Travel with Kids to Israel? The answer? “Ken!” A resounding “Yes!” Israel is a wonderful place for family travel. This is not a place to “shush” children, many of my friends living in Israel assured me. Kids get to be themselves, and families can feel free to enjoy all that Israel offers. For such a […]
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My 5-year-old wanted to learn to sew. We made these fun Bedouin weaving inspired bookmarks. The idea was to imitate the Saudi Arabian Sadu cloth more or less but the experience … priceless! Sadu cloth is the traditional craft of Saudi Arabia. It is brightly colored thick woven cloth with simple but bold patterns. The Sadu
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As you might imagine, being able to spend Christmas in Bethlehem is a very unique and special experience. In 1999, I found myself on Christmas Eve at the Church of the Nativity, along with thousands of other individuals, literally, from around the world. This is one of the many things that makes Christmas in Bethlehem
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Many people in the small Texan town where I grew up didn’t know much about Lebanese culture. I was learning about my identity as a Texan with Lebanese heritage, so I did little to educate them. My mother was Lebanese and was born in Texas. Our Lebanese family had lived in Texas for over a
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The United Arab Emirates or UAE, as it is commonly known, is a country in the Middle East. Dubai is its most popular ’emirate,’ but in all, UAE is made up of seven emirates. The term emirate comes from its rulers who are ’emirs.’ The country is united as one, and going from one emirate
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