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Farewell Jerusalem | Earlham to Amman
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Amman, where internet is not free. July 6, 2010 by Andrew Brennan. View of Old City Jerusalem from the Mt. of Olives. Today, on our trip to Amman, we’ll stop at the ancient Greco-Roman ruins in Jerash after we cross the checkpoints at the King Hussein Bridge. Olive grove in the Garden of Gethsemane. Above the market just inside Damascus Gate. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Marc Lynch (Foreign Policy).
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Ramallah | Earlham to Amman
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Laquo; Day Trip: Masada, Qumran, and Jericho. July 5, 2010 by Andrew Brennan. The central square in Ramallah. Last week the group spent three days in Ramallah to visit Birzeit University, the Ramallah Friends School, the Ramallah Friends Meetinghouse, and to meet with Earlham alumni living in Ramallah. Thanks to Charmaine Seitz (a local journalist and Earlham Alum) who organized and coordinated many of our activities in Ramallah. Charmaine helped to start bitter lemons. And currently blogs here. Travelli...
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Music | Earlham to Amman
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Here are some YouTube links to some musicians in the region, just to whet your appetite:. The beloved muwashshah (a traditional song form) “Lamma bada yatathanna” sung by Syrian-Armenian singer Lena Chamamyan, in an arrangement which provides a good example of the relatively fusion of Western accompaniment textures (strings, piano) with more traditional singing and percussion:. Http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? The Jordanian rock band Jadal, singing their big hit “Salma”:. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Fill in...
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Our first encounter with checkpoints | Earlham to Amman
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Laquo; Journey to Yad Vashem. Day Trip: Masada, Qumran, and Jericho. Our first encounter with checkpoints. June 26, 2010 by Andrew Brennan. The separation wall near a check point just outside of Jerusalem. After a wonderful day in Ramallah (more on that later), we experienced our first checkpoint delay on our way back to Jerusalem. A drive that took 20 minutes from Jerusalem to Ramallah neared two hours on our return from Ramallah to Jerusalem. On June 27, 2010 at 2:12 AM. On June 27, 2010 at 4:21 AM.
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Day Trip: Masada, Qumran, and Jericho | Earlham to Amman
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Laquo; Our first encounter with checkpoints. Day Trip: Masada, Qumran, and Jericho. June 29, 2010 by Andrew Brennan. On Saturday we traveled along the Dead Sea to sites at Masada and Qumran, and ended our long day with a quick drive through Jericho. The Dead Sea and the mountains of the Jordan Rift Valley. The cable car we took up to the mountaintop settlement. To the right of the car is one of four Roman camps established for the siege. The caves of Qumran. On July 3, 2010 at 3:31 PM. You are commenting...
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Journey to Yad Vashem | Earlham to Amman
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Laquo; Another busy day…. Our first encounter with checkpoints. Journey to Yad Vashem. June 25, 2010 by Andrew Brennan. Not lost, but not in the right place. A walkway cutting through the history musuem at Yad Vashem. The entrance to the history museum, hanging over the road below. The history museum at Yad Vashem is designed as a long prism-like triangular structure – you enter at one end of the building and zig-zag back and forth through the exhibits as you progress (as seen here. You are commenting us...
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Earlham to Amman | Page 2
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Off to Tel Aviv and Jaffa for the day. June 24, 2010 by Andrew Brennan. Updates on yesterday’s Armenian Quarter of the Old City, a journey to Yad Vashem, and our fascination with mint lemonade when we return. Yitzhak Reiter and Hebrew University. June 23, 2010 by Andrew Brennan. Of which he is a member. The view from The Rothberg Amphitheater at Hebrew University. Ihna Zurna Gami’at Al-Quds oo The Educational Bookshop. June 21, 2010 by Andrew Brennan. Occupation 101: Voices of the Silenced Majority.
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Andrew Brennan | Earlham to Amman
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Https:/ earlhamtoamman.wordpress.com. Secondary English and Social Studies Teacher. Posts by Andrew Brennan:. July 7, 2010. Amman, where internet is not free. July 6, 2010. July 5, 2010. June 29, 2010. Day Trip: Masada, Qumran, and Jericho. June 26, 2010. Our first encounter with checkpoints. June 25, 2010. Journey to Yad Vashem. June 24, 2010. Another busy day…. Older Posts ». Babylon and Beyond (LA Times). Marc Lynch (Foreign Policy). Michael J. Totten. Murf Notes (Eric Murphy). The Middle East Blog.
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Another busy day… | Earlham to Amman
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Laquo; Off to Tel Aviv and Jaffa for the day. Journey to Yad Vashem. Another busy day…. June 24, 2010 by Andrew Brennan. And so the updates promised will (hopefully) come tomorrow – after we return from an early morning trip to Masada, Qumran, and Jericho. Here are some photos from today’s visit to Tel Aviv. View of Tel Aviv from Jaffa Port. Amphitheater facing the Mediterranean in Old City Jaffa. High-rise apartment building in Tel Aviv. Beach along the Mediterranean Sea in Tel Aviv. Posted in sun block.
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