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When you pass through a country's borders, what does it mean to have immigration issue that authoritative stamp in your passport?

For Palestinian artist, Khaled Jarrar, it means a great deal because his country does not exist as a nation state.

Jarrar lives in the West Bank, whose borders are controlled by Israel. For him to travel out of the West Bank, he needs Israeli permission.

Overseas friends that came to visit him complained of being pulled aside by Israeli immigration authorities for intensive questioning on whether they would go to the West Bank.

That got Jarrar thinking: What if he were to create his own "State of Palestine" stamp for foreign visitors?

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