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Palestinian Graffiti #11: Banksy in Gaza

Posted in Banksy in Palestine, Israel & Palestine Graffiti, tagged Art, Art de Rue, Art Moderne, Arte, Arte Moderno, バンクシー, モダンアート, Banksy, Banksy Art, Banksy Cat, Banksy Gaza, Banksy Graffiti, Banksy Israel, Banksy Palestine, Cat, Children, 现代艺术, 班克斯, 约旦河西岸, Duvar yazısı, Бэнкси, Граффити, Израиль, Палестина, Современное искусство, Enfants, 落書き, Filistin, Gaza, Gaza Cat, Gaza Strip, Graffiti, Grafiti, If we wash our hands, Israel, Israeli Graffiti, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Modern Art, Modern Culture, Paix, Palestina, Palestine, Peace, Sanat, Street Art, Street Culture, Street Graffiti, فلسطين, لاجئين, War and Peace, West Bank, 巴勒斯坦, İsrail, 涂鸦, 以色列, בנקסי גרפיטי, גרפיטי, הגדה המערבית, ישראל, עזה, פליטים, פלסטין, إسرائيل, الكتابة على الجدران, الضفة الغربية, بانكسي, جرافيتي, غرفتي, غزة on May 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Palestinian Graffiti #10: Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Posted in Israel & Palestine Graffiti, Levantine Diary, Travel, tagged 1948, Arabs, Bethlehem, 约旦河西岸, Dheisheh, Dheisheh Refugee Camp, Dome of the Rock, Dove of Peace, Duvar yazısı, Беженцы, Граффити, Дхейше, Израиль, Накба, Палестина, Filistin, Free Palestine, Freedom, Graffiti, Grafiti, History, Israel, Israeli Graffiti, Jews, Martyr, Middle Eastern History, Nakba, Palestina, Palestine, Palestinians, Politics, Refugee Camp, Stop the Wall, Travel, UNRWA, فلسطين, لاجئين, West Bank, 巴勒斯坦, İsrail, 涂鸦, 以色列, גרפיטי, הגדה המערבית, ישראל, פליטים, פלסטין, إسرائيل, الضفة الغربية, غرفتي on August 24, 2010| Leave a Comment »

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the Dheisheh Refugee camp is the 6th biggest in the West Bank with about 13,000 inhabitants. The camp was created outside of Bethlehem in 1949 to accommodate 3,400 Palestinians from 45 villages west of Jerusalem and Hebron who fled during the 1948 War.

Like another refugee camp I once visited in Tyre, Lebanon, the Dheisheh camp is very neat and tidy. Yet its streets are narrow. Accommodation is compact and tight. Apparently, 15% of houses are not connected to the central sewage.

Graffiti is everywhere in the camp. Probably, it is the highest graffiti density that I have ever seen on my travels in the Middle East thus far.

All pictures in this post are mine. Therefore, I apologise for the quality.

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Israeli Graffiti #9: Lego Policemen

Posted in Israel & Palestine Graffiti, tagged Art, Culture, 约旦河西岸, Duvar yazısı, Ближний Восток, Граффити, Израиль, Лего, Палестина, Полицейские, Современное искусство, Filistin, Graffiti, Grafiti, Israel, Israeli Graffiti, Lego, Middle East, Palestina, Police, Street Art, Street Culture, Tel Aviv, Travel, فلسطين, لاجئين, 巴勒斯坦, İsrail, 涂鸦, 以色列, גרפיטי, הגדה המערבית, ישראל, פליטים, פלסטין, إسرائيل, الضفة الغربية, غرفتي on August 23, 2010| Leave a Comment »

These amusing graffiti of the ‘Lego policemen’ appear in various places in Tel Aviv. I see those guys every time I head to the beach.

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Israeli Graffiti #8: Arab Neighbourhoods

Posted in Israel & Palestine Graffiti, Levantine Diary, Travel, tagged Aragorn, Art, Christianity, 约旦河西岸, Duvar yazısı, Граффити, Израиль, Палестина, Filistin, Graffiti, Grafiti, Israel, Israeli Graffiti, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Middle East, Nablus, Old Jerusalem, Palestina, Palestine, Ramallah, Street Art, Street Culture, فلسطين, لاجئين, West Bank, 巴勒斯坦, İsrail, 涂鸦, 以色列, גרפיטי, הגדה המערבית, ישראל, פליטים, פלסטין, إسرائيل, الضفة الغربية, غرفتي on August 23, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Here are a few selected pictures from my travels in Israel and the West Bank.

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Israeli Graffiti #7: Tel Aviv

Posted in Israel & Palestine Graffiti, Levantine Diary, Travel, tagged Art, 约旦河西岸, Duvar yazısı, Ганди, Граффити, Израиль, Палестина, Современное искусство, Тель Авив, Filistin, Gandhi, Graffiti, Grafiti, Israel, Israeli Graffiti, Meir, Middle East, Palestina, Street Art, Street Culture, Tel Aviv, Travel, فلسطين, لاجئين, 巴勒斯坦, İsrail, 涂鸦, 以色列, גרפיטי, הגדה המערבית, ישראל, פליטים, פלסטין, תל אביב, إسرائيل, الكتابة على الجدران, الضفة الغربية, تل أبيب, غرفتي on August 23, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Those who lived in Tel Aviv, or happened to visit the Eastern Mediterranean’s finest, should remember some of these graffiti. Found all over the city, they are less famous than Banksy’s graffiti on the West Bank barrier or other ‘sophisticated’ pictures, yet they embody the very spirit of Tel Aviv: secular, optimistic and somewhat careless.