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“Palestine was nothing but a desert before Zionism”
Yes, let’s forget the countless geographers who travelled to Palestine and vividly described the country and the lifestyles across the whole country. Let’s forget how Egyptian performers used to come to Yaffa cinemas to perform.
Yes, let’s forget the countless geographers who travelled to Palestine and vividly described the country and the lifestyles across the whole country. Let’s forget how Egyptian performers used to come to Yaffa cinemas to perform.
1. Flyer for Umm Kulthum, one of the most iconic singers to exist, and the different cities she performed at in Palestine.
2&3. Al Hambra Cinema of Yaffa - where she and many other artists performed at.
4. The port of Yaffa in the 1800s
2&3. Al Hambra Cinema of Yaffa - where she and many other artists performed at.
4. The port of Yaffa in the 1800s
More photos of Yaffa:
1. Yaffa In 1937
2. 1932
3. 1914
4. Yaffa oranges - a booming industry in Palestine and yaffa’s oranges were exported around Europe
1. Yaffa In 1937
2. 1932
3. 1914
4. Yaffa oranges - a booming industry in Palestine and yaffa’s oranges were exported around Europe
The airport of Jerusalem, which opened in 1920
(Now no longer open)
(Now no longer open)
محطة قطار في القدس
Railway station in Jerusalem (1914)
Railway station in Jerusalem (1914)
Famous Egyptian singer Mohamed Abdel Wahab In Yaffa to perform in the 1930s
Electricity tower being installed in Haifa (1932)
مستشفى الخليل
Hospital of Al Khalil
1. 1944
2. 1933
3. 1944
Hospital of Al Khalil
1. 1944
2. 1933
3. 1944
Gaza (1920s-30s)
Tourists visiting Jerusalem in 1872
King David Hotel and YMCA of Jerusalem in 1933
Imperial airways of Gaza (1935)
Christmas in Bethlehem (1900)
اللد عام ١٩٢٠
Al Lod in 1920
Al Lod in 1920
Ramla in 1917
English mission school in Nablus (1920)
Carob (خروب) drink seller in Jerusalem (1898)
First radio of Palestine in Ramallah (1936)
Greek orthodox Christians celebrating the feast of the Virgin Mary at the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem (1915)
Boys school in Al Khalil (1930)
Old City of Jerusalem (1880)
Mount of Olives, Jerusalem (1918)
Outdoor restaurant in the Old City of Jerusalem (1900)
1. Yaffa oranges being prepared for export (1900)
2. Yaffa city
3. Yaffa beach (1923)
4. Yaffa markets (1914)
2. Yaffa city
3. Yaffa beach (1923)
4. Yaffa markets (1914)
Women of Bethlehem (1930)
Qurmul café in Tulkarem (1925)
Young children chasing after a radio/cinema car roaming the roads of Zarnuqa, an ethnically cleansed village part of al Ramla, to watch a silent film (1938)
School for the blind in Al Khalil (1938). It was first opened in 1925 by a blind man and it started the establishment of more blind schools in different cities across Palestine. The school is still in use today and is a school for children with various disabilities.
Jerusalem airport (1920)
Post office in Nablus (1940)
Flour mill in Haifa (1925)
Surgeons at the hospital of Al Khalil (1944)
1. The city of Yaffa In 1924
2. Yaffa beach (1940)
2. Yaffa beach (1940)
Gaza beach (1943)
Jerusalem
1. 1880
2. 1937
3. 1938
1. 1880
2. 1937
3. 1938
Bab al 3amood (Damascus Gate) market of Jerusalem in the year 1900
Yaffa oranges export
Al Khalil (1910)
Akka beach (1940)
A Palestinian football team in the world sports tournament in 1929
Students from the all girls German Schmidt school in Jerusalem (1925-1929). My best friend is a Schmidt graduate 
Nablus city (1918)
Government building in Beersheba (1917)
Beach in tel el rabe3a (تل الربيع), the original name before “tel aviv”
1920-1930s
1920-1930s
A mill factory in Bethlehem (1940)
Railway system in Jerusalem (1900)
Haifa (1940)
Duwar al Manara in Ramallah (1940)
Family in Sebastia (a village part of Nablus) posing with one of the first cars in the village
(1940s)
(1940s)
Jerusalem (1880)
Haifa (1934)
Al Samer Cinema of Gaza (1944), the oldest theater in Gaza. It closed after the first intifada and it was recently reopened as of 2017.
Yaffa before 1914
Jerusalem (1890-1900)
Radio towers in Ramallah (1934-1939)
Girls Friends School of Ramallah (1937)
Al Khalil (1929)
Al khalil
1862, 1877, 1920, 1945
1862, 1877, 1920, 1945
Football team of Al Khalil (1924)
The glass factory of al Khalil in 1900-1920. The same glass industry still exists today and is one of the biggest industries in the city
Al Khalil (1879)
National Christian Orthodox school band in Yaffa (1938)
Cloth weaving (for abayas) In al Khalil — late 19th/ early 20th century
Al Khalil (1862)
Water skins production in Al Khalil (1929)
Market center in Al Khalil (1909)
Radio tower in Ramallah (1934-1939)
Radio store in Yaffa (1930s)
Yaffa oranges being shipped on boats (1936)
Railway station in Jerusalem
(1900 and 1918)
(1900 and 1918)
Al Hamra/Hambra theater of Yaffa (1937)
The first radio host for Palestinian radio station هنا القدس, Mohammed Bushnaq (1936)
Dodge car in Palestine (1930s)
German Schmidt high school in Jerusalem (1920-1933)
Scots Mission Hospital of Tiberias staff (1943)
Jerusalem to Yaffa railway (1920)
Haifa (1940-1946)
Cereal market of Jerusalem (1920)
Syrian traders at Al Shawam market in Haifa (1910)
Tulkarem (1930)
Jerusalem radio station (1934-1939)
Jerusalem to Yaffa railway (1920)
Tiberias hotel (1934-1939)
Yaffa (1935)
Railway station in Al Lod (1892-1900)
Chickens being transported in a car in Bethlehem (1927)
Match factory of Nablus (1940)
Telephone lines being installed in Yaffa (1938)
A Jerusalem film production company (1945)
Soap factory of Nablus (1940)
Haifa in 1920
The first taxi in An-Nasra (Nazareth) - 1928
Imperial Airways in Gaza (1935)
A girl floating in the Dead Sea (1935)
Postcard from al Ramleh (1890s)
Famous singers Farid and Asmahan Atrash at the King David hotel in Jerusalem (1939)
Nabi Musa festival in Jerusalem (1935)
Bab al Khalil / Jaffa Gate post office in Jerusalem (1938)
The football champions team of Al Khalil in 1924. My step grandmother’s father is the one on the very right in the back row in this photo.
Men sitting on the shores of Yaffa (1917)
Scottish Christian hospital in Tiberias (1900)
A worker packaging soap at the Hassan Al Shaka’a soap factory in Nablus (1927).
Palestinian National Football Team (1942)
People attending the premiere of a silent film in Al Khalil (1938)
Red Cresent Hospital Camps in Hafir (1916)
Beer Al Seb3a in 1917
Jerusalem 1945
Sarouf family of Yaffa (1920)
Palestinian-Armenian women making and painting the now famous Armenian-Palestinian ceramic vases and bowls of Jerusalem at David Ohannessian’s workshop (1920s).
These are some of the beauties (and replicas) of these ceramics.
These are some of the beauties (and replicas) of these ceramics.
Cereal market of Jerusalem (1920)
Orthodox Christian school in Gaza (1929)
Shahwan family of Beit Jala (1939)
Post office in Jerusalem (1934-1939)
Princess Mary and the Earl of Harwood visiting the Dome of the Rock and being escorted by the grand mufti in Jerusalem (1934)
Shoe polishers of the Jaffa Gate (bab al Khalil) in Jerusalem (1920)
Palestine broadcasting service providing entertainment from the Arab Legion Band in Jericho Square (1940)
Bethlehem market in 1900
Men gathering in Halhul (Hebron / al Khalil) while waiting to watch a cinema show (1940)
Quaker school boys of the Quaker Mission School of Ramallah (1937)
Dorothy, the daughter of Dr. Walker from the Hebron hospital (1944)
Control board room of an international broadcasting station in Ramallah (1934)
Boiling pots of liquid soap being carried to the stock room in soap factory of Nablus (1940)
Bible class in Bethlehem (1900)
Installation of an international broadcasting station tower in Ramallah (1934)
Photo from the school of the blind in Hebron (1940)
Entertainment event by the Palestine Broadcasting Service in the dining hall of the Jericho Hotel (1940)
The Naameh Flour Mills Factory of Nablus (1940)
Women weaving and spinning at the Arab Women’s Union of Ramallah (1934)
Halhul (hebron) school boys waiting for the premiere of a cinema show (1940)
Train in Battir on the Yaffa-Jerusalem railroad
“Palestine” sail boat on the Gazan shores (1940s)
Princess Mary and Earl Of Hardwood being escorted by the Sheikh at the Ibrahimi mosque of Al Khalil / Hebron (1934)
Glass blowing at the Hebron Glass Factory (1898). The glass industry of Hebron is one of the most significant industries in the city and it is still around today.
Students and faculty of the Friends Boys School of Ramallah (1926)
On my own maternal grandmother’s birth certificate (Allah yer7amha), who was born before 1948, the government was referred to as حكومة فلسطين , or the “Government of Palestine”.
El Khader (Bethlehem) villagers listening to the radio of a car passing by. (1937)
Radio mast / tower in Ramallah (1934)
Quaker Mission School of Ramallah (1937)
Islamic school in El Bireh (1905)
English Mission School of Nablus (1900)
Olive oil makers in Nablus (1903)
Christmas in Bethlehem (1898)
The view from the YMCA tower in Jerusalem (1934)
The Naameh Flour Mills Factory of Nablus (1940). Around this time, Nablus was booming with new industries.
Nabi Musa Festival near Jericho:
1900, 1919, and 1920.
A week-long religious ritual/festival where Palestinians across different social groups interacted together under the British rule.
Palestinians bonded over their views on Palestinian nationalism, and anti-colonialism.
1900, 1919, and 1920.
A week-long religious ritual/festival where Palestinians across different social groups interacted together under the British rule.
Palestinians bonded over their views on Palestinian nationalism, and anti-colonialism.
People swimming at the Solomon Pool in Bethlehem (1940)
An-Nabi Musa celebrations (1937)
School for the blind in Hebron (1940)
Jerusalem Water Works company pumping water for the Solomon’s Pool (1917)
