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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.

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Jerusalem After The Rain

Irina Naji writes:

Even after the rain, the sun is always reflected in every drop.
So too, hope always lives in the hearts of a people who cherish their memory, their land, and their love.

On her facebook page she says:

I narrate “the life, traditions and memory of the Palestinian people through my art.”

The painting is incredible in the use of color, painting and detail, itching out a buzzing community around Jerusalem even under the bright rain. The imagination is stark but realistic

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Asaf (Emergency) Cafe, Jaffa in 1937

Door of the Asaf (Ambulance Cafe) in Jaffa in 1937. From right to left: Haj Mustafa Al-Aasi, Sabri Al-Qarm, Othman Zeidan, and standing Mahmoud Al-Qarm.

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Jerusalem After The Rain

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