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Abraham Path is a long-distance walking trail across the Middle East which connects the sites visited by the patriarch Abraham as recorded in ancient religious texts and traditions. The path begins in the north in Yuvacalı, Turkey, which is a village located north of the city of Urfa (natively: Şanlıurfa), and goes as far south as Beersheba in the Negev desert of Israel. Local partnership organizations and tour operators in the Middle East facilitate the travel of walkers on the path and there is now information available for the independent traveler, including maps, GPS tracks, and site descriptions. The Abraham Path currently extends across 1078 kilometers (about 670 miles) through four countries and the eventual path will traverse 5,000 kilometers (about 3,000 miles) through ten countries. People walk the trail, staying in homestays and sharing meals with local families in villages along the way. The trail passes through sites of Abrahamic history, varied landscapes, and a myriad of communities of different faiths and cultures, which reflect the rich diversity of the Middle East: from Kurdish , Muslim , Jewish , Christian , Alevi , Bedouin , Fellahin , Samaritan , etc. The story of Abraham is about a man from the Bronze Age who travels throughout the Fertile Crescent and into the desert of the Arabian peninsula.1
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The Abraham Path is a cultural route connecting the storied places associated with Abraham’s ancient journey.Story, walking and hospitality are the cultural route’s central themes.The path focusses on the diverse communities living in the region that share a common heritage in Abraham/Ibrahim as an ancestor and that may identify his story as an important component of their cultural DNA.The path also demonstrates the power of walking: giving people perspective and remembering their origins; it’s a way to connect with others.The path is also a symbol of hospitality and kindness toward perfect strangers.
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Cultural route The Abraham Path is a cultural route believed to have been the path of the patriarch Abraham 's ancient journey across the Ancient Near East .The path was established in 2007 as a pilgrims' way to mimic the historical believed route of Abraham, between his birthplace of Ur of the Chaldees , believed by some to have been Urfa, Turkey , and his final destination of the desert of Negev .Urfa pond "Abraham Path | a cultural route connecting the storied places associated with Abraham's ancient journey" .
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long-distance walking trail across the middle east which connects the sites visited by the patriarch abraham as
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cultural route believed to have been the path of the patriarch abraham 's ancient journey across the ancient ne
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