Conference One

Introduction to the living Jerusalem Project, Culture and communities

Amy focused when she talked about Jerusalem that Jerusalem as a home of three religions, the Muslim and Christian and the Jews religion. And the Jews believe that they have a culture inside Jerusalem such as Palestinian Muslim and Christian.
She shows that there is similarity of some traditions between the Palestinian Arab and the Jews like the party of Henna before the wedding day in the Arab culture, either with the Jews, and the closing days of holiday days such Saturday and Fridays.
Saud Amiry spokes about the occupation divided sides in Palestine the west side and the east side. And she talked about the difficulty for the peasants to reach Jerusalem which they came from different villages to sell their field from vegetables and fruits when they suffer a lot just to sell it in Damascus gate in Jerusalem.
Jerusalem has a historical value, that’s why Israeli policy control on it and trying to change the demographic population of the city by building a new style of buildings inside the old city and the settlements around the city.
The culture effects on everyone in his behavior and in building his house, dealing with the people living around him and in every part of the individual life.