"Portfolio" (by Maja Hitij)

Palestinian girl and a boy are reflected in shop window in the centre of the West Bank city of Ramallah, April 17, 2008.

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:19:37 +0000

Palestinian girl and a boy are reflected in shop window in the centre of the West Bank city of Ramallah, April 17, 2008.
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A Palestinian boy pushes his cart up the stairs in an alley in Jerusalem's Old city, Sunday, June 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:56:39 +0000

A Palestinian boy pushes his cart up the stairs in an alley in Jerusalem's Old city, Sunday, June 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)
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Israeli girls pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, located in east Jerusalem's Old City, March 12, 2008

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:56:39 +0000

Israeli girls pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, located in east Jerusalem's Old City, March 12, 2008
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Palestinian man prays near the separation wall close to Kalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and West Bank city of Ramallah, Nov 20, 2009.

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:58 +0000

Palestinian man prays near the separation wall close to Kalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and West Bank city of Ramallah, Nov 20, 2009.
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Christian Orthodox pilgrims are seen inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion of Christ, during Good Friday processions in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, April 2, 2010. Christians are marking the solemn period of Easter. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:59:35 +0000

Christian Orthodox pilgrims are seen inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion of Christ, during Good Friday processions in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, April 2, 2010. Christians are marking the solemn period of Easter. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)
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Ultra-Orthodox men pray during a memorial service for the eight Mercaz Harav Yeshiva students that were killed in a shooting attack last week in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 13, 2008. The eight were killed by a Palestinian gunman from east Jerusalem.

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:26:10 +0000

Ultra-Orthodox men pray during a memorial service for the eight Mercaz Harav Yeshiva students that were killed in a shooting attack last week in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 13, 2008. The eight were killed by a Palestinian gunman from east Jerusalem.
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Ultra Orthodox Jewish men and a youth talk on public pay phones in the religious neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:58 +0000

Ultra Orthodox Jewish men and a youth talk on public pay phones in the religious neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)
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A Palestinian man is seen reflected in mirrors displayed for sale, as he walks in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, April 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:26:26 +0000

A Palestinian man is seen reflected in mirrors displayed for sale, as he walks in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, April 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)
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Palestinian boys who sell CD's and DVD'd at Kalandia checkpoint, between Jerusalem and West Bank city of Ramallah, warm their hands as they sit next to the separation barrier, Sunday, May 2, 2010.

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:59 +0000

Palestinian boys who sell CD's and DVD'd at Kalandia checkpoint, between Jerusalem and West Bank city of Ramallah, warm their hands as they sit next to the separation barrier, Sunday, May 2, 2010.
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A masked Palestinian demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Nilin, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:59 +0000

A masked Palestinian demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Nilin, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)
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A Palestinian boy calls for customers as he sells corn cobs at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old city, Saturday, April 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:27:38 +0000

A Palestinian boy calls for customers as he sells corn cobs at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old city, Saturday, April 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)
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A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling-shot to hurl a stone at Israeli troops, not seen, during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Nilin, near Modin, Friday, May 30, 2008. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab.

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:59 +0000

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling-shot to hurl a stone at Israeli troops, not seen, during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Nilin, near Modin, Friday, May 30, 2008. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab.
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Israeli border police, fire tear gas canisters at Palestinian stone throwers during clashes erupted following a demonstration against Israel's military operation in Gaza, at the Kalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. Israel showed no sign of slowing a blistering seven-day offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers, destroying homes of more than a dozen of the group's operatives Friday and bombing one of its mosques a day after a deadly strike killed a prominent Hamas figure.

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:59 +0000

Israeli border police, fire tear gas canisters at Palestinian stone throwers during clashes erupted following a demonstration against Israel's military operation in Gaza, at the Kalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. Israel showed no sign of slowing a blistering seven-day offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers, destroying homes of more than a dozen of the group's operatives Friday and bombing one of its mosques a day after a deadly strike killed a prominent Hamas figure.
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Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:26:20 +0000

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Palestinians wait for a truck to pass, not seen, as they wait next to a section of Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Saturday, May, 8, 2010. Palestinian leaders on Saturday gave their backing for indirect peace talks with Israel, clearing the way for the Obama administration's first sustained on-the-ground Mideast peace effort. U.S. envoy George Mitchell will now shuttle between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders for up to four months to try to narrow the vast gaps on the terms of Palestinian statehood. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:59 +0000

