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Daily Palestinian life in the West Bank
  • Men at a coffee shop in Ramallah, West Bank.

  • A street scene in Ramallah, West Bank.

  • A street scene in Ramallah, West Bank.

  • Seen from within a money changer shop, a street scene in Ramallah, West Bank.

  • A woman begs for money in Ramallah, West Bank.

  • A street scene in Ramallah, West Bank. The late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is on the poster in center.

  • A fenced yard containing iron leftovers and other items, in Ramallah, West Bank.

  • Men on a break outside an insurance company building in Ramallah, West Bank.

  • Garbage burns after not being collected at the outskirts of Ramallah, West Bank.

  • Construction works at the new city of Rawabi, some 9 km north of Ramallah, West Bank. It is the first Palestinian city built from scratch.

  • A concrete baricade with an election campaign poster, at the east Jerusalem town of Abu Dis. Palestinians would elect the following day their representatives to the Palestinian parliament.

  • Young supporters of the Fateh Palestinian movement (Yasser Arafat's party) during a campaign tour, at the east Jerusalem town of Abu Dis. Palestinians would elect the following day their representatives to the Palestinian parliament.

  • A Palestinian security guard at the entrance to the Mukata'ah, the Palestinian governmental headquarters at the West Bank city of Ramallah, during election day for the Palestinian parliament. The sign reads: "Polling Station".

  • Palestinians and election campaign posters of Hamas and Fateh, at the West Bank town of El-Bireh, during election day for the Palestinian parliament.

  • Palestinian kids and an election campaign poster of Hamas showing Ahmed Yassin, spiritual leader of Hamas who was killed by Israel on 2005, at the West Bank town of El-Bireh, during election day for the Palestinian parliament.

  • A kid supporter of Hamas outside a polling station, at the West Bank city of Ramallah, during election day for the Palestinian parliament. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, spiritual leader of Hamas killed by Israel on 2005, is on poster behind.

  • Men living from searching and selling metal in industrial garbage dumps, in Ramallah, West Bank.

  • Men sit together at the entrance to a wood workshop in Ramallah, West Bank.

  • William, a car mechanic, at the entrance to his workshop in Ramallah, West Bank.

  • Men dine at a street barbecue stand in Ramallah, West Bank.

  • People shop in a mall in Ramallah, West Bank.

  • People at the main market in Ramallah, West Bank.

  • People at the main market in Ramallah, West Bank.

  • A Palestinian woman in a polling station on election day, at the West Bank city of Ramallah. Palestinians elect on this day their representatives to the Palestinian parliament.

  • Palestinians receive basic food supply such as flour, sugar, beans, salt and oil, distributed by UN aid organizations to residents of the West Bank village of Tarkumiya.

  • A Palestinian woman carries a bag of flour she received during a food distribution from UN aid organizations, at the West Bank village of Tarkumiya.

  • Palestinian students at El-Kuds University, in the West Bank village of Abu-Dis near Jerusalem.

  • Men at El-Kuds University, in the West Bank village of Abu-Dis bordering Jerusalem.

  • Palestinian policemen practice arresting methods during training at the police academy in the West Bank town of Jericho.

  • Palestinian policemen near their barracks at the police academy in the West Bank town of Jericho.

  • Palestinian policemen near their barracks at the police academy in the West Bank town of Jericho.

  • Kids, one of them swings on a telephone cable, play at the entrance to the Palestinian refugee camp of Jelazun, West Bank.

  • A Palestinian kid shepherd at the area of Ramallah, West Bank.

  • An artwork by British street artist Banksy, exhibited at the Santas Gallery in Bethlehem, West Bank.

  • A graffiti by British street artist Banksy is painted on a concrete barricade next to the separation wall in Bethlehem, West Bank.

  • A girl passes by a graffiti by British street artist Banksy, at the Palestinian refugee camp of Dheisheh, West Bank.

  • A graffiti by British street artist Banksy is painted on a building in Bethlehem, West Bank.

  • Palestinian women hang out near their house, located just outside the separation barrier surrounding Bethlehem, West Bank.

  • A woman prepares doe for morning bread, in south Mt. Hebron, West Bank.

  • A father and his sons warm up next to a bonfire, lit inside their cave, in south Mt. Hebron, West Bank. Palestinians have been living in such caves in this area for centuries, during which their basic lifestyle haven't changed.

  • A woman help her granddaughter to prepare for school, in south Mt. Hebron, West Bank.

  • A woman and her granddaughter near their cave, in south Mt. Hebron, West Bank. Palestinians have been living in such caves in this area for centuries, during which their basic lifestyle haven't changed.

  • A woman milks a ship in south Mt. Hebron, West Bank.

  • Christian pilgrimage tourists inspect the merchandise of a Palestinian souvenirs' peddler, next to the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank.

  • Palestinian men enter and exit a passage leading to an Israeli military checkpoint to Jerusalem, next to the separation wall in Bethlehem, West Bank.

  • Students of hip-hop and poetry in the Palestinian refugee camp of Dheisheh, West Bank.

