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Nazareth (al-Nasira), the largest Arab city in northern Palestine

Nazareth Palestine: History, Culture, and Pales...

Nazareth (Al-Nasira) is the largest Palestinian Arab city inside present-day Israel and the cultural capital of Palestinian life in the Galilee. Continuously inhabited for 3,000 years, its Ottoman old city...

Nazareth Palestine: History, Culture, and Pales...

Nazareth (Al-Nasira) is the largest Palestinian Arab city inside present-day Israel and the cultural capital of Palestinian life in the Galilee. Continuously inhabited for 3,000 years, its Ottoman old city...

Historical view of Akka (Acre), the walled port city of northern Palestine

Akka (Acre): 4,000 Years of Palestinian History

The northernmost coastal city of historic Palestine, Akka has held its sea wall for nearly a thousand years. Phoenician traders, Crusader knights, Mamluk sultans, and Ottoman governors all left their...

Akka (Acre): 4,000 Years of Palestinian History

The northernmost coastal city of historic Palestine, Akka has held its sea wall for nearly a thousand years. Phoenician traders, Crusader knights, Mamluk sultans, and Ottoman governors all left their...

Historical Jaffa port — gateway city of Palestine on the Mediterranean coast

Jaffa: The Port City That Fed Europe

Before 1948, Jaffa was the busiest citrus port in the Mediterranean. Palestinian farmers shipped 15 million boxes of oranges a year, and Europe knew the city by its fruit. This...

Jaffa: The Port City That Fed Europe

Before 1948, Jaffa was the busiest citrus port in the Mediterranean. Palestinian farmers shipped 15 million boxes of oranges a year, and Europe knew the city by its fruit. This...

Haifa, Palestine: a view of the harbour and Mount Carmel

Haifa, Palestine: A City Between the Mountain a...

Pre-1948 Haifa was a three-tier city, from the port at the foot of Mount Carmel to the Palestinian souks of Wadi Nisnas to the villas above. One of the most...

Haifa, Palestine: A City Between the Mountain a...

Pre-1948 Haifa was a three-tier city, from the port at the foot of Mount Carmel to the Palestinian souks of Wadi Nisnas to the villas above. One of the most...

Aerial view of Nablus sitting in the valley between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, 1937

Nablus: Soap, Knafeh, and the Old City

Nablus between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, aerial view, 1937. Matson Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain. At dawn in Nablus (نابلس), the smell of the city arrives before the...

Nablus: Soap, Knafeh, and the Old City

Nablus between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, aerial view, 1937. Matson Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain. At dawn in Nablus (نابلس), the smell of the city arrives before the...

Front view of Al Aqsa Mosque

Jerusalem: The Timeless Heart of Palestine

Jerusalem (القدس) is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, with a history spanning over 5,000 years. Positioned at the crossroads of civilizations, it has been a center...

Jerusalem: The Timeless Heart of Palestine

Jerusalem (القدس) is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, with a history spanning over 5,000 years. Positioned at the crossroads of civilizations, it has been a center...