Palestine was never empty. The camera already knew that.
In 1896–97, the Lumière brothers sent Alexandre Promio to film the Holy Land under Ottoman rule. What he captured is among the earliest moving images of Palestine: Jaffa Port, the courtyard of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, Jerusalem’s railway station, sacred sites, and people in the streets.
Muslims. Christians. Jews. Walking the same gates, the same roads, the same land.
Not a slogan. Not a later map. Actual footage of a living country called Palestine — ports, churches, stations, markets, worshippers — before partition, before occupation, before the claim that this was a vacant stage waiting for someone else.
Watch the people, not the propaganda. Jaffa was a port. Bethlehem was a town. Jerusalem was a city of three faiths under one sky. That is the historical record, not a talking point.
Palestine had a name. Palestine had people. The film is still there.
#Palestine #FreePalestine #HistoryNotMyth #Jaffa #Jerusalem #Bethlehem
#DIDYOUKNOW: Coca-Cola’s plastic use is projected to exceed 9.1 billion pounds per year by 2030.
Single-use plastic bottles continue to pile up in our oceans despite a readily available solution: reusable and refillable systems.
Learn more: https://t.co/Y8Jau7kabJ
🔴 The Moon turned red above one of the oldest wonders on Earth.
As the Blood Moon rose over the Great Pyramids of Giza, the sky delivered a moment where ancient history met cosmic physics. During a total lunar eclipse, Earth moves directly between the Sun and the Moon, casting its shadow across the lunar surface.
But the Moon doesn’t disappear.
Instead, sunlight bends through Earth’s atmosphere. Shorter blue wavelengths scatter away, while the longer red wavelengths curve into the shadow and illuminate the Moon — the same effect that creates our fiery sunsets.
In that moment, the Moon is lit by the combined glow of every sunrise and sunset happening across Earth.
Astronomers measure the intensity of this red color using the **Danjon Scale**:
• L0 – Almost invisible dark eclipse
• L1 – Dark gray or brown Moon
• L2 – Deep rust-red tone
• L3 – Bright brick-red glow
• L4 – Copper-orange, very bright eclipse
The deeper the red, the more dust, clouds, or particles are present in Earth’s atmosphere.
Ancient pyramids below.
Orbital mechanics above.
A reminder that the same sky watched by civilizations thousands of years ago is still unfolding above us tonight.
📍 Giza Pyramids, Egypt
3 days left for the conclusion of the longest Arab space mission in history, during which astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi completed over 1,000 working hours aboard the International Space Station.
#SafeReturnSultan#ZayedAmbition
تم تحديد الجدول الزمني لعودة الطاقم رقم 6، الذي يضم رائد الفضاء سلطان النيادي، من محطة الفضاء الدولية. تابعوا التغطية المباشرة يومي 2 و3 سبتمبر: https://t.co/OZCAe55LXS
#ترجع_بالسلامة_سلطان#طموح_زايد
Art heist movies always capture the imagination, but of course, audacious thefts are not the sole preserve of the silver screen.
Here are five infamous heists that made headlines. https://t.co/Htp9wnzS5y
نفخر بمجموعتنا الفنية ونودّ مشاركتها معك!
انضم إلى عائشة الأحمدي، أمينة متحف مساعدة، حيث ستخبرنا بقصة أحد مقتنيات #اللوفر_أبوظبي: فنجان الشوكولاتة للفنان بيير أوغست رينوار
#اللوفر_أبوظبي
I had the pleasure of taking a course on Islamic Geometry by Eric Broug in Abu Dhabi and I have 2 of his books! One of which is a step by step guide in drawing popular patterns. The man has deep passion in this subject! Can’t wait to get my hands on the new one!