Palestinians wait for a truck to pass, not seen, as they wait next to a section of Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Saturday, May, 8, 2010. Palestinian leaders on Saturday gave their backing for indirect peace talks with Israel, clearing the way for the Obama administration's first sustained on-the-ground Mideast peace effort. U.S. envoy George Mitchell will now shuttle between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders for up to four months to try to narrow the vast gaps on the terms of Palestinian statehood. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)
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An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man is reflected in a jewelry shop window as he walks in a street in the religious neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:59 +0000

An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man is reflected in a jewelry shop window as he walks in a street in the religious neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)
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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather during a demonstration to protest a Supreme Court ruling forcing the integration of a religious girls' school, in Jerusalem, Thursday, June 17, 2010. Jerusalem police said about 100,000 people converged in downtown Jerusalem to support the parents who oppose integration and are to be jailed for two weeks for defying the integration efforts by keeping their daughters from school. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:59 +0000

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather during a demonstration to protest a Supreme Court ruling forcing the integration of a religious girls' school, in Jerusalem, Thursday, June 17, 2010. Jerusalem police said about 100,000 people converged in downtown Jerusalem to support the parents who oppose integration and are to be jailed for two weeks for defying the integration efforts by keeping their daughters from school. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)
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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and boys dance around a bonfire during celebrations of the holiday Lag Ba'Omer in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, Saturday May 1, 2010. Israelis light bonfires during Lag Ba'Omer celebrations to commemorate the end of a plague said to have decimated Jews in Roman times. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:59 +0000

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and boys dance around a bonfire during celebrations of the holiday Lag Ba'Omer in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, Saturday May 1, 2010. Israelis light bonfires during Lag Ba'Omer celebrations to commemorate the end of a plague said to have decimated Jews in Roman times. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)
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A Palestinian youth collects metals from a burning garbage dump near the West Bank village of Safa, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008.

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:59 +0000

A Palestinian youth collects metals from a burning garbage dump near the West Bank village of Safa, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008.
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Members of the Palestinian scout band march through the West bank city of Ramallah, as part of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008. Muslims worldwide are preparing for Eid al-Adha, or Feast of the Sacrifice, commemorating God's provision of a ram to substitute for Abraham's impending sacrifice of his son, where able Muslims offer either a goat, sheep, cow, buffalo, or camel during the feast rituals. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:59 +0000

Members of the Palestinian scout band march through the West bank city of Ramallah, as part of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008. Muslims worldwide are preparing for Eid al-Adha, or Feast of the Sacrifice, commemorating God's provision of a ram to substitute for Abraham's impending sacrifice of his son, where able Muslims offer either a goat, sheep, cow, buffalo, or camel during the feast rituals. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)
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Palestinians are reflexted in the army veacle during an attempt to open and old road connects of the West Bank villages of Dier Ibzii and Ras Karkar, in the ouscurts of the West Bank City of Ramallah, Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:27:08 +0000

Palestinians are reflexted in the army veacle during an attempt to open and old road connects of the West Bank villages of Dier Ibzii and Ras Karkar, in the ouscurts of the West Bank City of Ramallah, Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)
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Palestinian Hamas supporters chant anti Israel slogans, during a protest against Israel's military operation in Gaza, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. Israel showed no sign of slowing a blistering seven-day offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers, destroying homes of more than a dozen of the group's operatives Friday and bombing one of its mosques a day after a deadly strike killed a prominent Hamas figure. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:59 +0000

Palestinian Hamas supporters chant anti Israel slogans, during a protest against Israel's military operation in Gaza, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. Israel showed no sign of slowing a blistering seven-day offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers, destroying homes of more than a dozen of the group's operatives Friday and bombing one of its mosques a day after a deadly strike killed a prominent Hamas figure. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)
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A Palestinian boy stands with sheep for sale at a livestock market in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008. Muslims worldwide are preparing for Eid al-Adha, or Feast of the Sacrifice, commemorating God's provision of a ram to substitute for Abraham's impending sacrifice of his son, where able Muslims offer either a goat, sheep, cow, buffalo, or camel during the feast rituals. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:59 +0000

