Words Worth Noting - October 29, 2026

“Starting in Galilee in the 1730s, a Bedouin sheikh, Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani, carved out a norther fiefdom, which he ruled from Acre, its Crusader ruins rebuilt as his palace, the effective capital for the next century. It was the only time, except short-lived rebellions, when a native Palestinian Arab ruled an extended part of the Holy Land.”

Simon Sebag Montefiore Jerusalem: The Biography A History of the Middle East