People & Stories Worth Knowing
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This book by the famous Persian Alchemist, Al-Jaldaki, in the 14th Century can be read at The World Digital Library or the Wellcome Collection
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“Patrick Geddes planned Tel Aviv in a manner which limited congestion and provided space and air, and at the same time deliberately cut it off from the Palestinian city of Jaffa”
Read on at Archinetct: Apparatus of Capture - Architecture in Israel-Palestine, 60 Years On
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on the crumbling wall of Jaffa’s Kazakhane Muslim graveyard overlooking the Mediterranean, faded graffiti comprising a drawing of an orange reads in black and orange colors, “Jaffa, the city of the sad orange that will smile again”
- Jaffa Shared & Shattered
Some past and present images of Jaffa & Tel Aviv:
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The "K" is a nod to our home base: Kuwait. And so it begins...
