A ‘Palestinian’ Palace in Jerusalem

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Culture
August 20, 2026

Al-Zahra Palace is a historical landmark built in 1900 in Jerusalem by the brothers Said and Imran Al-Daqqaq in the Al-Sahira Plain. The vibrant Al-Zahra Street is named after it. The palace was built in 1900 by two brothers Said and Imran Al-Daqqaq from the Al-Daqqaq family of Jerusalem and is located in the Al-Sahira Plain area, outside the northern wall of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was designed by a Turkish architect, combining a distinctive architectural style reflecting the late Ottoman period with information given by Abir Abu Nimeh.

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Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.

Culture

Gaza’s Face of Destruction

marwan
August 18, 2026

Reem Arkan: The woman from Rafah who knows only too well about misery, destruction and dereliction. These are not mere thoughts but sad, practical realities at the end of the Israeli gun-barrel. The hands, broken face, closed eyes and more against the background of a whirlpool of destruction are not just mere imaginations. It is about what people, ordinary women, children, men, old, are going through in Gaza through no fault of their own. These are grim realities that haunt the work artist who lives in Rafah, one of the war cauldrons of the Israeli-imposed genocide .

Culture

Sad Woman of Palestine

marwan
August 18, 2026

Said Elata Art : The “Sad Woman of Palestine” is a collage of artistic impressions of Palestine carefully displayed by the abstract artist. Here, Palestine and Gaza included, is presented in shutters and/or windows and doors with the main focus being on the eye of the lady with the painter seeking a clear connection between its different elements centering on the flag and Jerusalem as the mother pearl.