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Catastrophe

Catastrophe includes 4 chapters:

1.    Mt. Tabor – relating to a moment in 1948 when part of the village of Arab al-Sbaih in Lower Galilee, Palestine (currently Israel) took shelter at Mount Tabor Monastery.

2.    Berlin – photos of winter and emptiness – relating to the homelessness of the Palestinian people, partially as a result of the Nazi regime. Berlin is not dealing specifically with German issue – pictures from Berlin relate to the historical situation of the Palestinian people.

3.    Refuge in Frost – conditions of everyday exile.

4.    Halisa – a neighborhood of Palestinians. most of the original population had to leave their homes in 1948.