Discover Palestinian Symbols

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 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...