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FALASTIN - Iqraa Spring Fun Run 2025 – Running ...
On April 12, 2025, runners, families, and supporters will gather in Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia Park for the Iqraa Spring Fun Run 2025—a community-driven initiative dedicated to building a brighter future...
FALASTIN - Iqraa Spring Fun Run 2025 – Running ...
On April 12, 2025, runners, families, and supporters will gather in Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia Park for the Iqraa Spring Fun Run 2025—a community-driven initiative dedicated to building a brighter future...
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Grand Arabic Jam: Songs of Solidarity | Februar...
On February 21, 2025, we partnered with the Grand Arabic Jam in Toronto for Volume 3: Songs of Solidarity — a night dedicated to traditional folk and Watani music from...
Grand Arabic Jam: Songs of Solidarity | Februar...
On February 21, 2025, we partnered with the Grand Arabic Jam in Toronto for Volume 3: Songs of Solidarity — a night dedicated to traditional folk and Watani music from...
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Gaza Iftar Fundraiser: A Night of Unity and Imp...
On March 14th, 2025, FALASTIN had the honor of participating in the sold-out Gaza Iftar Fundraiser, hosted by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) and the Canadian Palestinian Federation of Quebec (CPFQ)...
Gaza Iftar Fundraiser: A Night of Unity and Imp...
On March 14th, 2025, FALASTIN had the honor of participating in the sold-out Gaza Iftar Fundraiser, hosted by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) and the Canadian Palestinian Federation of Quebec (CPFQ)...
The Symbols of Palestine
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Palestinian Men's Clothing: The Qumbaz, the Lef...
A 1921 inventory of a fully dressed Palestinian villager ran to seven garments before it reached his head. The qumbaz, the sirwal, the abayeh, the four layers of the leffeh,...
Palestinian Men's Clothing: The Qumbaz, the Lef...
A 1921 inventory of a fully dressed Palestinian villager ran to seven garments before it reached his head. The qumbaz, the sirwal, the abayeh, the four layers of the leffeh,...
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The Olive Harvest in Palestine: Mawsim al-Zayto...
In the autumn of 2019 the groves of Palestine gave up 177,000 tonnes of olives in about eight weeks. Mawsim al-zaytoun, the two picking dates that decide jar or press,...
The Olive Harvest in Palestine: Mawsim al-Zayto...
In the autumn of 2019 the groves of Palestine gave up 177,000 tonnes of olives in about eight weeks. Mawsim al-zaytoun, the two picking dates that decide jar or press,...
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The Hamsa in Palestinian Tradition: The Khamsa ...
The hamsa, or khamsa, is an open-hand amulet used across Palestine and the region to guard against the evil eye. Here is what the five-fingered hand carries in Palestinian tradition.
The Hamsa in Palestinian Tradition: The Khamsa ...
The hamsa, or khamsa, is an open-hand amulet used across Palestine and the region to guard against the evil eye. Here is what the five-fingered hand carries in Palestinian tradition.
Blog posts
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The Palestinian Bisht: The Abayeh, Handwoven Wo...
The Palestinian bisht went by another name at home: the abayeh, a homespun striped wool cloak off Hebron sheep, woven in Majdal, Bethlehem, Ramallah and Jerusalem, and absent from the...
The Palestinian Bisht: The Abayeh, Handwoven Wo...
The Palestinian bisht went by another name at home: the abayeh, a homespun striped wool cloak off Hebron sheep, woven in Majdal, Bethlehem, Ramallah and Jerusalem, and absent from the...
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Palestinian Olive Wood Carving: Bethlehem, Beit...
Olive wood carving in Bethlehem, Beit Sahour and Beit Jala: branch wood from the pruning season, Franciscan teaching centres from the sixteenth century, and 135 workshops in one small town.
Palestinian Olive Wood Carving: Bethlehem, Beit...
Olive wood carving in Bethlehem, Beit Sahour and Beit Jala: branch wood from the pruning season, Franciscan teaching centres from the sixteenth century, and 135 workshops in one small town.
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Palestinian Pottery: Hebron's Kilns, the Gaza J...
Palestinian pottery never stopped. Two traditions, the women's household ware and the men's wheel workshops, plus the Gaza jar and the Jerusalem tile workshops of 1919.
Palestinian Pottery: Hebron's Kilns, the Gaza J...
Palestinian pottery never stopped. Two traditions, the women's household ware and the men's wheel workshops, plus the Gaza jar and the Jerusalem tile workshops of 1919.
The Cities of Palestine
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Battir, Palestine: The UNESCO Terraces and the ...
TL;DR: Battir, Palestine, a farming village between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, still waters its stone terraces through a 2,000 year old irrigation system built in the Roman period. That system, and...
Battir, Palestine: The UNESCO Terraces and the ...
TL;DR: Battir, Palestine, a farming village between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, still waters its stone terraces through a 2,000 year old irrigation system built in the Roman period. That system, and...
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Rafah, Palestine: History, Heritage and Palesti...
Rafah Columns, 1881. From Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg's travel account of the region. Public domain. Rafah, Palestine (رفح) sits at the southernmost tip of the Gaza Strip, on the sand and...
Rafah, Palestine: History, Heritage and Palesti...
Rafah Columns, 1881. From Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg's travel account of the region. Public domain. Rafah, Palestine (رفح) sits at the southernmost tip of the Gaza Strip, on the sand and...
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Qalqilya (Qalqiliya), Palestine: History, the G...
Qalqilya held 27,915 dunums in 1945 and lost its orange groves to the 1949 armistice line. It replanted, and now grows most of Palestine's guava.
Qalqilya (Qalqiliya), Palestine: History, the G...
Qalqilya held 27,915 dunums in 1945 and lost its orange groves to the 1949 armistice line. It replanted, and now grows most of Palestine's guava.
