The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

A boy admires some of the street art that adorns many of the Aida refugee camp’s walls just outside Bethlehem. Banksy famously created the image of a white dove with a sniper target on its chest on a wall not far from here. Photo: Murad Abusrour.

Long Night Moon

Bethlehem, West Bank: A multiple exposure photograph shows the moon in various stages of the partial lunar eclipse. Photo: 新华通讯社 (Xīnhuá News Agency)/Barcroft Images.

The Invisible Line

Abu Dis, Palestine: Banksy’s artwork is seen on the West Bank barrier in Abu Dis in 2005. On this trip to the Palestinian territories he created nine images on the wall bordering Israel and the West Bank. Photo: Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images.

The Ultimate Shoedown

Hebron, West Bank: A Palestinian demonstrator throws a shoe at a poster of Donald Trump in a protest against the U.S. president’s support for Israel. Photo: Hazem Bader/AFP/Getty Images.

Nights and Days

’Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days Where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. Omar Khayyám, “Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám” (English translation by Edward FitzGerald)

A coot flies above the water on a rainy day in the West Bank city of Jenin. Photo: Alaa Badarneh/EPA.

Ulysses and the Sirens

Gaza City: A boy leaps into the sea at sunset
Photo: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

Out of the Blue

Gaza City, Gaza: A Palestinian worker at a beachside coffee house decorates its terrace with colourful umbrellas as part of decorations for Ramadan. Photo: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images.

On the Road

Gaza City: Baker Magadma, a member of the Palestinian sports group Bar Palestine, works out on a street. Photo: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images.

The Last Apple on the Tree

Jabalia, Gaza Strip: Children play on a tree in the Jabalia refugee camp. Photo: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images.

The girl who tried to save time

West Bank, State of Palestine: A child from the Arab Jahalin Bedouin community carries a clock as she walks past the debris of homes in the Bedouin camp of Khan al-Ahmar after Israeli authorities demolished four houses they said were built without permission. Photo: Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images.

West Bank

West Bank, State of Palestine: A Bedouin girl sits on a television after an Israeli bulldozer demolished her home. Photo: Atef Safadi/EPA.