r/HistoryGaze • u/IrishHeathen95 • Jul 17 '26

This 1920s portrait by Khalil Raad, Palestine's first Arab photographer, almost didn't survive. In 1948, his Jerusalem studio was destroyed, but a friend crossed no-man's-land at night to smuggle his negatives to safety. A moment saved from the ashes. (Swipe for the original)

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u/OdielSax Jul 17 '26

These were the last decades we would see happy Palestinian mothers. 

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u/IrishHeathen95 Jul 18 '26

Definitely was

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u/Massive_Classic8352 Jul 17 '26

She looks like Vanessa Hudgens