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Stories by Paul Willaims

What is the Passover? Part I - The Bible story

Published:Thursday | May 24, 2018 | 12:00 AMPaul Willaims

Every April Jews all over the world observe and celebrate Passover, one of the most important religious festivals on the Jewish calendar. This celebration, the research has shown, has been going on since about 1300 BC, and it includes the Feast of...

The story of the Quakers Part III | Slavery and abolition

Published:Thursday | April 13, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Willaims

To escape persecution in Britain, many Quakers fled to the Caribbean and North America where the movement spread despite initially persecution. Some became wealthy businessmen and influential politicians. Dissention, and...

The Israeli Palestinian Conflict Part II – Israeli homeland created

Published:Thursday | November 17, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Willaims

In the late 19th century, the Jews who had fled to Russia and other places in Europe began to return to Palestine. They bought lands and established communities. Some of them, known as Zionites. dreamed of establishing a modern Jewish state in the...

Dolls of her own | Blondel Atwater creates unique representations of 'us'

Published:Thursday | September 15, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Willaims

When Blondel Atwater was a little girl, she would get into fights with her peers because they taunted her for not having a father in her life. To prevent the fuss and the fights, her single, unmarried mother told her to play by herself, and created...

The reverie of Holywell

Published:Friday | September 2, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Willaims

Moisture-laden cool breezes circulate the refreshing scent of pine. Inhale.Birds chirp, and flowers bloom. Trees bear strange fruits. Skies are blue, cotton candy clouds white. The greenery is invigorating, and nature is...

Infusing life in clay

Published:Friday | August 19, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Willaims

For centuries, artisans have been making figurines - those artistic objects that are used as accent pieces or put on show for ostentatious reasons. They range from the crude to the modest to the gaudy to the exquisite, and are made...

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