Discover Palestinian Symbols

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...

The Jaffa Orange and the Rise of Palestinian Agriculture The story of the Jaffa orange begins in the nineteenth century, when Palestinian farmers along the coastal plain began cultivating a...

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

The Jaffa Orange and the Rise of Palestinian Agriculture The story of the Jaffa orange begins in the nineteenth century, when Palestinian farmers along the coastal plain began cultivating a...

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 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 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...

Palestinian refugees carrying belongings during the 1948 Nakba, displacement that gave rise to the Key of Return as a symbol

The Palestinian Key: A Symbol of Home, Resistan...

The 1948 Nakba and the Birth of the Symbol The Nakba (النكبة, the Arabic word for "catastrophe") unfolded in 1948 as approximately 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from or fled their...

The Palestinian Key: A Symbol of Home, Resistan...

The 1948 Nakba and the Birth of the Symbol The Nakba (النكبة, the Arabic word for "catastrophe") unfolded in 1948 as approximately 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from or fled their...