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Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada, 1 October 2005
There's a first time for everything, and this weekend it was Palestine's first Octoberfest-styled beer festival, held in Taybeh village. Excited local boy scouts and townspeople mixed with foreigners who had made the pilgrimage to the Biblical city of Ephraim, and the entertainment was geared towards all parties - children's performances, live music, and, of course, Taybeh beer.
Taybeh's second claim to fame, apart from its visit by Jesus before he traveled to Jerusalem, is its brewery - the only one in Palestine, and one of only a handful in the Arab Middle East. Taybeh's owner Nadim Khoury opened the brewery after being away from Palestine for some 25 years. After the Oslo Accords were signed, like many other Palestinians living abroad, he returned to invest in his home country. And while the number of families supported by the brewery has dwindled from twelve to five, reflecting Palestine's larger economic collapse from the last several years of increased Israeli belligerency, the Taybeh brewery works to set an example for other Palestinian businesses.
By all accounts, it is so far a success. Because of the difficulties of exporting due to high Jordanian taxes and the Israeli occupation, its market is largely local. And it boasts about half of the market - and the competition is imported beer such as Heineken, rather than Israeli microbrews Maccabee and Gold Star. A member of the Khoury family, who gave visitors a tour of the factory, said that there is even a Tel Aviv restaurant that sells Taybeh as its house beer, but not with the Taybeh label, as it's a Palestinian product.
Though Palestine is 90 percent Muslim, Taybeh beer is popular, and is brewed and bottled twice a week at 5,000 bottles per hour. It is the first Palestinian product to be franchised in another country (Germany) - and it is also sold in the UK.
more: http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4219.shtml
well It could be off-topic but Im glad their enjoying themselves
as long as the zionazis dont ruin the party.
I also would like to add that both counrtys (even thoe 1 doesnt have the right to exist) are extremly childish in this whole conflict
see here:
Palastinen dude blows himself up=
Israel sends a Apache attack helo and kille 20 palatinens (sp)
and so on and on
btw taken from democraticmainsyream.com
There's a first time for everything, and this weekend it was Palestine's first Octoberfest-styled beer festival, held in Taybeh village. Excited local boy scouts and townspeople mixed with foreigners who had made the pilgrimage to the Biblical city of Ephraim, and the entertainment was geared towards all parties - children's performances, live music, and, of course, Taybeh beer.
Taybeh's second claim to fame, apart from its visit by Jesus before he traveled to Jerusalem, is its brewery - the only one in Palestine, and one of only a handful in the Arab Middle East. Taybeh's owner Nadim Khoury opened the brewery after being away from Palestine for some 25 years. After the Oslo Accords were signed, like many other Palestinians living abroad, he returned to invest in his home country. And while the number of families supported by the brewery has dwindled from twelve to five, reflecting Palestine's larger economic collapse from the last several years of increased Israeli belligerency, the Taybeh brewery works to set an example for other Palestinian businesses.
By all accounts, it is so far a success. Because of the difficulties of exporting due to high Jordanian taxes and the Israeli occupation, its market is largely local. And it boasts about half of the market - and the competition is imported beer such as Heineken, rather than Israeli microbrews Maccabee and Gold Star. A member of the Khoury family, who gave visitors a tour of the factory, said that there is even a Tel Aviv restaurant that sells Taybeh as its house beer, but not with the Taybeh label, as it's a Palestinian product.
Though Palestine is 90 percent Muslim, Taybeh beer is popular, and is brewed and bottled twice a week at 5,000 bottles per hour. It is the first Palestinian product to be franchised in another country (Germany) - and it is also sold in the UK.
more: http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4219.shtml
well It could be off-topic but Im glad their enjoying themselves
as long as the zionazis dont ruin the party.
I also would like to add that both counrtys (even thoe 1 doesnt have the right to exist) are extremly childish in this whole conflict
see here:
Palastinen dude blows himself up=
Israel sends a Apache attack helo and kille 20 palatinens (sp)
and so on and on
btw taken from democraticmainsyream.com
