JBlogX

Hebron, occupied West Bank - Izzat Yasser Hirbawi, a balding 55-year-old man, stands smiling at the entrance to the Hirbawi Factory in Hebron, the only place in Palestine, its website proudly proclaims, that produces Palestinian keffiyehs. Three Hirbawi brothers, Izzat, Abdullah and Jouda, who now own and operate the factory, started working there as children, accompanying their father, Hajj Yasser, who had founded it in 1961. A merchant turned entrepreneur, Hajj Yasser began his career importing keffiyehs from Syria before deciding to start his own factory with two looms imported from Japan. [Read More]

Rabies causes Rabies is a viral disease that infects the central nervous system — the brain and the spinal cord — and can be fatal if it is not treated promptly. The disease is spread by bites from infected animals such as dogs, cats, bats, foxes, raccoons, skunks, wolves, monkeys and mongooses. The rabies virus is found in the saliva of infected animals and most rabies cases develop from bites or scratches from wild animals that break the skin. [Read More]