Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Afghanistan


Tents of Afghan nomads in the northern Badghis Province. Early peasant farming villages came into existence about 7,000 years ago.

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Spain


Trilingual billboard in Barcelona (detail), showing the initial exclamation mark for Spanish, but not for Catalan (top line) and English

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Palestine


Expulsion of Palestinians from the village of Tantura

Palestine


  Borders of the Palestinian territories (West Bank and Gaza Strip) claimed by the State of Palestine
  Borders of Mandatory Palestine
  Historical boundaries of Roman Syria Palaestina, where dashed green line shows the boundary between Byzantine Palaestina Prima (later Jund Filastin) and Palaestina Secunda (later Jund al-Urdunn), as well as Palaestina Salutaris (later Jebel et-Tih and the Jifar)