Study in Qira
9:45 We met Nadim at the Rosh Ha'ayin train station.
There were no events to report upon entering Qira
10:15 Arrived to the Moadon. The ladies were late. All school children were out of school in an act of support of the talks in Washington of Abu Mazen with President Obama.
On the way to Qira, many teenaged boys waved hello and said "Shalom"
10:30 We met the women in front of the Moadon. The directors, N and N couldn't find the key so we were invited to the house of one of the ladies who lives across from the Moadon. After awhile when we realized that we wouldn't be teaching in the Moadon, Sally Ann taught movement while we were all seated. As usual, everyone co-operated and were enthusiastic and laughing during the lesson. At the end of the formal movement, Sally introduced the game of musical chairs.
8-9 adults and 4 teenaged girls (who we know from their previous visits to the moadon) participated today.
11:30 Harriet gave a short English lesson. The ladies were given art picture books and asked to pick out a picture they liked. They explained why they liked it; what colors, objects and mood it had. To some it was a first time seeing works of various artists. Others were familiar with Toulouse Lautrec, and Egyptian art. Except
for a few, It was hard for them to speak although they know how to read.
11:50 Harriet helped two of the teenagers read their school story. One could read very well, but also found it hard to speak.
12:00 We left Qira and returned through Kifl Harith.
At the junction of Harrith, at the light, a large Army jeep was stationed on the hill and a soldier was outside viewing the passers-by.
12:40 Return to Rosh Ha'ayin Train station.
Kifl Harith
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Kifl Harith
This is a Palestinian located north-west of the settler-colony town of Ariel, 18 kilometers south of the city of Nablus. It numbers 3, 206 inhabitants, as of 2007. 42% of the village lands lie in Area B, and 58% in Area C. In 1978, some hundreds of dunams of the village’s farmland was sequestered in order to found the settler-colony of Ariel – in total 5,184 dunams from the Palestinian communities of Salfit, Iscaqa, Marda, and Kifl Harith. Dozens of square kilometers were also confiscated for paving road no. 5 as well as road 505 and their buffer zones, and the Israeli electricity company’s power station. Over the years the village has suffered harassment by sometimes-armed settler-colonists, even casualties. In 1968 the army’s rabbinate ruled the maqam site Nabi Yanoun (sanctified grave of the Prophet Yanoun) is in fact the tomb of Joshua, Son of Nun. Another structure in the village, named Nabi Tul Kifl by the Palestinians, has been identified by the Israeli authorities as to the tomb of Caleb, Son of Yefuneh. These sites are located in the heart of the village, near the mosque, and at times of Jewish religious festivities and pilgrimages, the center of the village is illuminated by projectors and thousands of Jews arrive, protected by hundreds of Israeli soldiers. During such a period, a night curfew is imposed on the village and the villagers are forced to stay shut inside their homes.
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Qira
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Qira
This village is located in the Salfit district of the northern West Bank, 19 kilometers south-west of Nablus. The village population numbered 1,387 as of 2016. 97.6% of the village lands are categorized as Area B, whereas the 2.3% remaining are in Area C. The Separation Fence erected around the settler-colony city of Ariel separates Qira from its local town Salfit, and necessitates a detour of about 20 kilometers.
In 2010-2015, the women’s center in the village held meetings and workshops shared by the village women and children with members of MachsomWatch.
For further information: http://vprofile.arij.org/salfit/pdfs/vprofile/Qira_vp_en.pdf
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