The Times Record · 6 January 1915
CP-1915-008
Ancient Customs Which Still Prevail in Villages of Palestine
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ANCIENT CUSTOMS 169 171 Which Still Prevail in Villages of :60 Palestine 123 241 The latest land to have been brought within the rapidly expanded 264 war area is that thin strip upon the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Agt.
136 Sea, the Holy Land, sacred to the be- 219 lievers of three world-religions, 252- Christians, Jews and Moslems, and 153 plea ground wherein were cradled ideals 248 which have made almost all civiliza- tion tributary.
It is a bridge be- CAVE 208 tween the Moslem power in Asia Mi- my nor and the Moslem power in Egypt, • and so assumes strategic importance in the war of the nations. Yet the Holy Land is a land embalmed in the igh spirit and customs of 3,000 years description of ago, according to a A village life there as prepared by John nd- D.
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"Ancient Customs Which Still Prevail in Villages of Palestine," The Times Record, 6 January 1915. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1915-008. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1915-008
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