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Nidaa Khoury
Nidaa Khoury (Arabic: نداء خوري; Hebrew: נידאא ח'ורי) is a lecturer at Ben-Gurion University in the Department of Hebrew literature. She is also the first Arab-Israeli poet to be included within the literature Bagrut curriculum in Israel. Personal life Nidaa Khoury was born in Fassuta, Upper Galilee, to a family originating in Aleppo, the third-born of four siblings. Her father worked in the textile industry. When she was 14, Khoury was sent to Saint Joseph Internal School for Girls in Nazareth. She married at age 17, when she had to leave school, and had four children. "Nidaa" is a pen name meaning, "a voice calls". Khoury worked at Mercantile Discount Bank for nine years, after which she embarked on her academic path, wherein she studied advertising and public relations at Haifa University (1994). She studied fine arts administration and got certified as a community center director, also at Haifa University (1996). She earned a Bachelor's degree in philosoph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fassuta
Fassouta ( ar, فسوطة, he, פַסּוּטָה ) is a local council on the northwestern slopes of Mount Meron in the Northern District of Israel, south of the Lebanese border. In it had a population of , nearly all of whom are Melkite Christians. History There have been several archaeological excavation at Fassuta, which reveal settlement from the Early Bronze Age, through the Iron Age, Hellenistic and the Mamluk eras. From approximately 70 CE to 450 CE, Fassuta was the site of a Jewish settlement known as ''Mafsheta''. It was home to a synagogue. In the Crusader era Fassuta was known as ''Fassove''. In 1183 it was noted that '' Godfrey de Tor'' sold the land of the village to Joscelin III.Strehlke, 1869, pp1516, No. 16; cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, p125 No. 624; cited in Frankel, 1988, pp. 257, 264 In 1220 Jocelyn III's daughter Beatrix de Courtenay and her husband Otto von Botenlauben, Count of Henneberg, sold their land, including ''Fassove'', to the Teutonic Knig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
