The baby Jesus’s cradle is draped in a traditional Palestinian Keffiyeh, with other elements ... were handmade from a single olive tree by Peter Khano. The practice of olive wood carving is ...
ALBAWABA - In St. Peter's Square, the Vatican unveiled their 2024 Nativity scene, which featured Baby Jesus wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh as ... figure was made from olive wood, a major ...
Listen ROME – In the wake of global controversy over a Nativity scene displayed at the Vatican showing the infant Jesus resting upon a Palestinian keffiyeh ... crafted from olive trees in ...
According to Momigliano, representing Jesus with the keffiyeh «is another ... accompanied the Palestinian delegation on December 7th to present the olive wood nativity scene gift from Bethlehem ...
This year, the Pope sent a strong message to Israel, by displaying a baby Jesus wrapped in a Palestinian keffiyeh, Vatican News reports as ... The Holy Family figures are carved from olive wood, ...
The keffiyeh, a black and white scarf ... and the olive leaves represent olive trees, a staple of many homes in Palestine. This year’s nativity was designed by two artists from Bethlehem ...
The pontiff declared "Enough wars, enough violence!" while presenting a scene by two Palestinian artists near the Vatican on Saturday.
“The keffiyeh was added at the last minute ... Jesus with Mary and Joseph were handmade from a single olive tree using typical Palestinian carving techniques. The star hanging above the nativity ...
The embattled West Bank hill town of Bethlehem faces a second cold Christmas as Palestinian Christians leave, and tourists ...
Amid the Israel-Hamas war, the black-and-white checkered keffiyeh has become a symbol for the Palestinian cause ... especially olive wood and mother-of-pearl. The round, almost 10-foot-high ...
The keffiyeh controversy deepened after Israel’s Minister for Diaspora Affairs, Amichai Chikli, wrote a strongly-worded ...