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The Bradt travel guide series have just brought out an excellent updated guide to Palestine:
ISBN-13 978 1 84162 367 2 ./////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Seasoned traveller, Michael Palin has praised the Bradt series as being “expertly written and longer on detail than any other” travel guides. Publisher Adrian Phillips believes deeply that tourism helps ordinary communities- “the real people”- behind the headlines./////////////////////////////
Author of the Palestine guide is Sarah Irving, former guest of Radio Ramadan Edinburgh's “Talking Heads” programme in 2009. The excellent style of Bradt publications and Sarah Irving's special insight combine perfectly to produce an engaging read and memorable account of “the real people” of Palestine./////////////////////////////////////////////////
“Background information” includes the history of Palestine from the Canaanites to the present day and enlightening facts:
“The whole of Gaza, the West Bank and Israel (cover) 25,900km˛. In comparison, Wales is 20,700km˛ and New York State 116,000km˛.”////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
The text is peppered with grey boxes with additional information including website links and addresses/phone numbers while all diagrams of sites and maps are clear and legible in grey tones.////////////////////////////////////////////////
After “Practical Information”, which includes “How to get there” to “How to treat a snake bite” from the rare venomous snake of the southern desert areas, there are 8 chapters dedicated to specific areas:
Jerusalem, Jericho, Bethlehem-Beit Sahour-Beit Jala, Hebron, Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin, and Gaza.///////////////////////////////////////////
The latter includes a “Volunteering” section and is followed by a section on the:
“Palestinian Communities in Israel/Palestinians of '48”
Those seeking local culture can get details of where to find energetic reggae and dub outfit, “Toot Ard” or “DAM” the successful hip hop band and their top hit “Meen Irhabi?” (Who's the Terrorist?)///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Sarah Irving writes:
“In 2000, Bradt published the only mainstream travel guide to Palestine...it acquired a semi-mythical status....I returned repeatedly (to Palestine) over the next decade, learning to love the landscape, culture and sumoud (steadfastness) of the Palestinian people...When Bradt came to me with the opportunity to work on this guide and encourage people to experience Palestine as a destination, how could I say no?”////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
The result is a wonderful account celebrating the life and culture of a people we must never allow ourselves to forget.//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Sarah was on “Talking Heads” in 2009 with Sharyn Locke discussing “Gaza Beneath the Bombs” which they wrote together. Sarah is currently working on a book on activist Leila Khaled.
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BEAVERS- Age 6 to 8 /////////////////
CUBS - Age 8 to 10 //////////////////////////
SCOUTS - Age 10 to 14 ////////////
ADULT LEADERS ( Male & Female) Age 18+ /////////////////////////////////////////////
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