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Postcard: Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport
[Posted: 2026-09-23 07-59 UTC±0] 

Vertical painting in watercolour with ink lines, an entrance to the border control of Tel Aviv Ben Gurion airport. A woman in a pink headscarf and long sleeve dress walks on the left, a boy with short brown-red hair on the right. Both have backpacks, the woman also carries a bag. Above is a sign Israeli passports to the left, foreign passports to the right, the family goes to the left. In the distance are booths and s small crowd at the automatic gates. Above it says "Welcome" in Hebrew and Arabic. On the right is a big mezuzah and a large sign pointing to shelters.

A composite scan of the whole back of the postcard, on the left is the painting described before. on the right where there is the address superimposed is the front of the postcard, a photo of an unnamed Yemeni Jewish family sitting on carpets around another carpet with shisha and a kettle. From left to right there's — a man who appears to be in his thirties or forties with a headscarf and, over his shoulder, a talit; then a woman of similar age in ornate Yemeni dress and headscarf, a younger girl, an elderly man smoking shisha, and a boy reading a book. Above are two UAE 150 fils stamps with a calligraphy forming an eagle, over which stamped is a cancellation 06 Jan 2026.

Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport
נמל התעופה תל אביב בן-גוריון
مطار بن غوريون تل أبيب الدولي

Painted in ink and watercolour on top of a vintage postcard depicting a Yemenite family, the postcard bought at a flea market at the Container House of the Port of Jaffa of Tel Aviv Jaffa. Sent from UAE to Israel.

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