Stories from Palestine

About Stories from Palestine

As a tour guide in Jerusalem, I have developed many tours with different themes, that take you all around the city and sometimes we travel further out to other interesting historical places. If you have an interest in the history of Jerusalem, then you should definitely enjoy these stories and hopefully you will join one or more tours with me in the future! E-mail: kristelguide@gmail.com

Publisher

Kristel

Category

history · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Aug 2020

Latest episode

20 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 125 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   20 Apr 2026

   Nine Quarters of Jerusalem

   Based on Matthew Teller's book "Nine Quarters of Jerusalem" I developed a tour in the old city of Jerusalem that introduces the visitor to the different cultural, social and religious communities that are part of the social fabric of the city. In April 2025 Matthew was visiting Jerusalem and we did the tour with a group of expats and diplomats. I recorded the tour and edited the recording into this lively episode that makes you feel you are walking with us in the streets of Jerusalem. You can...

2. 

   7 Apr 2026

   Ceremony of the Holy Fire in the Holy Sepulcher church in Jerusalem

   Every year the Greek-Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem enters Christ's tomb in the Holy Sepulcher church in Jerusalem with no way to start a fire, prays, and fire miraculously appears which is then distributed to the faithful. For a brief time this fire does not burn. In this episode I talk with Ghassan Kattoua, who has joined the Holy Fire ceremony every year since he was a child. His family is one of the thirteen families who has the right to carry the banners in the Holy Sepulcher on Holy Sa...

3. 

   7 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Women of Jerusalem

   For International Women's Day, today on the 8th of March, I prepared a tour in the old city of Jerusalem, that takes you through the history of Jerusalem with women as the main characters! Unfortunately the old city is closed to visitors due to the war with Iran and the tour is canceled. I decided to record some of the stories of these important historical women and share this episode with you on International Women's Day. This virtual guided journey through Jerusalem highlights t...

Inside a recent episode

Women of Jerusalem

Published 7 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And when Baldwin, her husband, was captured by Muslim forces, she personally organized the negotiations for his release. She acted as a strategist and she chose to be buried at the tomb of the Virgin Mary. Her daughter, Melisande, was crowned As a queen in 1131, not as a concert, but as a ruling monarch. […]

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YouTube views

43,471

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

39 ratings

Spotify

3.8 / 5

98 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100

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Quality

69

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

66

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