Every day my husband and I cross the military checkpoint to drive our children to school in Beit Jalla and to go to our Cafe and Bar in Bethlehem.  This time I am taking you with me on the ride for a virtual tour from Beit Safafa to Beit Jalla. We pass through the village, get on the route 60 into the Westbank and pass a settlement, the wall, a checkpoint and we have to make a detour because there is no exit to the Palestinian town. Yalla, jump in the car and explore with me the reality of living between the green line and the wall.

At the end of the episode you can learn, as usual, a few Arabic words from my children Louisa and Hadi.

The music in this podcast is by Zaid Hilal
 https://soundcloud.com/zaid-hilal

There is one short piece of music on the oud just before the Arabic lesson which is from my all time favorite piece called "Emm el Zeinat"  by Nizar Rohana
https://soundcloud.com/nizarrohana

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