Photos of Palestinian potters preserving a 400-year West Bank tradition

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Ahmed Fakhoury, 27, uses a pottery wheel to make clay pots at a traditional pottery workshop in the West Bank city of Hebron, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian potters in the Israeli-occupied West Bank use generations-old skills to make clay wares sold across the territory. Despite rising costs, cheap imports and falling sales, one family is preserving a 400-year tradition.

Photos of Palestinian potters preserving a 400-year West Bank tradition | iNFOnews.ca
A Palestinian worker carries a pot at a traditional pottery workshop in the West Bank city of Hebron, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Photos of Palestinian potters preserving a 400-year West Bank tradition | iNFOnews.ca
Palestinian men work on pots at a traditional pottery workshop in the West Bank city of Hebron, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Photos of Palestinian potters preserving a 400-year West Bank tradition | iNFOnews.ca
Palestinian workers tend a kiln at a traditional pottery workshop in the West Bank city of Hebron, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Photos of Palestinian potters preserving a 400-year West Bank tradition | iNFOnews.ca
Ahmed Fakhoury, 27, uses a pottery wheel to make clay pots at a traditional pottery workshop in the West Bank city of Hebron, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Photos of Palestinian potters preserving a 400-year West Bank tradition | iNFOnews.ca
A Palestinian worker tends a kiln at a traditional pottery workshop in the West Bank city of Hebron, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Photos of Palestinian potters preserving a 400-year West Bank tradition | iNFOnews.ca
A Palestinian worker carries a pot at a traditional pottery workshop in the West Bank city of Hebron, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Photos of Palestinian potters preserving a 400-year West Bank tradition | iNFOnews.ca
Palestinian workers take pots out of a kiln at a traditional pottery workshop in the West Bank city of Hebron, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Photos of Palestinian potters preserving a 400-year West Bank tradition | iNFOnews.ca
A camel stand near to traditional clay pots displayed for sale on the roadside in the West Bank city of Jericho, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

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