oktoberfest in palestine

I've long wanted to taste the wares of Taybeh, the West Bank's only brewery, which produces what is by all accounts a kickass selection of small-scale additive-free microbrews--and does so despite the constraints of Israeli checkpoints and Islamist pressure. There's a nice little story in the Belfast Telegraph, of all places, about the first Palestinian Oktoberfest (via the head heeb). There's more coverage at electronic intifada. Nadim Khoury, Taybeh's owner, is now in the process of developing a nonalcoholic version of his beer for the local Muslim market, and is also trying to acquire pasteurization equipment that would give his beer a long-enough shelf life to make export (with the time delays that attend the shipping of Palestinian products via Israel) a reasonable possibility.

I first heard about Taybeh when a British pub owner and peace activist started a campaign to import the beer to the UK; I never did find any, though. Surely some microbrew aficioados in the States could be convinced to take an interest? I'd certainly make a point of buying a few bottles on a regular basis, especially if it's as good as I hear.

Incidentally, some sort of Oktoberfest was/is being held here too; though one need not attend to get quality beer--the popular Turkish brand Efes (especially its dark version) is definitely the best beer I've ever had in the Middle East so far. Lebanese Almaza is pretty good though, and even the Syrian beers Barada and al-Sharq are drinkable.