Coexistence Walks
Guided tours of Haifa

Beit-Hagefen, the Arab Jewish Centre in Haifa, is conducting guided tours to promote acquaintance with the human and cultural mosaic of Haifa. The tours include the coexistence walks in Wadi Nisnas as well as additional unique sites in the city.
Educational messages of peace, pluralism, tolerance, cooperation, neighborliness and joint hope for a better future, are conveyed through the tours .

The tours are conducted by Beit-Hagefen guides in Hebrew, Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Russian and other languages. These tours take place everyday of the week during .morning, afternoon and evening hours.

 Gathering at Beit-Hagefen
Reception and introduction on Beit Hagefen and its activities, review of the city of Haifa and the relationship between Jews and Arabs, good neighbourly relations and coexistence among religions, communities and residents

Coexistence walks in Wadi Nisnas
Each year Beit-Hagefen produces and organizes the Holiday of Holidays Festival – Hanukah- Christmas-Ramadan - focusing on guided tours of art galleries and alleys of the Wadi Nisnas neighborhood.
The Art Works route includes works of art by dozens of Jewish and Arab artists, from all over the country, exhibiting installations, paintings, stone and iron sculptures, murals and digital prints. The theme of the art works route changes each year, some previous examples include: “Matrimony”, “Mediterranean”, “Utopia” and “Play-Ground”.
In 2005-2006, “Black Coffee” is the theme of this route.
The Poetry Path route includes poetry excerpts by Arab and Jewish poets, translated into both Hebrew and Arabic, printed on plaques and exhibited along the route connecting the German Colony to the Wadi Nisnas neighborhood. In 2005 – 2006 the theme of the Poetry Path is“Such People” and the walk is named after Ehud Manor.
Additional walks: Sami Michael, Emil Habibi and Hanna Abu Hanna.
During the tour the visitors will experience the unique human aspect of the Wadi: residents, merchants, a colorful Middle Eastern market and food, coffee houses and restaurants etc. This modular tour fits all age groups and lasts approximately two hours

Additional sites
Baha'i Gardens: Participants have the choice of going down the steps of these gardens in either the upper terrace tour or the lower terrace tour. Each tour includes a comprehensive explanation of the gardens, the Baha'i institutions and the Baha’i Faith.
Stella Maris Monastery, the Cave of Prophet Elijah, the Achmadim Mosque,
the German Colony, downtown Haifa as well as old Haifa - are also additional sites
 

    For further details
Beit Hagefen, 2 Hagefen St. P.O.B. 9421, Haifa 35662
Tel. 04-8525252   Fax. 04-8529166     E-mail:  bhagefen@netvision.net.il 

  Coexistence Walks in Haifa