Dressed as Santa, Kassissieh rode a camel along Jerusalem Old City walls and through Jaffa Gate, where he distributed Christmas trees provided by the municipality. Some people remain hopeful the new ...
Every year on the feast of St. Nicholas, Issa Anis Kassisieh dons a red suit, black boots, and a thick white beard. He mounts a camel in the outskirts of Jerusalem and rides into the streets of the ...
STORY: The man behind the beard is Issa Kassissieh, a Palestinian Christian, who has in recent years distributed joy and trees, provided by the municipality, in a city sacred to Jews, Muslims and ...