"Surif is one of the beautiful Palestinian mountain towns located 25 km northwest of the city of Hebron. It also rises about 600 meters above sea level. It is known for its beautiful landscapes, and famous for the cultivation of olives, figs, almonds, grapes, pears, appricots and other fruits." Ibtisam Suleiman

Travel Palestine

Surif is one of the beautiful Palestinian mountain towns located 25 km northwest of the city of Hebron. It also rises about 600 meters above sea level. It is known for its beautiful landscapes, and famous for the cultivation of olives, figs, almonds, grapes, pears, appricots and other fruits.

Ibtisam Suleiman

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"...the possibility of infinite development"

Susan Muaddi Darraj  standing beside the Philadelphia Mural

from her facebook page

"This #Philadelphia #mural takes a quote by #WEBDuBois and translates it into #Arabic. (quote below)

It honors the neighborhood of Black Bottom, whose inhabitants were steadily displaced.

The mural was sponsored by @albustanseeds

"I believe that all men, black & brown & white, are brothers, varying through time & opportunity, in form & gift & feature, but differing in no essential partcular, & alike in soul & the possibility of infinite development."

- DuBois, Darkwater (1920) "

Nujoud Merancy wore a blazer embroidered with a Palestinian design in her new NASA work photo

"Blazers are my day-to-day wear, and tatreez is day-to-day wear in the Middle East, so I just thought, 'why can't I have something on my day-to-day clothing?'"

Nujoud Merancy wore a blazer embroidered with a Palestinian design in her new NASA work photo (NASA headshot)

'It's very me': NASA engineer celebrates Palestinian heritage in viral photo

Nujoud Merancy's decision to wear Palestinian tatreez in NASA headshot was inspired by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, she tells MEE

 

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/NASA-engineer-Palestinian-heritage-viral-photo-Nujoud-Merancy?fbclid=IwAR0YnxTqba_oUEXAIg46qje7fwXvHJTrBOS4OyubhQSWiPL_WiZFvsVi5GM

 

 "When she was a child, she made frequent summer trips to Nazareth to see her dad's [Palestinian] side of the family. Her relatives are the ancestrial caretakers of Nazareth's oldest Muslim house of worship, the White Mosque, built in 1804. 

 

"My family has been there for centuries. My uncle is the current caretaker [of the mosque], but it's been passed down through the generations, through the family of the caretakers," Merancy explained. 

She said her family in Palestine and the US have been incredibly supportive of her career.

And now, she said she hopes to inspire other young girls and boys across the world to reach for the stars."

This is Palestine... "I don't want to carry hate in my heart" Widid Kawar

This is Palestine from Lucy Lyon on Vimeo.

Collector, Widad Kawar explains her motivation towards creating a little piece of Palestine in her home in Amman, Jordan.

 "I taught myself not to hate. If I am going to carry hatred to Israel in my heart all the time, I am poisoning myself. I am a slave to this hatred.  So I learned to do something just the opposite: To be positive in one way or another... " Widad Kawar

Palestinian-American Author Ibtisam Barakat: "Religions need inspiring people as much as people need inspiring religions. . . "

Ibtisam Barakat's butterfly

Author Ibtisam Barakat - Palestine الأديبَة إبتسَام بَركات

"Religions were sent to improve the conditions of people. . . And now people should improve the conditions of religions by making them sources of inspiration and beauty, not sources of pain and violence.

Religions need inspiring people as much as people need inspiring religions. . . "
Author Ibtisam Barakat 2014