Slideshow: The Village / Taybeh, West Bank

Sunday, April 16, 2006

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Multimedia presentation by
Martha Rial
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Taybeh is the last all-Christian village on the West Bank.

The 4th-century Saint George Greek Orthodox Church there lies in ruins. Recently, members of 14 extended families were forced to flee from their homes after a dispute with a nearby Muslim community flared into the arson of seven homes.

So it is no surprise that Christians with the means to leave have scattered to places like Finland, Sweden, Jordan and the United States.

Ihab Fakir, 22, is moving to Miamai, Fla. "I can't stay any longer," he said. "There's no good future."