Palestinians walk amid cliffs during their journey in the village of Ein Arik near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on 18 December 2021. Ein Arik, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in 1596 'Ain 'Arik appeared in the tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Quds of the Liwa of Quds. It have households Muslim and Christian. Photo by Wajed Nobani