City of Oranges

The ancient port of Jaffa, now part of Tel Aviv, was once known as the ''Bride of Palestine''. It was one of the great cosmopolitan cities of the Mediterranean. Once the centre of Palestinian modernity, Jaffa was the country''s cultural and political capital.

There Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived, worked, and celebrated together. It was commonplace for the Arabs of Jaffa to attend a wedding at...