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The heritage of Bethlehem interests me. The Christian places, because they're really old. And maybe some of the old houses, in the old city of Bethlehem, and Beit Jala, and Beit Sahour. But most people, they live in new houses, and they try to be modern. But they don't know how beautiful it is to live in a house that has a history. It’s much warmer, to be connected more with the culture. This is the real heritage for me. Because ‘home’ [is where] memories are made – so [those places] speak to that part. So it becomes heritage in a way. If you travel, maybe your camera is your heritage. But in general, I'm not that experienced with the heritage places.

I think the Nativity Church is one of them. It's like a Palestinian heritage. It's not Christian heritage, or Muslim. No, it's real Palestinian heritage. Because you can say that Jesus Christ was a Palestinian: he was born here, he lived here. Yeah, it's a national heritage. Even if we don't stick to the religious part. Because if we look to the architecture, it's come from the Romans. [The site] has been developed: it was a market before, and it's become a holy place. I think in the old days, it was a big market. So it’s had really huge time with different people, with different cultural backgrounds, and so on and so on and so on. So I think it has this heritage aspect. – Ibrahim H.

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