STORY: The man behind the beard is Issa Kassissieh, a Palestinian Christian, who has in recent years distributed joy and trees, provided by the municipality, in a city sacred to Jews, Muslims and ...
Every year on the feast of St. Nicholas, Issa Anis Kassisieh dons a red suit, black boots, and a thick white beard. He mounts a camel in the outskirts of Jerusalem and rides into the streets of the ...