es-sikh

Updated: August 6, 2026

The houses are spread out over a wider area than is usual in the East, covering three sides of a gentle depression high on the side of the Jebel es-Sikh, and creeping up the hill-slopes as if to seek a larger view and a purer air. Some of them have gardens, fair white walls, red-tiled roofs, balconies of stone or wrought iron.

Henry Van Dyke - Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land: Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit