Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on February 16, 2014. In 1948, three-quarters of a million Palestinians were expelled or fled from their homes inside what is today Israel. Since
Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on February 11, 2014. Tucked behind the luxurious Intercontinental Hotel in the northern edges of Bethlehem sits the crowded Aida refugee camp. Reacting to
Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on January 3, 2014. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Lifta is a Palestinian village that was mostly destroyed in 1948. Today, its ruins lie in Jerusalem’s
Originally published on Ma’an News Agency on Dec. 13, 2013. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Gaza Strip was pounded by fierce winds and rain again on Friday as flooding reached dangerous levels
Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on December 4, 2013. A Bethlehem man was detained on Tuesday by Palestinian police for helping decorate a tree with used American-made tear gas