Ein Kerem – The Confiscated Elegy

Nestled among the hills west of Jerusalem lies Ein Kerem — once a thriving Palestinian village, now rebranded as a picturesque artist quarter. Its ancient terraces still hold the footprints of families displaced in 1948, their homes now galleries and luxury cafés for visitors unaware of the silence that haunts the stones. I return here often, camera in hand, memory in heart. I walk its narrow alleys where jasmine still grows — not for the tourists, but for the ghosts. The mosque, silenced. The olive groves, colonized. And yet, Ein Kerem refuses to die. It breathes through the shadows, speaks through the light, and mourns beautifully through every captured frame. This is not just a landscape. This is a stolen lullaby still humming its way back home. #EinKerem #PalestineThroughMyLens #LensOfMemory #NakbaContinues #HiddenHistories