[sunbathe]

thetimelessnest

[petitworld]

by Rihla Saw

[artebras]

David Alan Harvey, Brasil

[aloneandforsakenbyfateandbyman]

Emanuelle in America (1977)

[androphilia]

Bethlehem, West Bank (Palestine) by Fadi Dahabreh, 2019

Photography

[silentnoiseee]

[vintage-tigre]

Anthony Bourdain, from Les Halles Cookbook

[2apricot]

@seasonalmovement

[idavinge]

[lilium--bosniacum]

“killing the flowers will not delay spring” / al-yarmouk palestinian refugee camp in damascus, syria

little palestine; diary of a siege (2021) dir. abdallah al-khatib

[underthejasminetree]

Moroccan Rose is one of the most fragrant varieties of the Damask Rose, which originated in Damascus, Syria - Fotopedia Magazine

Source: Pinterest

[luthienne]

Fady Joudah, from A Palestinian Meditation in a Time of Annihilation

[luthienne]

Hala Alyan, from The Palestine Double Standard

[artfilmfan]

Chase Iron Eyes & Tokata Iron Eyes in Oyate (2022)

[heritageposts]

I'm reading about how Israel, in the immediate aftermath of the 1948 Nakba, deliberately replaced olive trees and other indigenous flora with European plants. This ecological disaster, which is now proudly hailed under the banner of 'making the desert bloom,' was done to 'de-Arabize' the landscape, and to cover up - often with fast-growing European pine trees -the ruins of Palestinian villages that were destroyed by Zionists forces.

And I just need everyone to read this passage from Pappé, because the symbolism of what happened to those European pine trees in the desert speaks for itself:

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, by Ilan Pappé (2006, p. 227-228.)

[poetodrame]

Gaza, Palestine (2004). Photographed by Abid Katib.

[cityhopper2]

Evening in the souq, Damascus, Syria,   Al-Hamidiyah Souq

photography by cityhopper2

[sundaynightfilms]

Like Water for Chocolate, 1992