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Photography

In pictures

Photo essays and single frames from Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem. Every picture is captioned with where and when it was made.

GazaFrom the archive

01The fishermen of Gaza’s harbour

A look back at the port, its boats and the families who worked it, in photographs made between 2014 and 2019.

5 photographs2014 to 2019

Photographs: Ramez Habboub, Trocaire, Odai wahidi, Mahmoud Navash / Wikimedia Commons

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  1. 02 Men and boys fish with rods from the harbour wall.
  2. 03 Long fishing rods over the water.
  3. 04 Fishing boats moored side by side.
  4. 05 The beacon tower at the port.

Photo essays

Contact sheets

  1. 02

    The olive harvest around Nablus

    A grower, a boy and the year’s olives, in the groves near Nablus.

    West Bank4 photographs

    Photographs: Oday yaish / Wikimedia Commons

    • A grower and a boy picking olives in the groves near Nablus.
    • A grower looks up at a boy picking olives in the branches above him, near Nablus.
    • A man and a boy fill a bucket with olives near Nablus.
    • Olive branches near Nablus.
  2. 03

    Squares and souqs

    Al-Manara Square and the market in Ramallah, and the old souq of Hebron, between 2018 and 2022.

    Ramallah and Hebron3 photographs

    Photographs: Davide Mauro, Obada A Zatari / Wikimedia Commons

    • Al-Manara Square, Ramallah.
    • Ramallah market.
    • The souq in the Old City of Hebron.
  3. 04

    Three crafts: glass, soap and thread

    A glassblower in Hebron, Nabulsi soap stacked to cure, and the embroidery known as tatreez.

    Hebron and Nablus3 photographs

    Photographs: Mrbrefast, kbxxus, Ma’moun Othman / Wikimedia Commons

    • A glassblower at work in a Hebron glass factory.
    • Bars of Nabulsi olive-oil soap stacked to cure in Nablus.
    • Embroidered dress sleeves (tatreez).
  4. 05

    Jerusalem’s Old City, one stall at a time

    Spices, steps and shopfronts in the lanes of the Old City.

    Jerusalem2 photographs

    Photographs: Radosław Botev, Ariel Palmon / Wikimedia Commons

    • A spice stall in the Old City of Jerusalem.
    • Shops along a stepped lane in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Single frames

From the archive

01 Saint Porphyrius Church, Gaza City.
02 Hand-picking olives, Hebron governorate.
03 Manger Square, Bethlehem.

01 Saint Porphyrius Church, Gaza City, 2022. 02 Hand-picking olives, Hebron governorate, 2020. 03 Manger Square, Bethlehem, 2022. Photographs: 01 Dan Palraz, CC BY-SA 4.0; 02 M sh شراونة محمد, CC BY-SA 4.0; 03 Alexey Goral, CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons

04 The Palestinian Museum in Birzeit.
05 Green Nabali olives on the branch.
06 A street in the old city of Nablus.

04 The Palestinian Museum in Birzeit, 2023. 05 Green Nabali olives on the branch, 2019. 06 A street in the old city of Nablus, 2017. Photographs: 04 Dan Palraz, CC BY-SA 4.0; 05 M sh شراونة محمد, CC BY-SA 4.0; 06 Mohammad Hijjawi, CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons