"The city of Jaffa in the books of European travelers during the nineteenth century"

Abstract

There are many negative impressions in the books of European travelers about the countries of the Levant and its cities, including the city of Jaffa in Palestine, especially those impressions that describe the scenes that travelers see at first glance, such as the appearances of cities and their social and environmental surroundings, villages and Bedouin communities from afar, during the first moments of their entry, and before Travelers' access to the corridors of public life and its ramifications, This is the product of the traveler’s personal starting points or the product of the complexities of the itinerary and the impressions of his companions. However, when interacting and interacting with public life, a great momentum was observed in what the travelers wrote about the vitality and activity of society, and the beauty of its general patterns, in terms of markets, architectural art, foods of various kinds, and women’s clothing. And mosques and life in churches and monasteries, and the diversity of the classes of society, the countryside and the desert, and what distinguishes men and women, their shapes, character, and external appearance.