Author

Mostafa Alkharouf

Mostafa Alkharouf is a documentary photojournalist with the Anadolu Agency based in East Jerusalem whose work, focused on daily life in Palestine, has been published globally.

Articles by this author

Quartering Jerusalem
History
May 01, 2022
Nearly all modern maps of Jerusalem’s Old City show it divided into four quarters labeled Christian, Muslim, Armenian and Jewish. But the idea that gave rise to these labels dates back only to the mid-19th century and surveys of the city by colonial mapmakers—and specifically to the pen of a young British chaplain.

Five Centuries of Jerusalem Soup
Food History
November 02, 2021
Nearly 470 years ago, the wife of the Ottoman sultan founded this soup kitchen as an endowed religious charity. Ever since, its cooks have arrived before dawn to begin simmering soup to ladle out later to all who come looking for a warm lunch.