It’s easy to lose sight of some of life’s simple pleasures when you’re mired in the politics of a land you’re forbidden to enter. But every now and again we deserve to be reminded of just how beautifully the sea sparkles in the Gaza Strip, or just how high the rainbows over the West Bank’s grassy hills can go, or just how easy it is to visualize the earthy way of life in villages wiped away in 1948.

Abu Qash

Deema Alsaafin, 2012

Akka (Acre)

Alaa Milbes, 2012

Husam El-Qoulaq, 2013

Hanan Wuhush, 2012

Al-Mazra’a Al-Sharqia

Alaa Milbes, 2013