Portal:Palestine/Did you know/9


 * ...that the Mosque of Omar (pictured) is Bethlehem's only mosque, named after the Caliph Omar ibn al-Khattab, who prayed at the location of the mosque?
 * ...that the name of the Palestinian village of Dayr Nakhkhas translates as "monastery of the cattle drover"?
 * ...that the tomb of a female saint in Sharafat, East Jerusalem, is venerated in the belief that she can render assistance in times of drought?

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 * 1) Recent additions/2008/January, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions/2009/November, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent additions/2010/March, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.