#Levant

[illustratus]

The sister cities of Tyre and Sidon, Phoenicia by Sasha Beliaev

#tyre #sidon #phoenicia #maritime #port #harbour #art #sasha beliaev #ports #harbours #phoenician #phoenicians #mediterranean #eastern mediterranean #levant #ships #ship #biblical #bible #history #antiquity #architecture #boat #boats #sailing #sea #seaport

[kaalbela]

Tatreez (Arabic: تطريز) is a type of traditional Palestinian embroidery. Tatreez uses traditional cross-stitch embroidery and is practiced largely among women. The craft was originally practiced in rural areas of Palestine, but is now common across the Palestinian diaspora. Historically, each village in Palestine had their own tatreez patterns. The landscape was a major source of inspiration for the patterns and motifs, which speaks to the variation in style that was common to see among all of the different tatreez expressions that were particular to each Palestinian village.

After the violent displacement and dispossession of Palestinians in 1948, people were living together in refugee camps. The different styles of tatreez became less distinct and have continued to evolve with the diaspora. Following 1948, tatreez evolved to reflect the experiences of Palestinians. Palestinian women began to incorporate the Palestinian flag and its colors into their tatreez as a means of resistance to the occupation of Palestine. Consequently, tatreez became an expression of the identity, heritage and resistance of Palestinian women and their dedication to preserve their ancient culture.

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#textiles #ots #tatreez #palestine #palestinian art #palestinian culture #free palestine #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #embroidery #textile art #middle east #levant #levantine #fashion

[jaffababe]

Gazan portraits by Palestinian Photographer Motaz Azaiza (pictured in the center of the final photograph) :

Motaz’s photography captures the daily life of Palestinians in Gaza; from old to young, from happy to sad, from living to dead - he is currently documenting the Israeli onslaught and mass destruction of Gaza live on his social media. His Instagram: Motaz_Azaiza

#palestine #west asia #middle east #free palestine #levant #the dehumanization of Palestinians breaks my heart. we are people. we should not have to prove our humanity to anyone #asia

[haveyoueatenthis]

#baklava #middle east #levant #polls

[cedarofgod]

A Lebanese couple fishing and smoking at Tyre Beach, South Lebanon.

#Lebanon #Levant #Culture #Mine

[palipunk]

Palestinian beadwork my beloved <3

#it’s an art that’s hardly seen anymore but #used to be practiced widely by many Bedouin and fellahi groups #mostly for amulets & talismans & headdresses #to ward off the evil eye #palestine #west Asia #levant #she is very beautiful to ME #beadwork #traditional jewelry

[words-on-a-tightrope]

Hunger Games Relevance

(Please read/boost if you’ve ever read/watched the hunger games or you care about what’s going on)

I don’t know if other people feel the same way but especially with the new hunger games film coming out I’ve been absolutely floored by some of the parallels between the world in the series and the current conflict in Palestine.

Firstly, Suzanne Collins did say that she partially got the idea from flicking between channels showing reality TV interspersed with footage from the Iraq war so I guess there’s a good reason for me to be seeing similarities now.

But the fact it’s being live-streamed - the carnage - the propaganda - the fact that lots of us have been following the same few (often very young) journalists who have become the ‘face’ of Palestinian resistance (because right now journalism IS resistance being actively targeted by Israel) - it’s all crazy familiar.

I saw a clip of Israeli’s sitting on a hill watching and laughing at the bombs dropping on Gaza today as though they were fireworks just minutes before Israel bombed the 3rd floor of a paediatric hospital. The same ‘Sderot Cinema’ where Israeli’s bought deck chairs and snacks to ‘watch the spectacle’ of the 2014 bombing campaign on Gaza.

The way not everyone in the capitol was evil or bad and some people actively supported the districts but realistically they were still complicit in the exploitation - even if just through ignorance.

The incredible amount of children dying - the bombing of hospitals and withholding of resources (like in District 8 in Mockingjay), the taking of people not involved in Hamas into administrative detention (hundreds arrested in the West Bank - like how the victors were taken in Catching Fire even the ones who weren’t involved in the rebellion), the collective punishment of Gaza (the firebombing of District 12).

The way Israel dropped pamphlets from the sky to tell Gazans to evacuate south and then bombed the route (literally straight out of the games I swear - the video of the pamphlets falling was like the scene with the parachutes in Mockingjay which represent hope and then detonate).

It’s so eerily similar and I just wonder how so many watched those films and read those books and are silent now - why could they identify resistance and oppression and desperation and exploitation in fiction and not reality?

And I wonder if maybe it’s because we have to remind ourselves that we aren’t Katniss in this situation - we aren’t the heroes - we are the Capitol and District citizens watching it all happen on our screens - and that’s an unfortunate and uncomfortable concept to grapple with.

#palestine #israel #levant #middle east #the hunger games #katniss everdeen #everlark #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #lucy gray baird #coriolanus snow #war crimes #human rights #humanity #words #spilled words #tbosas #tbosbas

[girlactionfigure]

Truth!

#Levant #Jewish History

[b-0-ngripper]

Israel has once again bombed Lebanon

#lebanon #levant #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #gaza genocide #palestine genocide #israel #jerusalem #idf #Instagram

[illustratus]

Jehu Enters the City of Jezreel by Edward Henry Corbould

#edward henry corbould #art #jehu #king #israel #jezreel #palace #window #jezebel #queen #architecture #chariot #chariots #horse #horses #biblical #bible #levant #eastern mediterranean #Israelite #israelites #city #dogs

[its-stuffimadeinphotoshop]

#history #historical #jerusalem #crusader kings 3 #crusader kings iii #crusades #knights #knight #knightcore #arms and armor #armour #varangian #knights templar #knights of the round table #kingdom of heaven #kingdom of jerusalem #middle east #levant #christianity #jesus christ #meme #human history #anthropology #cultures #history tag #history memes

[jaffababe]

Gaza City, Gaza Strip. 20th Apr, 2016. Palestinians in Gaza city celebrate World Heritage Day by wearing traditional Palestinian dress and showing hand-made traditional products.

#palestine #west asia #middle east #asia #levant #palestinian culture #traditional jewelry #traditional clothing #world heritage day #Gaza #gaza city #gaza strip

[haveyoueatenthis]

#tabbouleh #levant #middle east #polls

[cedarofgod]

Saint Elias Monastery in Hadchit, North Lebanon.

#lebanon #levant #catholicism #orthodoxy #mine #maronite

[lilithism1848]

#anti capitalism #socialism #leftism #communism #anarchy #middle east #israel palestine conflict #united nations #lebanon #israel #palestinians #west asia #rip twitter #mena #iraq #levant #syria

[mapsontheweb]

Population distribution in the Levant

#maps #levant #population