A nearly completed gypsum window sits at the center of the workshop beside al-Aqsa mosque, the third holiest site in Islam (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Walking around Jerusalem’s ...

JERUSALEM — At 7 a.m. every weekday, the large green doors of the mosque at the Al-Aqsa compound, usually wide open, close with a bang as Palestinian worshippers shutter themselves inside. Israeli ...

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JERUSALEM – The Muslim holy month of Ramadan arrived Monday with no news of a cease-fire in Gaza, raising further concerns about tensions spreading to Jerusalem, where the Al-Aqsa mosque sits at the ...

Muslim access to the mosque compound has long been a point of contention as Israel has exerted tighter control. By Raja Abdulrahim Reporting from Jerusalem’s Old City As the sermon about the Muslim ...

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