Rare photos of the Capital of Palestine in 1920 which is 28 years before the born of the Israeli occupation

First picture is a still from a segment of Jocelyne Saab's 1974 film Palestinian Women of fedayeen training at an undisclosed location in Lebanon. The second is a picture taken by Hilal Habli of fedayeen in Saida refugee camp in 1986.

A girl feels the rain falling in Shatila Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon January 8, 2016

Paris Opera corps de ballet in Nureyev’s Swan Lake 

Photo © Ann Ray

Very rare - black orchid or Cymbidium Kiwi Midnight.

In commemoration of March 8th, International Women’s Day, here are several posters made by the PFLP [and one by the General Union of Palestinian Women] to honor Palestinian women and their continued resistance against Israeli subjugation and occupation, and their struggle for liberation. 

White silk fan with mother of pearl sticks, 1870s, from the collection of the Chemung County Historical Society

More excerpts from the extremely beautiful “Subjective Atlas of Palestine“ project. View the full publication via link.

About: The Dutch designer Annelys de Vet invited Palestinian artists, photographers and designers to map their country as they see it. Given their closeness to the subject, this has resulted in unconventional, very human impressions of the landscape and the architecture, the cuisine, the music and the poetry of thought and expression. The drawings, photographs, maps and narratives made for this atlas reveal individual life experiences, from preparing chickpeas to a manual on water pipe smoking, from historic dress to modern music. Pages containing humorous and caustic newspaper cartoons and invented Palestinian currency followed by colourful cultural diaries and moving letters from prisoners. All in all, the contributions give an entirely different angle on a nation in occupied territory. In this subjective atlas it is the Palestinians themselves who show the disarming reverse side of the black-and-white image generally resorted to by the media.

In commemoration of March 8th, International Women’s Day, here are several posters made by the PFLP [and one by the General Union of Palestinian Women] to honor Palestinian women and their continued resistance against Israeli subjugation and occupation, and their struggle for liberation. 

Mai Masri - Frontiers of Dreams and Fears (2001)

Picture of the longest Solar Eclipse we observed so far. It lasted up to six minutes and 39 seconds, a duration that will not be surpassed until 2132.

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Gold frog pendant, Chiriqui culture, Panama, 11th-16th century

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art