What de Vet has tried to capture is the cultural image, the human experience of life on the Westbank and Gaza. With the aid of three Dutch colleagues she has asked more then two dozen Palestinian artists, designers and students to map 'their' Palestine. The artists were also asked to draw a plan of their country. "Some drawn complete Israel, others the two occupied areas, and also a collection of small circles was proposed as a map." In addition the participants designed alternative flags for Palestine. A beautiful example is the 'bread flag' where the flag is cut out of Palestinian bread. Series of photo's were made, an overview of the local flora, cartoons, an insight in the several currency's in which people receive their salary’s and a colourful range of identity documents.

The designer says to be shocked by the situation that she has seen in Palestine. "I only there understood how few rights and possibilities the Palestinians have. Seeing the situation is something completely different than reading about it. The participating artists from Gaza could not travel to Ramallah to join the workshop for example, we collaborated and communicated by internet and e-mail." De Vet stresses the fact that the publication will be a collection of personal observations. It doesn't judge, it only shows what's there and how people live their daily life’s. Showing this might help increasing peoples understanding of the Palestinians.

The content of the publication, that will be launched in September by 010publishers, will also be offered digitally on internet. "The aim of the book is to spread other images of Palestine to a wide audience. For that reason we offer everything without copyright."