Palestinian Heritage

Palestinian recycles teargas grenades into works of art

Friday-1-June-2018

The 40-year-old Palestinian citizen Ahmad Abu Ataya has his own way of confronting the teargas grenades thrown by the Israeli army at the Gazans protesting along the border with the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.

Qatayef: Ramadan’s main dessert in Gaza

Friday-25-May-2018

Qatayef is a staple Ramadan dessert that is rarely absent from Iftar tables in the Gaza Strip.

Maftool of Beit Daras is present at the Great March of Return

Sunday-6-May-2018

Maftool is a Palestinian traditional dish that has special and close ties to the Palestinian people’s heritage.

What is the story behind this tradition?

Friday-4-May-2018

Coloring eggs using beautiful colors during the month of April and distributing them among the poor and the children is a very old habit in the occupied West Bank.

The Old Town of Awarta

Saturday-28-April-2018

As soon as you enter the town of Awarta to the southeast of Nablus in the West Bank you could see the ruins of its Old Town which has been vandalized and abandoned.

Archaeological site its owners are not allowed to visit

Tuesday-24-April-2018

At Khirbet al-Shajarah in Salfit city in the West Bank there is a dirt road a huge wall and stones the sounds of birds filling the place oak trees and grapes abandoned olives and the smell of flowers and trees.

Sultan’s Pool in Al-Khalil

Sunday-8-April-2018

The city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) is the epicenter of the cultural-battle between the Palestinians the right owners of the land and the racist Israeli occupiers who are working hard to Judaize Al-Khalil day and night.

The Palestinian Thobe: A Symbol of Return

Sunday-1-April-2018

Since the early hours of the morning Palestinian elder Um Farid al-Dalais got ready to take part in the Great March of Return to the east of Al-Bureij refugee camp wearing her traditional peasant dress (Thobe) which she cherishes.

Traditional harvesting of pea pods in Gaza fields

Thursday-15-March-2018

As soon as pea pods in his green field start to be fully grown and dangling Palestinian farmer Hazem Abu Amer along with his relatives sets off for Abasan al-Kabira area in southern Gaza where they embark on collecting the crops.

Traditional ghee secret behind Palestinians mouth-watering cuisine

Monday-12-March-2018

In a small farm located in al-Khalil’s southern town of Tel Zeif 67-year-old Palestinian farmer Hasan al-Atrash watches over his livestock particularly milk-producing sheep.