Finjān (فنجان) in Arabic; plural fanajeen (فناجين) or Anglicized as finjans; is a small handless coffee cup.

Finjans are not just functional drinking vessels, they are carriers of our values and culture. They are the product of a long, shared collective history revolving around coffee, accompanying us through life, in bitter and sweet moments, in weddings and funerals; from the first morning sip to the many rounds poured throughout the day.

But what happens when mass-produced imported cups from the West replaced the locally made finjans?

Finjan from Palestine traces the material culture and heritage of coffee ware in Bilad al-Sham and Palestine, before foreign objects and practices reshaped the region’s traditions. This specific ceramic finjan was inspired from early 20th-century finjan made in Rashaya al-Fukhar, a village of potters in Jabal el-Sheikh, Southern Lebanon. Until the mid 20th century, it was the heart of Bilad al-Sham’s pottery, with nearly a hundred workshops supplying handcrafted wares to Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and Jordan for centuries.

Made with love, from Palestine.