This book belongs to its owner Fathallah Saad

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The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long (2.33 km) elevated linear park, greenway and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the west side of Manhattan in New York City.

"'This book belongs to its owner Fathallah Saad. He bought it with his own money at the beginning of March 1892' is written in both Arabic and its English translation on a building in Chelsea on the western side of Manhattan. It was created by the Palestinian artist Emily Jacir, and it was part of her art project 'ex libris.' The artist’s project was to commemorate the story of thirty thousand books that were stolen from the Palestinian homes and libraries by the Israeli authorities in 1948, and currently some of them are kept in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem under the designation 'Abandoned Property.' In the old times people used to document their ownership of the books on the first page, and that explains how books were important to Palestinian readers, and that it was part of their culture. The project’s goal was not only to bring awareness to people about the looting and destruction of books by the Israeli authorities, but also acts as a documentation of the Palestinian culture and history that will never be erased because of this documentation." (source)

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Taken in: United States / New York / New York / Chelsea (show map)

Taken on: December 27, 2014

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Camera: Nikon D5100, f/8.0, 1/250 sec, 52mm (=78mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

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