Historical Palestine

Zionist Jews distort historical Palestine, so the world will remember only what the Zionists want them to remember.

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My Father, Yusef Nammar

PALESTINIAN 20 MIL COIN IN 1927

PALESTINIAN 20 MILS COIN IN 1927
PALESTINIAN 20 MILS COIN IN 1927 
View of the Old City taken from the ramparts of Damascus Gate, Jerusalem, 1920’s. I’ve tagged some of the landmarks. — with Alzawiya Alnakshabndieh Mosque, Scales of Souls arched columns, Austrian Hospice, Dome of the Rock, Armenian Catholic Church, Entry road from Damscus Gate and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Hezekiah’s Pool, ancient reservoir in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. St. John the Redeemer Lutheran Church, built in 1898, wasn’t yet visible in this photo. Photo taken by English photographer, Francis Frith, 1862 — with Coptic caravansary, Holy Sepulcher and Mosque of Omar.
The stairs leading to the Holy Sepulcher and connecting it to the Christian Street, Old City, Jerusalem, late 1870’s. Photo by Bonfils (Our extended family owns homes on this street !)
Jerusalem YMCA where Jacob Nammar lived and participated in Basketball and Swimming.
The German Post Office and the Anglo-Palestine Co. on Jaffa Street, Jerusalem, 1920
Notre Dame under construction, Jerusalem, 1898. Notice the classical building at the far left, peeking behind the unfinished Notre Dame – The Convent of Les Reparatrices at the New Gate. The shorter building between Les Reparatrices and Notre Dame, with a column at the corner, is the side view of St. Louis Hospital.
Jerusalem central bus station, 1930, where my father Yusef Nammar parked stored his bus.
A marvelously happy family, donkey, kids, baskets and all, outskirts of Jerusalem, 1935
Look at the balancing skills of these lovely women from Ein Karem, a village on the outskirts of Jerusalem, 1935!
Opening of the 2nd Arab Industrial Exhibition at the Palace Hotel, Jerusalem, 1934. Hala Sakakini writes in her memoir, Jerusalem and I, about attending the Exhibition.
Al-Aqsa Mosque 1910
Snowy day on Bethlehem Road in Upper Baq’a not far from the railroad crossing. The Krikorian home was in the foreground on the left. You can see the German Hospice of St. Charles straight ahead, Jerusalem, early 1940’s
Snow on Tariq Bab el-Silsila, Chain Street, in the Old City of Jerusalem, 1921
Beautiful old photograph, almost like a painting, of Bab al-Qattanin, or “Gate of the Cotton Merchants,” Old City of Jerusalem, c. 1900

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