MEMO sums up the Year in pictures from our week in pictures series
Happy to be home. Muhammad Al-Qeeq spends time with his family, after his release from an Israeli prison, before being re-arrested [ApaImages]
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL: Christian Zimmermann, a German-born Palestinian dressage rider, is representing Palestine at the Olympics. [twitter: @lfpme]
![Children being children as they mark UN Universal Children's Day in Gaza [Ashraf Amra/Apa Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2016_11_23-WIP-4.jpg?w=787&h=525&ssl=1 "2016_11_23-wip-4")
Children being children as they mark UN Universal Children’s Day in Gaza [Ashraf Amra/Apa Images]
ISTANBUL, TURKEY- Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Galata lodge used by mevlevi dervishes to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi
ISTANBUL, TURKEY – DECEMBER 15 : Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Galata lodge used by mevlevi dervishes to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Istanbul, Turkey on December 15, 2016. ( Berk Özkan – Anadolu Agency )
BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK- Palestinians in full Christmas mode