Subjective atlas of Palestine [an initiative of the Department for Democratisation and Peacebuidling of ICCO in the Netherlands

Sublime landscapes, tranquil urban scenes, frolicking children; who would associate these images with Palestine? Designed by Annelys de Vet, with the help of Palestinian artists, photographers and designers, this unconventional Atlas charts through maps, drawings and photographs individual life experiences as seen through the eyes of the contributors. The Atlas in turn provides a sometimes humorous, colourful and entirely different perspective on a nation and its peoples in occupied territory. A Quest For Normalcy / Hassan Khader -- On This Earth / Mahmoud Darwish -- Maps Of Palestine / My Palestine / Inass Yassin -- Art School Drawings After Four Years In Nablus / Hafez Omar -- Good Morning Palestine / Hosni Radwan -- This Week In Palestine -- Cultural Events April 2007 / This Week In Palestine -- A Normal Day In The Cultural Palace, Ramallah / Sami Shana'ah -- A Palestinian Music Collection / Reem Fadda -- Well Informed / Majd Abdel Hamid -- Daily Reflections On The News / Baha Boukhari -- In The Absence Of A Currency / Shuruq Harb -- Imagining A Currency / Hosni Radwan -- The Yellow Cabs Of Palestine / Majd Abdel Hamid -- Colour Correction / Yazan Khalili -- Clean Ramallah / Majd Abdel Hamid & Rudy J. Luijters -- Twelve Ways To Eat Chickpeas / Suleiman Mansour -- A User's Guide To Argeelah ; Selection Of Argeelah Designs / Munther Jaber -- Smoke / Mamoun Shrietch -- What Better Time Than Christmas To Discuss The Positive Sides Of Life / Khaled Jarrar -- Children In Gaza Trying To Play In The World's Largest Prison / Shareef Sarhan -- The Creation Of The Palestinians / Khaled Jarrar -- Palestinian Floor Tiles -- Palestinian Dress #1 ; Palestinian Dress #2 / Mohanad Yaqubi -- The Flowering Heritage Of Palestine / Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre ; Beautiful Palestine ; Beautiful Palestine, Still Under Occupation / Majdi Hadid -- Architectural Possibilities For The Wall ; Fragmentation Of The Wall / Senan Abdelqader Architects (senan Abdelqader, Inas Moussa) -- The Extremities Of Ramallah / Majd Abdel Hamid -- Signs For What's Usually Prohibited, But Not In Palestine / Sami Shana'ah -- New Road Signs For Palestine / Maissoon Sharkawi -- At The Checkpoint / Khaled Jarrar -- Documents That I Needed To Travel Outside Palestine / Majdi Hadid -- My Father's Palestinian Nationality ; My Own House Where I Cannot Be / Baha Boukhari -- 59 Years Of Occupation / Basel Al Maqousi -- Palestinian Refugees In The World / Awatef Rumiyah -- A Lifeline To My Bother / Abed Al Jubeh -- Letter From Prisoner Mohammed ; Letter From Prisoner Ahmad ; Letter From Prisoner Ali ; Letter To Prisoner Abu Salah / Tayseer Barakat -- No News From Palestine / Khaled Hourani -- New Flags For Palestine. Edited By Annelys De Vet. English And Arabic. Sublime landscapes, tranquil urban scenes, frolicking children; who would associate such images with Palestine? All too often, the Western media shows only the country's gloomy side, and Palestinians as aggressors. For this book, the Dutch designer Annelys de Vet invited Palestinian artists, photographers and designers to map their country as they see it. Given their closeness to the subject, this has resulted in unconventional, very human impressions of the landscape and the architecture, the cuisine, the music and the poetry of thought and expression. The drawings, photographs, maps and narratives made for this atlas reveal individual life experiences, from preparing chickpeas to a manual on water pipe smoking, from historic dress to modern music. Humorous and caustic newspaper cartoons and invented Palestinian currency accompany colorful cultural diaries and moving letters from prisoners. Together, these contributions give an entirely different angle on a nation in occupied territory. Best Dutch Book Design 2007. "The Dutch designer Annelys de Vet invited Palestinian artists, photographers and designers to map their country as they see it ... the contributions give an entirely different angle on a nation in occupied territory."--Back cover