Artist Frans Al-Salmi was murdered 30 June 2025 by Israel when the IDF bombed a beautiful seaside cafe in Gaza

Artist Frans Al-Salmi was murdered this morning by Israel when the IDF bombed a beautiful seaside cafe in Gaza

 

Art by Palestinian Frans Al-Salmi : Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian-American journalist (1971–2022)

Shireen Abu Akleh was a prominent Palestinian-American journalist who worked as a reporter for 25 years for Al Jazeera, before she was killed by Israeli forces while wearing a blue press vest and covering a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Abu Akleh was one of the most prominent names across the Middle East for her decades of reporting in the Palestinian territories, and seen as a role model for many Arab and Palestinian women.

Art by Palestinian Frans Al-Salmi

 

Art by Palestinian Frans Al-Salmi

Art by Palestinian Frans Al-Salmi

New York Times July 2016: For Palestinians, Raising Arabian Horses Is ‘the Hobby of the Poor’

Fares Salim, 22, with a white mare out of her stall at a stable above the Garden of Gethsemane in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Tur, with a view of Jerusalem’s Old City and the golden Dome of the Rock.

Photo Credit Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times

"Palestinians and Israelis in the business say Arabian horses have another effect that is almost magical: They coax Israelis and Palestinians into the same arenas, where the conflict briefly melts away and everyone admires the horses as they strut, dance, gallop and compete for trophies."

 [AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO READ GOOD ARTICLES IN FULL: HELP SHAPE ALGORITHMS (and conversations) THAT EMPOWER DECENCY, DIGNITY, JUSTICE & PEACE... and hopefully Palestine (& America ...etc...)]

 For Palestinians, Raising Arabian Horses Is ‘the Hobby of the Poor’

By JAMES GLANZ and RAMI NAZZAL JULY 13, 2016

 

The Week in Pictures | October 8 – 14 2012: Palestine's Turmusaya Equestrian Club

Turmusaya, West Bank — Palestinian jockeys compete during a horse race in the West Bank. The competition is for pure Arabian horses organized by Turmusaya Equestrian Club. Seventy horses from various cities of the West Bank and Arabs from inside Israel participated in the competition. PHOTOGRAPH BY: ATEF SAFADI / EPA
The Week in Pictures | October 8 – 14 2012