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Patrons of Palestine. A father and son have created a centre of culture and pride in the territory.

“When we started the culture and arts programme in 1999, people were laughing. They said what a waste of money. Why don’t you go build a hospital? [But] look at it now,” says Omar Al-Qattan, the foundation’s chairman and son of its founder and president, Abdel Mohsen Al-Qattan. “What else are the Palestinians proud of? Are they proud of their technological achievement? No, they’re proud of their culture because of this.”

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