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Beer aficionados flock to Palestinian village of Taybeh for Oktoberfest
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: Taybeh, Oktoberfest 

A hilltop Palestinian village north of Ramallah was the unlikely site for an annual celebration of beer this past weekend.

Oktoberfest came to Taybeh, a Christian village in the West Bank that produces the only Palestinian beer, also called Taybeh.


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he festival was the village's fourth Oktoberfest, replete with a German brass band in traditional Bavarian dress, local performances and massive amounts of beer.


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      2.   Mark Lincoln and Geography 03:25  |  Kim 16/10/08
      3.   Good Beer 03:32  |  Dave 16/10/08
      4.   Taybeh Beer 03:56  |  Greg 16/10/08
      5.   Good beer and cheer 07:52  |  Ilan 16/10/08
      6.   Taybeh Beer is Really Good Beer 08:56  |  West Banker 16/10/08
      7.   We love Taybeh! 10:26  |  Stephanie 16/10/08
      8.   Taybeh Beer is Really Good Beer 12:00  |  Israeli 16/10/08
      9.   All this when DUBAI the bigfgest and most luxurious 12:33  |  Dagma 16/10/08
      10.   Taybeh for Beer .... and Dubai a `no-go` for Brits.... 12:53  |  Aussie 16/10/08
      11.   Best beer in the ME 13:00  |  Bud Wieser 16/10/08
      12.   Stephanie: Israelis do try it! 13:19  |  Shai 16/10/08
      13.   Heineken rules, okay? 15:30  |  Mark B. 16/10/08
      14.   Shai--my mistake and that is good news 16:28  |  Stephanie 16/10/08
      15.   Brilliant! 16:59  |  Outsider 16/10/08
      16.   Drink and be merry 17:33  |  Dan 16/10/08
      17.   Oktoberfest menu suggestion 20:03  |  David 16/10/08
      18.   Beer 20:14  |  Ben 16/10/08
      19.   make beer not war 22:50  |  Donnie 16/10/08
      20.   Taybeh could teach Goldstar... 00:19  |  Elianah 17/10/08
      21.   i wish i could have been there to help celebrate! (2nd try) 06:27  |  eric 17/10/08
      22.   Beer Lovers of the World Unite! 10:38  |  Michael J 17/10/08
      23.   Make Beer Not War 15:17  |  moe ham 17/10/08
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