POST CARDS FROM THE COLLECTION OF
A book of separation and yearning. Ezzedine collected old pictures postcards of Palestine not simply as a historical record or an attempt to deceive the years. They were pictures of the Palestine he loved that he could see and touch every day. The book tells the story of Ezzedine love. Palestine the land: Ezzedine would open his old picture album as he would open the shutters on a window. Palestine streamed in with the sunlight. Palestine the people: From time to time, Ezzedine would steal an hour or two from his years to shuffle his cards and hear again the sound of picks on the land, and the cries of street-vendors and the songs of shepherds. If, as you turn the pages of this book, you are moved by its pictures and its colours, remember that these are the deeds of the homeland and they are soaked in the blood of its latest witness.
from the introduction of
Farouk Mardam-Bey