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Elephant girl Philadelphia - USA 1965 Foto. George Krause

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“…and I feel as though I am waiting for something new and strange which will burn the unburnt side of my soul.”

— Kahlil Gibran, in a letter to Mary Haskell, from Beloved Prophet: The Love Letters of Kahlil Gibran and Mary Haskell, and her private journal

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happy somaliland independence day, i miss everything about it everyday

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Palestine Through the Melody and the Word, (pamphlet), Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center مركز خليل السكاكيني الثقافي, Ramallah, January 1997 [The ‏Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center Collection, The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive, The Palestinian Museum, Birzeit]

«Issued in Arabic by the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre in January 1997, this pamphlet includes the music program presented by the Center in cooperation with the National Conservatory of Music under the title "Palestine Through the Melody and the Word", on 18 January 1997, in which Tania Tamari Nassar sang in the solo singing category, and Rima Nasser Tarazi played a key role in the composition. The concert included 9 songs, the lyrics of which belong to Kamal Nasser, Mahmoud Darwish, Waseem al-Kurdi and Suhail Khoury, who was a guitarist at the concert. Then the pamphlet presents an overview of the life and artistic career of each of them, and part of the program's content is translated at the end.»

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'Jerusalem, you are beloved' "يا قدس انت المعشوقة" [The Palestinian History Tapestry. Source of image and Design: Haroon Haj Amer, Drejat, Naqab; Embroidery: Yasmeen Haj Amer, Drejat, Naqab]

«"You have a great place in our hearts. Oh Jerusalem, you are beloved." From a poem by Lutfi Zaghloul.»

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"Handala", born 1969 "حنظلة" [The Palestinian History Tapestry. Source of image: Handala.org; Design: Naji al-Ali (Palestine); Embroidery: Jan Chalmers]

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Jerusalem Women's Club – Program for June 18, 1960, (announcement), The American School of Oriental Research, Jerusalem [The Omar al-Jallad Collection, The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive, The Palestinian Museum, Birzeit]

«Found in the Omar al-Jallad Collection, this English-printed document shows an announcement of a show programme for Palestinian artists, organized by the Jerusalem Women's Club at the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem, at a time when the West Bank was under Jordanian rule. Among the artists participating in the show was artist Fatima al-Muhib.»

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'Mawtini' (My Homeland), 1930s-96 "موطني" [The Palestinian History Tapestry. Source of image and Design: Ibrahim Muhtadi (Al Quds), Gaza, Palestine; Embroidery: Jamela al-Bura'ai (Kawkaba), Gaza, Palestine]

«'Mawtini' is a popular poem written by the Palestinian poet Ibrahim Tuqan. In the 1930s it was set to music composed by the Lebanese composer Mohammed Flayfel. It served as Palestine's de facto national anthem until 1996, when it was officially replaced by 'Fida'i'.»

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Sidi Abderrahmane, Casbah,Algiers

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Shibam, Yemen

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رَبْعِي : أي رفاقي وقومي وأهلي

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Rituals: The 99 Names of God (2018)

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Cartagena, Colombia

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