Palestinian Heritage

Al-Saidi: Golden fingers weaving hats using a wooden spindle

Sunday-31-December-2017

Mohammed Al-Saidi maintains a special relation with the colorful yarns and woolen hats that began before the Nakba of Palestine and continued throughout the period of the Israeli occupation.

A glimpse from history and heritage

Wednesday-27-December-2017

Those visiting Qarawat Bani Hassan a village located to west of Salfit with a population of three thousand people think it has a heritage of several hundred years.

Palestinian heritage struggling with modernity

Saturday-16-December-2017

In an old house decorated with colorful straw dishes and trays in the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan in the Salfit district in the West Bank the elderly Palestinian woman Ayesha Saleh Um Nidal is making straw plates.

300 Artifacts and Antiques that Represent Palestinian Heritage

Monday-4-December-2017

In an atmosphere overwhelmed with heritage and folkloric dimensions about 300 pieces and paintings of cultural significance that reflect the story of ancient Palestinians were exhibited at the hall of the Children's Cultural Center in Nablus.

Nablus: Marking religious events with Sheikh Nadhmi band

Tuesday-28-November-2017

On every religious occasion the local residents of the Old City of Nablus anxiously wait for the Sufi band of Sheikh Nadhmi which is also known as “Eddat Sheikh Nadhmi” to show up somewhere on their streets and start playing drums and cymbals and singing hymns.

Israeli occupation blurring landmarks forging history

Monday-27-November-2017

Recently there has been a strong evidence of the Israeli occupation’s targeting of historical landmarks dating back to the Ottoman and Mamluk eras in Palestine.

Seven decades of the history of Nablus

Monday-20-November-2017

The Independence Hotel is to celebrate the 70th anniversary of its founding in the Canaanite city of Nablus.

Historic town of Sebastia vulnerable to neglect and Judaization

Wednesday-15-November-2017

Several Palestinian historic sites in Sebastia town and its environs in Nablus suffer from negligence by the official authorities Judaization attempts by Israel and looting by antiquities thieves and dealers.

Ijnisinya: Picturesque nature and old history

Saturday-11-November-2017

Throughout the year between green valleys and slopes the town of Ijnisinya to the north-west of the city of Nablus enjoys an exceptionally beautiful weather.

Farayik: Palestinian home-made traditional cookies

Friday-3-November-2017

Um Mahmoud 50 sits in her modest house in the village of Farkha in the northern West Bank town of Salfit. She prepares cookies with her sons and their wives being the most important ritual of her childhood initiated by her mother and grandparents.