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[chanafehs]

My detailed post of my Palestinian lesbians (original piece), just as a short little introduction to some Palestinian cultural items!

(Sources: Thobna - Wafa Ghnaim, Traditional Palestinian Embroidery and Jewelry - Abed Al-Samih Abu Omar, Palestinian Costume - Shelagh Weir, Palestinian Costume -Jehan S. Rajab, Traditional Palestinian Costume - Hanan Karaman Munayyer, and me!)

[salomeh]

Jewish Enameled Syrian Copper Tray, ca 1900. Decorated with the figures of Moses and Aaron with the Tablets of the Covenant and Hebrew inscriptions.

[kaalbela]

Tatreez (Arabic: تطريز) is a type of traditional Palestinian embroidery. Tatreez uses traditional cross-stitch embroidery and is practiced largely among women. The craft was originally practiced in rural areas of Palestine, but is now common across the Palestinian diaspora. Historically, each village in Palestine had their own tatreez patterns. The landscape was a major source of inspiration for the patterns and motifs, which speaks to the variation in style that was common to see among all of the different tatreez expressions that were particular to each Palestinian village.

After the violent displacement and dispossession of Palestinians in 1948, people were living together in refugee camps. The different styles of tatreez became less distinct and have continued to evolve with the diaspora. Following 1948, tatreez evolved to reflect the experiences of Palestinians. Palestinian women began to incorporate the Palestinian flag and its colors into their tatreez as a means of resistance to the occupation of Palestine. Consequently, tatreez became an expression of the identity, heritage and resistance of Palestinian women and their dedication to preserve their ancient culture.

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[lesbostini]

Assorted pictures of some tattooed women from Palestine (early 20th century to present)

Do not tag as dnd/worldbuilding

[post-rabbinical-judaism]

Israeli claims to indigeneity and decolonization are predicated on the notion that modern Jews are the only living descendants of our ancestors, which is incorrect

Israelites were only one of the peoples of ancient Canaan, and our closest cousins mostly never left the land. We were, however, the only ones to preserve a religious and linguistic identity from pre-Christian times

There was never a time in which zero Jews lived in the Land of Israel, and some Jewish communities there endured continuously up until the creation of the modern state of israel.

Many Jews, however, like our fellow Canaanites, lost their religious and ethnic identity throughout the millennia, and their culture was influenced by that of the conquerors of the land. They also intermarried and were subject to broader historical migration patterns

But the Jews that stayed in Safed and Jerusalem were always distinct from their conquerors, even if they also spoke Arabic. And the same is true of their cousins in Bethlehem and Nablus, who converted to Christianity and Islam, and who became known as the Palestinians.

It is such a violent misconception to say that Palestinians are colonizers from Arabia. They have a DNA that is closer to that of our ancestors than we in the Diaspora do. And that doesn't mean they are Jews, but they surely are from the same land as we are.

[cedarofgod]

A Lebanese couple fishing and smoking at Tyre Beach, South Lebanon.

[freegazafromhamas]

Roman Empire at its peak in 117CE.

About two decades after this picture, a small backwater corner of this massive empire was renamed "Syria Paelestina" after the massive empire crushed a rebellion of indigenous Judean inhabitants and slaughtered 1 million of said indigenous inhabitants and enslaved the rest.

"Palestine" is a colonial entity. Always has been. Always will be.

[illustratus]

Pontius Pilate Washes his Hands by George Hinke