Tiberias: Whispers of a Vanished Past

In the heart of a city where history still whispers through the streets, an old mosque stands as a quiet sentinel of the past. Its columns, worn and weathered by the passage of time, and its arched walls filled with tales of a once-vibrant community, are the last remaining traces of the Palestinian presence in Tiberias.

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We did a deep dive into this upcoming episode of our This Is Not a Watermelon podcast with the author of "An Impossible Friendship: Group Portrait, Jerusalem Before and After 1948," professor Sonja Mejcher-Atassi.

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