symbolises the broader concept of an oppressor
Long before lines were drawn on a map and city names were changed, there existed a land full of people who lived in bustling cities and remote villages, where markets overflowed with diverse voices, and farmers tended olive trees rooted deep in the hills.This story is told not through treaties or timelines, but through photographs: small, powerful fragments that capture the texture of daily life and those who lived it.
They offer a rare, unfiltered lens into the lived reality of Palestinians in a time before exile and occupation dominated the narrative.This collection of 100 archived images of life in Palestine before the, when Zionist militias expelled at least 750,000 Palestinians and captured 78 percent of historical Palestine.
Browse through Palestine as it was: people, places, and life and culture.The children, elders, farmers and merchants
At the heart of any place is its people. This section gathers faces and figures of children, elders, farmers and merchants, capturing a moment in each of their lives.
Traditional dress, expressions and gestures reflect a culture rich in diversity. Muslims, Christians, Jews, and Bedouins appear side by side, revealing a land defined not by division, but by coexistence.At the Bar Familia L Y 304 Rocafonda, run by the player’s uncle, Abdul, you are left in no doubt that Yamal remains faithful to where he came from.
Decked out in photographs of Yamal and signed shirts, in one corner is a tiny, plastic version of the World Cup. It begs the thought: might Yamal one day lift the real thing for Spain?Family is everything
The player’s own story starts 30 years ago when his maternal grandmother, Fatima, arrived from Morocco and took up a job in an old people’s residence.She worked to bring her seven children over from Morocco and managed as a single mother.