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The Olive Tree is a Palestinian-owned business based in Canada, committed to bringing the rich heritage of Palestinian culture to the world.
10% Donated to PCRF - The Palestine Children's Relief Fund

08/25/2026

Palestine has lost one of the great keepers of its memory.

Sliman Mansour spent more than five decades painting Palestine — its land, its people, its villages, its olive trees, its women and its Jerusalem.

His work became part of our collective memory, preserving a Palestine that generations have fought to keep alive.

Perhaps no image captures this more powerfully than Jamal al-Mahamel — the Palestinian carrying Jerusalem on his back.

Sliman Mansour understood something deeply Palestinian:

When a people’s land, history and identity are threatened with erasure, preserving them becomes an act of resistance.

His paintings will continue to carry Palestine.

Rest in power, Sliman Mansour.

رحم الله سليمان منصور
1947-2026

Official page: Sliman Mansour
Website: slimanmansour.com

Disclaimer: No AI was used to generate Sliman Mansour’s artwork shown in this post. AI was used only to assist with the cover and final slide design. All featured artworks were sourced from Sliman Mansour’s official website, slimanmansour.com, and are credited individually on each slide.

08/10/2026

Mahmoud Darwish carried Palestine through every line.

Born in al-Birwa in 1941, he was six years old when his family was displaced during the Nakba. When they returned, they found their village destroyed and were prevented from rebuilding on their land.

That contradiction, being home and erased at once, shaped the poetry he would write for the next five decades.

In “Identity Card,” Darwish refused to let occupation reduce Palestinian identity to a number, document, or administrative category:

سجل
أنا عربي

Write it down.
I am an Arab.

After more than two decades of exile, Darwish lived and worked in Ramallah. But Ramallah was not al-Birwa. He never returned to the childhood home from which his family had been displaced.

His words continue to carry what occupation has tried to erase: land, memory, dignity, resistance, and the right to return.

Mahmoud Darwish died on August 9, 2008. His poetry still lives in books, songs, murals, protests, and Palestinian memory.

Read the full piece through the link in our bio.

Nakba RightOfReturn Palestine

07/03/2026

Taste of The Middle East 2026 is here!
Come find us and explore our new collections!

🗓️ Friday Jul 3 to Sunday Jul 5
📍Nathan Philips Square
Friday and Saturday until 11pm
Sunday until 9pm

Taste of the Middle East

05/27/2026

Eid Mubarak from The Olive Tree. 🌿

تقبل الله منا ومنكم صالح الأعمال
May Allah accept our prayers, fasting, and good deeds.

As we gather with loved ones this Eid, we keep فلسطين (Palestine) and لبنان (Lebanon) in our hearts and du’as.

May Allah bring peace to every displaced family, healing to every wounded soul, and liberation to every occupied land.

From the olive groves of فلسطين (Palestine) to homes across the world, our roots remain steadfast. 🇵🇸🇱🇧

Free Palestine. Free Lebanon.
Until justice blooms.

05/15/2026

Today marks the 78th commemoration of the Nakba.

The Nakba was not simply “displacement.” It was a campaign of dispossession, expulsion, village destruction, and massacres carried out to remove Palestinians from their land.

Deir Yassin was not an exception. It became one of the clearest names attached to the violence of 1948, alongside other massacres and expulsions that emptied Palestinian towns and villages. Palestinians were killed, driven out, and prevented from returning. The United Nations describes the Nakba as the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 war.

And the Nakba did not end in 1948.

It continues through occupation, siege, settlement expansion, home demolitions, forced displacement, imprisonment, exile, and the denial of return.

But Palestinians were never erased.

They carried the names of their villages.
They kept the keys.
They preserved the deeds.
They stitched the patterns.
They planted again.
They taught their children where they came from.
They wore the kufiya as memory, identity, and refusal.

To commemorate the Nakba is not only to mourn what was taken.

It is to name the massacres.
It is to name the ethnic cleansing.
It is to name the ongoing theft of land.
It is to stand with the living resistance of a people who refuse disappearance.

Palestine is not a memory.
Palestine is a homeland.
Return is not a dream.
Return is a right.

We remember. We resist. We return.

05/05/2026

735 voices. 735 stories rooted in Palestine.

Every review is more than kind words, it’s proof that our culture is carried, worn, and protected across borders.

From the hands of Palestinian artisans to homes around the world, this is resistance woven into everyday life.

🕊️ 4.9 stars; not just for quality, but for meaning, identity, and survival.

And with every order, 10% supports the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, because our future deserves protection.

Wear Palestine. Carry it forward.

04/30/2026

Crafted in one of the oldest kufiya factories in Jordan, founded by a family displaced from Palestine during the Naksa in 1967, with over 50 years of expertise in every thread.

10% of every piece goes to PCRF, supporting not only the artisans behind the craft but also Palestinian children in need.

Why Ash Grey? Because you made it one of our bestsellers 🫶🏽

04/29/2026

🗓️Friday, May 8, 2026 - doors open at 4pm
📍 St. Paul’s United Church - 454 Rebecca St, Oakville

We are honored to be part of the second annual Bazaar.

A meaningful community initiative raising funds for Gaza, alongside the 10% we continue to donate to PCRF.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

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