Sumud – Keeping the community alive
by Rania Murra and Toine van Teeffelen Arab Education Institute In late October, a group of 30 local young women launched the “Artas Deserves to Be Beautiful” advocacy campaign in […]
Tag Archives: Toine van Teeffelen
Spring days in Bethlehem
by Toine Van Teeffelen, Arab Educational Institute The taxi driver is obviously nervous and suddenly brakes when a car passes by he doesn’t see. Throughout the journey he keeps talking. […]
Ancient time, ordinary time, disrupted time
by Toine Van Teeffelen Arab Educational Institute During a quiet morning a few weeks ago, I waited for a mass by Armenian priests in the Nativity Grotto to end. Together […]
Knife into society
by Toine van Teeffelen Arab Educational Institute, Bethlehem This Tuesday the mayor of Bethlehem, Anton Salman, was attacked with a knife. He got a deep wound in his right cheek that […]
Trump’s deep bow to Israel
by Toine van Teeffelen Arab Educational Institute, Bethlehem The main arguments against Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel now used in the media are practical, tactical ones. […]
Fine-grained: Bus from Bethlehem to Jerusalem
by Toine van Teeffelen Arab Educational Institute, Bethlehem This Sunday I took the Palestinian bus from Bethlehem to Jerusalem over the bridge and through the tunnels, along the new road […]
50 years of occupation: Enough is enough!
by Toine van Teeffelen Arab Educational Institute, Bethlehem U.S. President Donald Trump, labeled the ‘most mocked man in the world’, burst out in anger during his Bethlehem meeting with Mahmoud […]
Presence, or, a star is born
by Toine van Teeffelen Arab Educational Institute, Bethlehem On Saturday, March 4th, Ya’coub Shaheen was cheerfully welcomed in Bethlehem and Ramallah. After his performance in Arab Idol in Beirut, he […]
