The Jewish Quarter of Saïda: Intertwined Displacements and Memories of Absence in a Southern Lebanese City Editor’s Note: This is the fourth entry in our theme for the month of May: Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean by Molly Oringer “The rabbis prayed here, in Saïda’s synagogue,” recalled Basma, a Palestinian woman in her mid-thirties. It was early 2020, and we stood gathering in a courtyard typical of the medieval neighborhood, Ḥarat [...]
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Tropical Fruit Tree Fanatic Grows 3000+ Trees in Florida Home Orchard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsyWL1OHXhU

The Center at the Edge: The Beach in Mid-Century Alexandria by Alexandra Camille Schultz Introduction: From Edge to Center[1] In the early twentieth century, more people began to spend organized leisure time at the beach, including in Egypt. Indeed, by the end of World War II, the Mediterranean beach at Alexandria was central to the city’s identity. Especially for Cairenes (residents of Cairo) and regional [...]
https://themetropole.blog/2024..../05/16/the-center-at

Urban Huts, Sickness, and Mobility: Finding Immigrants in Haifa and Jaffa in the 1930s and 1940s Editor’s note: This is the second post in our theme for May, Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean. by Lauren Banko Public health officers in Palestine could not find Adam Mohammad, a man diagnosed with leprosy. As it did with others in Palestine with the same diagnosis, the department of health wished to monitor Mohammad’s condition. [...]
https://themetropole.blog/2024..../05/13/urban-huts-si

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