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Sublime landscapes, tranquil urban scenes, frolicking children; who would associate these images with Palestine? All too often the Western media show the country’s gloomy side, and Palestinians as aggressors. It is this that makes identifying with them virtually impossible. If we are to relate to the Palestinians other images are needed.

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. These drawings, photographs and maps reveal individual life experiences, from preparing chickpeas to a manual on water pipe smoking, from historic dress to modern music. Pages containing humorous and caustic newspaper cartoons followed by colourful cultural diaries and moving letters from prisoners. All in all, the contributions give an entirely different angle on a nation in occupied territory. In this subjective atlas it is the Palestinians themselves who show the disarming reverse side of the black-and-white image generally resorted to by the media.

Published by
010 Publishers, october 2007
Concept & editing:
Annelys de Vet
Details:
English
160 pp
16,5 x 22 cm
paperback
500 fc ill.
ISBN:
978 90 6450 648 2
Price
€ 16.50
Order at:
www.010publishers.nl

Subjective Atlas of Palestine
The Subjective Atlas of Palestine is an initiative of the Department for Democratisation and Peacebuilding of ICCO in the Netherlands and Dutch designer Annelys de Vet. The publication, that started with a workshop, was made possible in close collaboration with the International Academy of Arts, Palestine. In April 2007 three Dutch designers and an artist visited the Academy to work with more than two dozen Palestinian designers, artists, photographers, architects and students.

International Academy of Arts, Palestine
www.artacademy.ps

ICCO, the Netherlands
www.icco.nl
ICCO is the interchurch organization for development cooperation. It gives financial support and advice to local organizations and networks across the globe that are committed to providing access to basic social services, bringing about fair economic development and promoting peace and democracy. Moreover it brings enterprising people in the Netherlands and in developing countries into contact with each other. ICCO works in close cooperation with social organizations, including development organizations, educational organizations and the business community. For instance, it helps people in Latin America, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe to achieve a dignified existence and economic independence. In the Middle East ICCO focuses on promoting peace and democracy, and particularly on the right of self-determination of the Palestinians. In this way, it hopes to contribute to democracy, equality and a just and sustainable peace, which offers freedom and security for all Israelis and Palestinians.

Workshop Organizers
Reem Fadda
Khaled Hourani
Annelys de Vet
Manon Wolfkamp (ICCO)

Guidance in Ramallah
Rudy J. Luijters
Meike Sloover
Annelys de Vet
Samantha van der Werff

With special thanks to
Abed Al Jubeh
Khaled Hourani
Michiel Schwarz
Malkit Shoshan
Manon Wolfkamp
Mieke Zagt

Concept & editing
Annelys de Vet

Contributors
Sameh Abboushi
Majd Abdel Hamid
Senan Abdelqader
Mohammed Amous
Tayseer Barakat
Sami Bandak
Baha Boukhari
Mahmoud Darwish (poem)
Reem Fadda
Shadi Habib Allah
Majdi Hadid
Shuruq Harb
Dima Hourani
Khaled Hourani
Munther Jaber
Khaled Jarrar
Abed Al Jubeh
Hassan Khader (foreword)
Yazan Khalili
Suleiman Mansour
Basel Al Maqousi
Sani P. Meo
Inas Moussa
Hafez Omar
Hosni Radwan
Awatef Rumiyah
Ahmad Saleem
Shareef Sarhan
Majed Shala
Sami Shana’ah
Maissoon Sharkawi
Mamoun Shrietch
Lena Sobeh
Mohanad Yaqubi
Inass Yassin

English text correction
John Kirkpatrick

Graphic design
Annelys de Vet i.c.w. all contributors

Photography
Yazan Khalili (cover)
Rudy J. Luijters et al. (portraits)

Printing
Blackprint Nyomda (Hungary),
through Meester & De Jonge (Lochem)

© 2007 The authors and 010 Publishers, Rotterdam

Permission is granted to freely use and disseminate any of the material in this book, provided that the source is correctly acknowledged and the author(s) informed.