Stories: Palestine

Stories connected to Palestine.

• Her supporters wanted her to leave Guy. She crowned Guy king anyway.In 1186, nobles backing Sibylla's claim to Jerusalem's throne required her to set aside her husband Guy. She…
• A pilgrim's memory, pressed from wood onto skin.The Razzouk family has tattooed Christian pilgrims in Jerusalem since the 18th century. Carved olive-wood blo…
• He was expected to succeed the king. Then the king outlived him.In 12th-century Jerusalem, William of Montferrat was considered a likely successor to the ill King Baldwin IV…
• She thought her film was gone. It resurfaced 35 years later.A 1973 short film of singer Zeinab Shaath was among cultural materials seized by Israeli forces during the 19…
• The king wanted a prince at his council. The prince was not his vassal.In 1109, King Baldwin I of Jerusalem called Frankish leaders to a council at Tripoli to settle their disputes…
• This wild herb is protected. People still gather it for food.Aromatic Thymbra spicata grows around the eastern Mediterranean and western Asia and can be used in zaatar sp…
• With no proper helmet, a photographer improvised with kitchenware.While documenting a protest near Gaza's border in 2015, photographer Samar Abu Elouf used a cooking pot as an…