George N. Rishmawi has been appointed as the new Director of Public and International Relations for HLCS starting August of 2009.

George is replacing Ms. Suzan Sahouri who resigned in May.  Below is a letter from George Rishmawi:

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Dear friends and customers of the Holyland Handcraft Cooperative Society (HLCS),

I would like to take this opportunity to greet you all and thank you for doing business with HLCS, as this is very helpful for the community of Beit Sahour in particular and Bethlehem area in general.

ِAllow me to introduce myself first.  My name is George Rishmawi, the new Director of Public and International Relations at the HLCS.  I have recently started to work here replacing Ms. Suzan Sahouri who resigned last May.

Therefore, your official communication with HLCS will be through me using the official HLCS email address ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it )

The phone numbers and contact information remains the same, however, if you would like to reach me at my cell phone, you are welcome to contact me at 0599833888 if you are in the country, but if you are calling from outside the country, you need to dial +972599833888.

I will be very glad to deal with you all and I hope to stay in touch with you and to be at your service in order to develop our relation which will benefit both, you and HLCS.

With all due respect,

George Rishmawi