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New York Times: Reem Kassis takes a food tour of the Muslim quarter.

There is perhaps no other city in the world where you can hear three languages spoken by the locals to a soundtrack of church bells, the voice of the muzzein, and the chatter of tourists from every corner of the globe. But Jerusalem, where I grew up in a Palestinian family, is also two universes within each other: one inhabited by its residents, another reserved for those briefly passing through its arched alleyways.

A local provides a throw-away-the-map food tour of the Muslim quarter, offering a window into the city that tourists rarely see.