  • Students of hip-hop and poetry in the Palestinian refugee camp of Dheisheh, West Bank.

  • Youth practice Breakdance in the Palestinian refugee camp of Dheisheh, West Bank.

  • Hip Hop rappers record a jingle for a radio station at the Palestinian refugee camp of Dheisheh, West Bank.

  • Hip-Hop students in the Palestinian refugee camp of Askar, near Nablus, West Bank.

  • "Massiv" (Wasim Taha), a German Hip Hop artist, performs his soccer skills in front of Palestinian kids in Askar refugee camp, near Nablus, West Bank. He is the son of Palestinian refugees.<br /> <br /> Massiv and his crew are some of the pioneers in developing the sound of the German Hip Hop scene.

  • Palestinian and European-Palestinian Hip Hop artists walk in Askar refugee camp, near Nablus, West Bank.

  • A European-Palestinian Hip Hop artist walks in Askar refugee camp, near Nablus, West Bank.

  • "Massiv" (Wasim Taha), left, a German Hip Hop artist, in Nablus, West Bank. He is the son of Palestinian refugees.<br /> <br /> Massiv and his crew are some of the pioneers in developing the sound of the German Hip Hop scene.

  • A partial view of downtown Nablus, West Bank.

  • "Shadia" (Shadia Mansour), left, a British Hip Hop artist, rehearse before performing in front of Palestinian audience in Nablus, West Bank, during a Hip Hop concert made of European-Palestinian artists. She is the daughter of Palestinian refugees who moved to England, and has independently become one of the leading female Arabian MC's worldwide.<br /> <br /> "Arabic is my first language and Palestine is my first love", she says. To her Hip Hop has no limits to expression and it is the translation of struggle: "I feel that Hip Hop is one of our last hopes of making people listen to our cries", she says.

  • Palestinian audience during a Hip Hop concert made of European-Palestinian artists, in Nablus, West Bank.

  • "Marwan" (Mohammad Marwan), a Danish Hip Hop artist, performs in front of Palestinian audience in Nablus, West Bank, during a Hip Hop concert made of European-Palestinian artists. He is the son of Palestinian refugees who moved to Denmark.<br /> <br /> Marwan´s texts tell the story about life on the street and express indignation of political affairs on a higher level. "The issue of Palestine is the reason why I do music", he says.

  • "Massiv" (Wasim Taha), a German Hip Hop artist, performs in front of Palestinian audience in Nablus, West Bank, during a Hip Hop concert made of European-Palestinian artists. He is the son of Palestinian refugees.<br /> <br /> Massiv and his crew are some of the pioneers in developing the sound of the German Hip Hop scene.

  • Palestinians inside their house, as it is attacked by rioting Jewish settler youth, after the army evicted settlers from a disputed building in Hebron, West Bank.<br /> Israeli high court recently rejected the settlers' claim that they legally bought the house from its Palestinian owner. The few families living there were joined by a mob of some 1500 radical right-wing youth, who went on a rampage and attacked Palestinians in the mixed West Bank city.

  • Salaam Amira at her house in the village of Na'alin, West Bank.

  • Jamal Amira with his daughters during a walk to his land in the village of Na'alin, West Bank. They pass by some leftovers of Israeli army ammunition from the anti-fence protests that regularly taking place there.

  • Jamal Amira with his daughter Salaam, backdropped by the Israeli settlement Hashmona'im, in his land in the village of Na'alin, West Bank.

  • Medical staff tend pre-mature babies during Christmas in Holy Family hospital, Bethlehem, West Bank.

  • Holy Family hospital during Christmas in Bethlehem, West Bank.

  • Khadije Nasser, third left, of Danish group "TaskForce" from the Betty Nansen theater, speaks during a post-show discussion with the crowd, on stage in Ramallah, West Bank.

  • A man waits for a pharmacist to supply him with medicine from the 'Physicians for Human Rights' organization, in a school building in the village of Takuah, West Bank. The organization, comprised of Israeli, Palestinian and international physicians, arrived to the West Bank village to give medical treatment for locals, who are otherwise have difficulties to cross into Israel to get such treatment in advanced hospitals.

  • A woman gets an injection in her leg from the 'Physicians for Human Rights' organization, at a makeshift clinic in a school building in the village of Takuah, West Bank. The organization, comprised of Israeli, Palestinian and international physicians, arrived to the West Bank village to give medical treatment for locals, who are otherwise have difficulties to cross into Israel to get such treatment in advanced hospitals.

  • People get treated by doctors from the 'Physicians for Human Rights' organization, in a school building in the village of Takuah, West Bank. The organization, comprised of Israeli, Palestinian and international physicians, arrived to the West Bank village to give medical treatment for locals, who are otherwise have difficulties to cross into Israel to get such treatment in advanced hospitals.

  • Um Hazem stands in the Palestinian refugee camp of Al-Amarai, near Ramallah, West Bank. 56 years old, family are refugees from Lod in today's central Israel, her son Ahmad was killed during the 2nd Intifada on 2002 as he was playing in the street with some device that blew up.

