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Amidst the scarcity of copies of the Quran, the destruction of printing presses and the ban on the entry of the Holy Book, Mr Jamil Miqdad continues his initiative to restore and collect copies of the Quran from under the rubble of bombed houses and destroyed mosques in the Al-Shati refugee camp and the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in #Gaza. #Photo.
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The Za’atar Coffee Shop was located at the first entrance to Damascus Gate on the right. It closed in the 1970s and no longer operates as a coffee shop today, but it remains immortalized in Palestinian memory through the famous play “Za’atar Coffee Shop” by the Jerusalemite artist Hussam Abu Aisha.
The sketch was by Shihab Qawasmi taken from the book in Arabic “Old Professions in Palestine and the Arab World” Chapter on Service Professions Related to Food and Drink. For more on coffee shops and their role in the Jerusalemite cultural scene, see the link by Professor Malek Zabalh.
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Al Haj Abu Fahmi Taqash. He is a seller outside the Damascus Gate leading into the Al Aqsa Mosque
