Palestine’s countryside bears witness to the many cultures which have come to Palestine, some to stay and some to pass on.  The Sufi shrines, once at the center of village life, represent one such culture.  They were built as lodges for the wandering ascetics who came from the east in the 9^th and 10^thcenturies in search of meditation and brought Islam to the Palestine’s Central Highlands.  From the time of the Crusades to the end of the Ottoman Empire – a period of some 700 years – these shrines were part of a living tradition of folk religion and pilgrimage.  They were often built on the sites of the Byzantine churches, Roman garrisons or prehistoric caves, and often command magnificent views of the surrounding landscape .

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