#vintage middle east

[pomegranateandcoffee]

today's aesthetic moodboard

[vintage-middle-east-life]

Palestinian women from nazareth in 1930

[jaffababe]

Palestinian Students - Found in the Friends School Collection

[degeneratedworker]

"Together for the fall of Dictatorship and war" Iraqi Communist Party Iraq c. 1980s

[fairiedance]

The poem fragment I used here is from "Silence for Gaza" by Mahmoud Darwish (the poem is from 1973 but could have been written yesterday, I recommend you check it out). Stickers with this sort of vintage scrapbooking look seem popular right now, so I wanted to make a version for Gaza for my fundraiser. Products with this design can be found here.

As usual ALL PROCEEDS from my designs are for my Palestinian best friend to help him support his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the raids and economic devastation in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. He will donate anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with.

Here are some product examples, again see here for all options (also shirts/hoodies have many color options besides the default if you click on them):

You can find my full shop here. To see a design on different products click on the display product and scroll down or go here to browse by design. Here is a sample of some of the other designs I have:

I have 161 designs and counting, I'm making new ones at least a few times a week so check back if you don't see anything you like yet. I'm not going to stop adding stuff until everyone my friend loves is safe. Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far!

[vintagepromotions]

Air France travel poster for the Middle East (c. 1950). Artwork by Jean Even.

[dianci3]

Images of Jerry Habibi, Persian and Iranian-American Actor who portrays Abbas in Sony’s ‘The Persian Version’.

[holidaysincambodia]

A Kurdish Jewish woman in 1976

[11oh1]

[vampzee]

Zulma Faiad in 'The Night of a Thousand Cats' (1972) - image by J. Martínez.

[mytholegy]

Jordan (Druze), Ingushetia, Palestine, Georgia, Italy, Iraq (Chaldeans)

[postcard-from-the-past]

"Middle East"

Advertisement of the Air France on a vintage postcard

[sidebee-hive]

Assyrian women of the Syriac Quarter of Bethlehem, Palestine. Studio photograph taken in 1905.

The modern Assyrian community in Palestine was founded by religious pilgrims, but later became mostly comprised of refugees of the Assyrian genocide (also known as the Seyfo).

[jaffababe]

Palestinian hair ornaments

Palestinian silver ornaments worn over the shoulders or hanging down the back and mixed with the hair, sometimes worn with nazars. Called "quarmal" or "karameel." Examples of it being worn below on children and Palestinian women. 19th to 20th century.

[degeneratedworker]

“People all over the world, take action to stop the US and British aggression” People's Republic of China c. 1950s

[fairiedance]

I made this flag with old open source art nouveau patterns.

As usual ALL PROCEEDS from my shop are for my Palestinian best friend to help him support his loved ones. I've recently learned that some of the money I've raised has made it through to people he has in Gaza to help them purchase food, I'm very happy to hear this.

Here are a few sample product photos with this design, all products found here:

You can find my full shop here. To see a design on different products click on the display product and scroll down or go here to browse by design. I try to use a wide range of different styles so there's something for everyone. Here are some examples:

Thank you to everyone who has helped so far!