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Early morning from my balcony
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Lamees tells about her time at TESOL 2012
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Access Ramallah students choose books at the end of the RELO's visit
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RELO with Access Ramallah
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My first glimpse of the Dome of the Rock
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Just north of the Damascus Gate
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May at Jesus of Bethlehem's door
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May, Ruth, and Jesus at Bethlehem University
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In the courtyard of the this lovely university
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The Church of the Nativity was built by Constantine and rebuilt by Justinian
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Thirty of the forty-four columns bear Crusader paintings
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Waiting to enter the grotto of the Church of the Nativity
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12th c mosaics once covered the walls of the entire nave
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The fascinating mural in the Ceasar Hotel -- Jesus, Paul and I loved it
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Original panels from the Al Aqsa mosque now in the Rockefeller Museum
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Stucco work from Hisham's Palace in Jericho... love the birds
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Language order when Palestine was under the British Mandate
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Model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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Rockefeller Museum interior is vaguely similar to the Alhambra
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Wing of Jerusalem's famous YMCA, built by the architect of the Empire State Building
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The Jerusalem YMCA bell tower has a carillon
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There are symbols from Islam, Christianity, and Judaism everywhere in the design
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From the terrace of the King David toward the old city
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The border between Israel and Jordan passed here
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Resting by the Crusader statue near the Jaffa Gate
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The Armenian Seminary
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Linden around the gate into the Armenian Seminary
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Hurva Square - the Cardo from the Byzantine city, the 14th c minaret of Sidna Omar, and a new synagogue
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Tourists cause a traffic jam in old Jerusalem
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Inside the Damascus Gate
