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Palestine before the Nakba

Pictures and stories from the towns, villages, markets and ports of a Palestine living its whole life before it was uprooted.

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Palestine Railways — The line that joined Haifa to Gaza, and Jaffa to Jerusalem Haifa Lydda Jaffa Jerusalem Gaza
The line that joined Haifa to Gaza, and Jaffa to Jerusalem
Olive Harvest in Palestine: Traditions, Al-Ouneh and Settler Attacks in 2026 Palestine before the Nakba
Olive Harvest in Palestine: Traditions, Al-Ouneh and Settler Attacks in 2026

The olive harvest in Palestine is more than farm work. It is a family festival that brings relatives and neighbours together under the trees from dawn...

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Palestine That Read: Libraries, Newspapers and Printing Presses Before the Nakba Palestine before the Nakba
Palestine That Read: Libraries, Newspapers and Printing Presses Before the Nakba

From Palestine’s Cultural HistoryPalestine That Read: Libraries, Newspapers and Printing Presses Before the NakbaFrom Jerusalem’s book collections to...

Palestine before the Nakba
Palestinian Industries Before the Nakba: Soap, Olive Oil & More Palestine before the Nakba
Palestinian Industries Before the Nakba: Soap, Olive Oil & More

Before the 1948 Nakba, Palestine had a diverse range of industries and crafts rooted in agriculture, the sea and trade. The best known were Nablus soa...

Palestine before the Nakba
Palestinian Agriculture Before the Nakba: Crops, Land and Rural Life Palestine before the Nakba
Palestinian Agriculture Before the Nakba: Crops, Land and Rural Life

```htmlArab orange groves at Bir Salem near Jaffa, 1934–1939. Matson Collection, Library of Congress.ContentsAgriculture at a GlanceAgricultural Regio...

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Palestinian Education Before 1948: Schools, Teachers, and Learning in Palestine Before the Nakba Palestine before the Nakba
Palestinian Education Before 1948: Schools, Teachers, and Learning in Palestine Before the Nakba

Palestinian Education Before 1948: Schools, Teachers, and Learning in Palestine Before the NakbaHow Palestinians built their schools with their own ha...

Palestine before the Nakba