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Conflict brewing: Palestinian beer defies Middle East strife
Yahoo NZ ^ | 10-12-08

Posted on 10/16/2008 4:42:13 AM PDT by Renfield

TAYBEH, West Bank (AFP) - Some Palestinians have taken up arms and others attend peace talks in their decades-long struggle, but Nadim Khoury has found a third route to statehood -- the brewing of delicious local beer.

The 49-year-old returned to his native West Bank village of Taybeh from the United States in 1994 with the unusual and ambitious idea of distilling the dream of Palestinian independence into a smooth, full-bodied golden lager....

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: arabs; beer; microbrewery; palestine

1 posted on 10/16/2008 4:42:14 AM PDT by Renfield
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To: Renfield

I hope he has time to enjoy a few of his brews before his Jihadi bros off him for being an apostate.


2 posted on 10/16/2008 4:45:29 AM PDT by Ronin
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To: Renfield

What a thoughtful thing for him to do.

To be considered a real state, a country needs its own airline, and its own beer, he’s bringing them halfway there.


3 posted on 10/16/2008 5:08:59 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("[Gov. Sarah Palin] is Phyllis Schlafly, only younger." -- Gloria Steinem)
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To: Renfield
Some nice Tavern owner in the Armenian Quarter treated me to a glass of this stuff back in August when I wandered into his place. It wasn't bad.

ML/NJ

4 posted on 10/16/2008 5:47:13 AM PDT by ml/nj
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