Commerce

Graphic How a Jerusalem-Based Palestinian Company Marketed Its Product to Its Community, 1990

Cultural heritage in Palestinian industrial branding

Blog Post How Old City Shopkeepers Are Facing an Unprecedented Closure: Voices from the Souks

Resilience in the face of attempted erasure

Blog Post “The Old City Is Breathing Its Last Breath”—Jerusalem Merchants Decry Enforced Market Closures

The Old City, a ghost of its former self, faces an existential crisis amid Israel’s illegal closure policies.

Photo The Olive Oil Market of Jerusalem

Oil, fruits, and moreOil, fruits, and more

Photo Scents and Spices

Inside al-‘Attarin Market

Photo The Second Arab Exhibition

A display of craftsmanship, unity, and defiance

Blog Post Old City Shopkeepers Hope for Economic Revival This Ramadan

Will Ramadan breathe new life into the Old City’s souk?

Blog Post The Old City Shops Are Reeling after Weeks of Closure Due to War

Jerusalem shop owners are determined to remain open, despite Israeli measures placing the Old City off limits to most Palestinians, which kills business.

Blog Post Shops on Salah-al Din Street, a Main Commercial Hub of Palestinian East Jerusalem, Are Reeling from Loss of Business since October 7

As business dwindles and the municipality levies gratuitous fines for “violations,” shop owners on Salah al-Din Street pay a price for the war on Gaza.