Places and cities

Jerusalem (Al-Quds)

A historic street scene in Jerusalem — Photo: Matson Collection, Library of Congress (public domain)

The Old City’s lanes, the Dome of the Rock, and the al-Aqsa compound. For Palestinians it is Al-Quds, the holy, and it is the city the poems argue with because nobody is allowed to stop arguing about it.

Sources

Wikipedia

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