Discover Palestinian Symbols

The hamsa — the open-hand protective symbol in Palestinian and Levantine tradition

The Hamsa: History of the Palm Symbol in Palest...

The hamsa (khamseh) is documented in the Levant from the Bronze Age and appears in Palestinian silver jewelry, embroidery, and household decoration across the region. It belongs to the same...

The Hamsa: History of the Palm Symbol in Palest...

The hamsa (khamseh) is documented in the Levant from the Bronze Age and appears in Palestinian silver jewelry, embroidery, and household decoration across the region. It belongs to the same...

Free Palestine t-shirt featuring the Key of Return symbol, FALASTIN Symbols of Palestine collection

Free Palestine T-Shirts: Palestinian Symbols an...

Free Palestine t-shirts from FALASTIN are built around symbols with specific, documented historical roots. The Key of Return, the Palestinian olive tree, and the Jaffa orange each trace back to...

Free Palestine T-Shirts: Palestinian Symbols an...

Free Palestine t-shirts from FALASTIN are built around symbols with specific, documented historical roots. The Key of Return, the Palestinian olive tree, and the Jaffa orange each trace back to...

Traditional Palestinian men's dress featuring the sirwal trousers, historical photograph

Palestinian Pants: The Sirwal and Traditional P...

The sirwal is a loose-fitting trouser with a dropped crotch that was standard Palestinian men's daily dress for over 1,000 years, worn with the keffiyeh and qumbaz as part of...

Palestinian Pants: The Sirwal and Traditional P...

The sirwal is a loose-fitting trouser with a dropped crotch that was standard Palestinian men's daily dress for over 1,000 years, worn with the keffiyeh and qumbaz as part of...

Palestinian keffiyeh — the iconic black-and-white checked headscarf

The Palestinian Keffiyeh: Pattern, Heritage, an...

The cloth that became one of the most recognized symbols on earth. Where the keffiyeh's fishnet, olive-leaf, and zigzag patterns came from, why the colors differ, and the Hirbawi factory...

The Palestinian Keffiyeh: Pattern, Heritage, an...

The cloth that became one of the most recognized symbols on earth. Where the keffiyeh's fishnet, olive-leaf, and zigzag patterns came from, why the colors differ, and the Hirbawi factory...

An Arab farmer picking oranges near Jaffa, Palestine, circa 1920-1933. Library of Congress Matson Collection, public domain.

The Jaffa Orange: Land, Memory, and Palestinian...

There was a time when the word Jaffa, stencilled on a wooden crate, was enough to sell an orange in any produce market in Europe. The fruit inside was the...

The Jaffa Orange: Land, Memory, and Palestinian...

There was a time when the word Jaffa, stencilled on a wooden crate, was enough to sell an orange in any produce market in Europe. The fruit inside was the...

A Palestinian olive harvest photographed in 1930 by Khalil Raad, workers gathering olives in a traditional communal harvest in Mandate Palestine

The Palestinian Olive Tree: A Symbol of Roots, ...

TL;DR: The Palestinian olive tree (zaytoun, زيتون) is one of the most enduring symbols of Palestinian identity, a 5,000-year-old emblem of rootedness to the land, resilience under hardship, and continuity...

The Palestinian Olive Tree: A Symbol of Roots, ...

TL;DR: The Palestinian olive tree (zaytoun, زيتون) is one of the most enduring symbols of Palestinian identity, a 5,000-year-old emblem of rootedness to the land, resilience under hardship, and continuity...