  • Abu Haled, 50, a carpenter, visits his butcher friend, in the Palestinian refugee camp of Al-Amarai, near Ramallah, West Bank. Both complain on very slow work during the last few months.

  • A grocery in the Palestinian refugee camp of Al-Amarai, near Ramallah, West Bank.

  • A man watches a TV broadcasting Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, in the Palestinian refugee camp of Al-Amarai, near Ramallah, West Bank.

  • Palestinian students at Bir Zeit University, the largest one in the West Bank, near Ramallah.

  • Head of student council at Birzeit University, 25 year-old Ismail Mazat Razem, a student of electrical engineering, along with his fellow students at Bir Zeit University, near Ramallah, West Bank. BZU is a leading educational institute in the Palestinian territories and has played a significant role in Palestinian political dialogue.

  • A man reads an Islamic book at the entrance to his shop, in a market in Hebron, West Bank.

  • A poster of past Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and past Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in a house in Hebron, West Bank.

  • TIPH observers patrol in the Palestinian-controlled part of Hebron, West Bank. TIPH, Temporary International Presence in Hebron, was deployed in the divided city after Baruch Goldstein, a Jewish settler, massacred 29 Palestinian worshippers in the Patriarchs' Tomb on 1994.

  • Palestinians walk in a market in Hebron, West Bank, under an iron net that protects them from items thrown at them from the Beit Hadassah Jewish settlement located above the market.

  • A woman in the village of Jiftlik, in the northern Jordan Valley, West Bank.

  • A man in the village of Jiftlik, in the northern Jordan Valley, West Bank.

  • A Bedouin compound and an Israeli army outpost are seen behind a concrete blockade, which bears a note warning of a firing zone, in the northern Jordan Valley, West Bank.

  • Jasser Dararmeh, right, and Faik Sabih, left, enter one of their greenhouses, which are dry due to lack of water, in the village of Farsiya, northern Jordan Valley, West Bank.

  • Jasser Dararmeh, right, and Faik Sabih, left, at one of their greenhouses, which are dry due to lack of water, in the village of Farsiya, northern Jordan Valley, West Bank.

  • Faik Sabih stands near a water reserve that he uses for his agriculture, in the village of Farsiya, northern Jordan Valley, West Bank. He fills this reserve with a hose he pulled from a water point 7 km away.

  • Men exit a meeting with Governor Jihad Al Wazir at the offices of the Palestine Monetary Authority, in Al Bireh, West Bank.

  • A waiting room at the Negotiations Affairs Department in Ramallah, West Bank.

  • A worker at the Negotiations Affairs Department in Ramallah, West Bank, headed by Saeb Erekat.

  • Visitors take a self photo backdropped by camels, at A-Nabi Musa tomb compound, southwest of Jericho, West Bank.

  • Nuha Abdul Haq, right, and a salesman, left, at a Peugeot car dealer in Ramallah, West Bank.<br /> Nuha, 44, a bank worker, says she likes Peugeot cars, owns one, and is now looking for a stronger one for her long drives. She might take a loan.

  • Walid Hammad, 54, at his Internet coffee shop in the refugee camp of Al-Amari, near Ramallah, West Bank. He initially took a bank loan to kickstart his business.

  • Palestinians walk around a shopping area at the city center in Ramallah, West Bank.

  • A jewelry shop at the city center in Ramallah, West Bank.

  • Advertisement billboards over Ramallah, West Bank.

  • Young Palestinian women smoke narghile (hookah) as they hang out in a coffee shop in Ramallah, West Bank.

  • A mother keeps an eye as medical staff gather around a baby patient at Caritas Baby Hospital, in Bethlehem, West Bank.

  • A mother at the premature babies' unit at Caritas Baby Hospital, in Bethlehem, West Bank.

  • A graffiti celebrating the 60th anniversary of Caritas Baby Hospital, drawn on the separation wall in Bethlehem, West Bank.

  • Women and a girl make their way out of Caritas Baby Hospital, in Bethlehem, West Bank.

  • A woman enters Caritas Baby Hospital, in Bethlehem, West Bank.

  • Kids in the Palestinian refugee camp of Aida, in Bethlehem, West Bank.

  • A school girl walks in the Palestinian refugee camp of Aida, in Bethlehem, West Bank, next to a graffiti of Leila Khaled.<br /> Khaled is a mythological Palestinian airline hijacker from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), currently a member of the Palestinian National Council.

  • Women in the Palestinian refugee camp of Dheisheh, at the outskirts of Bethlehem, West Bank.

  • A worn placard hangs close to the entrance to the Palestinian refugee camp of Dheisheh, at the outskirts of Bethlehem, West Bank.

  • A Muslim man walks in Bethlehem, West Bank.

  • The minarets of a mosque, center, and the Church of Nativity, right, define the skyline of Bethlehem, West Bank.

  • Adel Samara holds a photo of his wife Enayeh, a Palestinian-US citizen, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Enayeh, living in Chicago, is not permitted to visit Israel.<br /> October 19, 2006<br /> Photo by Ahikam Seri

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