بتير: Exquisite Poplars of Ain Battir حَوْرُ العَين رائع الجمال

اخي عمر
اين هاتين الشجرتين وماذا حل بهما ولماذا تم قطعهما ومن قام بذلك؟!!
رحم الله الزراع في بلدي

Man, Stones & Trees are the basic elements of this captivating, natural painting of Battir, perhaps the most prominent of which are the two poplar trees cuddled by the spring, “The Poplars of the Ain”. You might just sense the beauty of the trees whereas I still recall the site where the trees were planted. Until 1950, there were two main rubbish dumping areas at the village: one in front of the spring and the other in front of the girls’ school. Consequently, the late Hasan Mustafa had asked that one poplar tree be planted in each dumping area, as an initiative to solve the problem of local environment in the Battiri way, believing that a tree is Man’s ever intimate and faithful friend.
To the left of this painting stand some Trees that are still grieving the death of thousands of their colleague trees which were planted on each Arbor Day and which had already been tasteful food for sheep. Even sheep had their shares. Those were the Arbor Days, my friend! Yet, springs have neither run out nor are nurseries closed...