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Memoirs Engraved in Stone: Palestinian Urban Mansions

By Diala Khasawney, 2001, 157 pages. In English, photographs by Mia Gröndahl. 
ISBN 0-88728-279-2

Co-published by the Institute of Jerusalem Studies and RIWAQ Center for Architectural Conservation

This book traces the architectural and social history of seventeen urban families and mansions in sixteen Palestinian towns. With sensitivity and passion, the young author takes the reader on a journey through Jerusalem, Acre, Jaffa, Haifa, Nazareth, Safad, Jenin, Qalqilya, Nablus, Ramallah, al-Bireh, Bethlehem, Bayt Jala, Jericho, and Hebron. Beautiful photographs and drawings by Mia Gröndahl illustrate the text on these hidden architectural treasures of Palestine.

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