– Mahmoud Ajjour is a Gaza-based photojournalist. He is the Palestine Chronicle’s correspondent in the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Ministry of Interior and National Security in the Gaza Strip organized a graduation ceremony on Monday, where hundreds of new security and police graduates are set to join the service. Government and security […]
Gaza’s beloved ‘Samir Mansour Bookshop’ is finally reopened after it was turned into rubble when Israeli military strikes hit the five-story building, where the bookshop was based in May last year. The Palestine Chronicle visited […]
Palestinian crew and actors continue to film scenes for the series ‘Qabdat al-Ahrar,’ which translates to ‘Fist of the Free’ in Arabic, on Thursday, February 3, in the northern Gaza Strip. The Palestine Chronicle joined […]
A Palestinian family in the town of Beith Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, seeks warmth by the flames of an open fire during a cold night in Gaza. With temperatures dropping to near freezing levels, and […]
The artwork and embroideries of 45 Palestinian women from the Gaza Strip were selected to participate in an art gallery known as the Riyadiat – women pioneers. The gallery was sponsored by the Gaza municipality […]
Palestinians from the Greek Orthodox community in the Gaza Strip pray during Christmas Eve Mass at St. Porphyrios Church in Gaza City. The Palestinian Christian community is one of the most ancient Christian communities in […]
Hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza joined a solidarity march on Monday night in solidarity with Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawwash. Abu Hawwash, 40, has just completed his 140 days of hunger strike in an Israeli […]
Mohammed Tutah lost his leg when an Israeli missile fell on his house in the Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City on December 29, 2008. Several members of his family were killed on that day. […]
The Gaza Strip is anticipating an early winter storm on Monday. Intense rain is to be expected, followed by strong winds and sandstorms. Later in the evening, more showers are expected to follow. Though on […]
With songs and hymns, Palestinian Christians in Gaza celebrated the lighting of the Christmas tree inside the Holy Family Church, despite an Israeli ban, which prevented hundreds of Christians from reaching the holy shrines in […]
Hassan Al-Razi, a 26-year-old teacher from the besieged Gaza Strip, created a homemade robot named ‘Mr. Robot’, to help him teach students in his classroom. ‘‘Mr. Robot’ is the first similar prototype in Palestine. The […]
Gaza athletes participate in various running competitions organized by the Palestinian Association for Track and Field in cooperation with the sports committee of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). The […]
Gaza’s Palestinian Christian community has begun its official celebrations of the holiday season by lighting the Christmas tree at the Young Men’s Christian Association in Gaza City. Many Christian families, along with Christian and Muslim […]
The Sports Committee of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), organized, in cooperation with the Palestinian Union of Track and Field, a series of sports events throughout the Gaza Strip. […]
Taqwa Abdulhadi Nassar has made her parents’ dream come true as she became the last of ten siblings to graduate from college. Taqwa, 22, has just received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. Three of her […]
Palestinian kindergarteners of the ‘Modern Excellence Kindergarten’ in Gaza city took part in the celebrations of Palestine’s Declaration of Independence Day, on Monday, November 15. The main attraction, aside from ballons, keffiyehs, flags and sweets, […]
Palestinian artist Naji Nasr is putting the final touches on his latest painting, ‘Abu Ammar’, the nom de guerre of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who passed away on November 11, 2004. Nasr, a well-known […]
Workers in the Southern Gaza Strip city of Deir al-Bala prepare winter sweets at a local factory. “Shatawi” is one of the most famous desserts in Gaza during the winter months. It consists of whipped […]
Under the title of ‘Cohort of Excellence’, the Islamic University of Gaza celebrated its 40th cohort of graduates. The first day of the graduation ceremonies started on Sunday and was dedicated to graduates in the […]
Palestinian kickboxer Abdallah al-Ghalban has, once again, won the Palestine Championship for Kickboxing by emerging on top, following several days of competitions hosted by the Nasser Al-Arabi Club in Gaza City. Al-Ghalban is 19 years […]
The Palestinian Union for Kickboxing in Palestine – the Southern branch – concluded its Full Contact Championship for Youth, with the participation of 53 young kickboxers from various clubs throughout the Gaza Strip. The competition […]
Palestinian women in Gaza wore pink headscarves to raise awareness of the urgent need for early breast cancer detection, especially as cancer cases are on the rise throughout the besieged Gaza Strip. October is Breast […]
The occasion of Prophet Mohammed’s birthday – Eid al-Mawlid al-Nabawi – is celebrated across the Muslim world every year with various communal activities, charity work and, often songs and Nashid. This year the occasion fell […]
The Social Committee of the Fatah Movement’s Prisoners’ Affairs in Gaza organized a protest on Wednesday demanding the release of the remains of Palestinians held in Israel’s so-called ‘Cemeteries of Numbers’ Bodies of hundreds of […]
The Zaffa is a main fixture in traditional Palestinian Arab weddings. The Zaffa is for dancers, musicians, family and friends to welcome the bride and groom into the reception hall. Palestine Chronicle photojournalist in Gaza, Mahmoud Ajjour, […]
Palestinian artist Bilal Khaled is not only famous in Gaza for his outstanding Arabic calligraphy skills but worldwide as well. News of his accomplishments has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, Reuters, […]
Under the banner ‘The Products of Our Women’, the Women Affairs Center launched its annual expo in Gaza City on Tuesday, with the aim of supporting women-led businesses throughout the Gaza Strip. The expo consisted […]
From inside a very small studio, in the Saftawi area in northern Gaza City, Palestinian refugee Mohammed Jahlash is soaring with his art to new heights. He turns discarded sardine cans into portraits telling the […]
As thousands of Gaza youth took to the streets to clear debris and wash the streets from the evidence of Gaza’s latest war, business owners were also back, some assessing the damage, while others slowly […]
Last Tuesday, an Israeli air raid turned Samir Mansour’s library into a heap of rubble after serving for many years as a primary intellectual source for Palestinian authors, researchers, and students. Prior to the destruction […]
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