Crossing Divides: The hostel promoting tourism to ease Israel's tensions
These are external links and will open in a new window/ In 2005, a hostel in the old city of Nazareth opened its doors amid a swirl of rumour, gossip and accusations. The 60-bed dwelling, in a 200-year-old Arab mansion, was run by an unlikely pair: an Israeli Arab woman and an Israeli Jewish man. But not only was the partnership against the odds, Fauzi Azar Inn opened in an area that had been abandoned by even its own residents. The winding cobbled alleyways were home to graffitied doors, shuttered shops, and drug dealers. "When I first ...
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