Things I've learn't in the Holy Land: It's best not to wear a hat if you don't want people to think you're in someone else's religion. Wearing a beard can be a disadvantage for the same reason. Only the children and young people laugh, in public anyway. Most people wear black, they could do with wearing some rainbow colours to cheer them up. Robbing is not always against the law. It's good to learn how to say hello in Arabic if you don't want to appear rude. People at home may think that Palestinians are all Muslims and dodgy, but they're not they're allsorts and they're generally just like us - and we're only a little bit dodgy, They call themselves Palestinians because where they live used to be called that by everyone. The Holy Land has a lot of rubbish lying around in it. The people here don't know what cold weather is.
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AuthorCommunity Priest at St Barnabas Church on the Moss Rose Estate, in Macclesfield Archives
September 2015
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