page_title: Abraham Path
section_title: Modern Reconstruction
hierarchical_section_title: Abraham Path / Modern Reconstruction
caption_attribution_description: Mar Saba Greek Orthodox Monastery located near Bethlehem (Beduin child);
context_page_description: The Abraham Path is a cultural route believed to have been the path of Islamic, Christian, and Jewish 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.
context_section_description: A reconstruction of the ancient path was created in 2007 by the Abraham Path Initiative, a registered 501c3 nonprofit organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, with a global network of partners. William Ury, negotiator and author of Getting to YES helped found the project at Harvard University's Program on Negotiation. Ury's TED Talk speaks about the beginnings of the path and the vision behind the Initiative. Ury says that every culture has an origin-story, and that the origin-story of the Middle East is about how a man and his family walked the Middle East about four thousand years ago. The Abraham Path Initiative is endorsed by the United Nations World Tourism Organization, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations  and other international partners . The initiative is a non-profit, non-religious and non-political organization, whose mission is to support local partners in developing the Abraham Path as:
  a catalyst for socioeconomic development and sustainable tourism.
  a place of meeting and connection between people from the Middle East and people around the world.
  a creative space for stories that highlight the unique culture, heritage and hospitality of the region.
caption: Mar Saba (Beduin youth)
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