A Palestinian boy stands with sheep for sale at a livestock market in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008. Muslims worldwide are preparing for Eid al-Adha, or Feast of the Sacrifice, commemorating God's provision of a ram to substitute for Abraham's impending sacrifice of his son, where able Muslims offer either a goat, sheep, cow, buffalo, or camel during the feast rituals. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)
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Tourists bath in the Dead Sea, in Israel, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. The Dead Sea, also called the Salt Sea, is a salt lake with borders to Jordan in the east and the West Bank and Israel to the west. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:59 +0000

Tourists bath in the Dead Sea, in Israel, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. The Dead Sea, also called the Salt Sea, is a salt lake with borders to Jordan in the east and the West Bank and Israel to the west. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)
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A Palestinian boy and worshipper who was prevented from reaching the Al-Aqsa Mosque gather for Friday prayers outside Jerusalem's Old City while Israeli forces stand guard, Friday, June 4, 2010. Police allowed access to Al-Aqsa Mosque only to men over 40 to Friday prayers and there were no limitations on women.(AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:59 +0000

A Palestinian boy and worshipper who was prevented from reaching the Al-Aqsa Mosque gather for Friday prayers outside Jerusalem's Old City while Israeli forces stand guard, Friday, June 4, 2010. Police allowed access to Al-Aqsa Mosque only to men over 40 to Friday prayers and there were no limitations on women.(AP Photo/Maya Hitij)
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Palestinian girls are watching distroyed classrooms at girl school Balqis al-Yaman school in Gaza City, Gaza, Thuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. Israel launched its 22-day offensive to try to halt Hamas rocket fire on southern Israel. The assault killed at least 1,285 Palestinians, more than half of them civilians, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights counted. Thirteen Israelis, including three civilians, were also killed during the fighting, Israel said.

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:59 +0000

Palestinian girls are watching distroyed classrooms at girl school Balqis al-Yaman school in Gaza City, Gaza, Thuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. Israel launched its 22-day offensive to try to halt Hamas rocket fire on southern Israel. The assault killed at least 1,285 Palestinians, more than half of them civilians, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights counted. Thirteen Israelis, including three civilians, were also killed during the fighting, Israel said.
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Palestinian supporters of Hamas attend a rally in Gaza City, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008. Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters marked the Islamic militant group's 21st anniversary with an outdoor rally Sunday, and the show of strength included a play featuring a mock-captive Israeli soldier begging for his freedom.

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 23:16:05 +0000

Palestinian supporters of Hamas attend a rally in Gaza City, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008. Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters marked the Islamic militant group's 21st anniversary with an outdoor rally Sunday, and the show of strength included a play featuring a mock-captive Israeli soldier begging for his freedom.
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Palestinian boy select rubble near the mob house in the area of east Jebaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, that was devastated in the last Israeli military offensive in January 2009, Jan. 20, 2010. The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has built al-Athamna famili house as the beginning of a project to find solutions to the most desperate cases. The design of the 80 square meters mud-bricked house, built on a hill overlooking Israel's borders, copies the ancient traditional brick buildings with big soft domes topping the arched rooms. Israel launched its 22-day offensive to try to halt Hamas rocket fire on southern Israel. The assault killed at least 1,285 Palestinians, more than half of them civilians, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights counted. Thirteen Israelis, including three civilians, were also killed during the fighting, Israel said. Year after war for residents in Gaza not much changed. (Photo/Maya Hitij)

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:59 +0000

Palestinian boy select rubble near the mob house in the area of east Jebaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, that was devastated in the last Israeli military offensive in January 2009, Jan. 20, 2010. The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has built al-Athamna famili house as the beginning of a project to find solutions to the most desperate cases. The design of the 80 square meters mud-bricked house, built on a hill overlooking Israel's borders, copies the ancient traditional brick buildings with big soft domes topping the arched rooms. Israel launched its 22-day offensive to try to halt Hamas rocket fire on southern Israel. The assault killed at least 1,285 Palestinians, more than half of them civilians, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights counted. Thirteen Israelis, including three civilians, were also killed during the fighting, Israel said. Year after war for residents in Gaza not much changed. (Photo/Maya Hitij)
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Palestinian man is seen next to the rubble of their destroyed house in the area of east Jebaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, that was devastated in the last Israeli military offensive, Jan. 29, 2009. Israel launched its 22-day offensive to try to halt Hamas rocket fire on southern Israel. The assault killed at least 1,285 Palestinians, more than half of them civilians, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights counted. Thirteen Israelis, including three civilians, were also killed during the fighting, Israel said.