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Biographies

Biography
Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Khalil Abdallah Totah
20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
Issa al-Sifri
1894 - 19 March 1949
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

Events

Event
Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
Event
Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
Event
Hanging of Palestinian Militants
17 June 1930
Event
Fatah Is Founded
September 1957
Event
Assassination of Abdallah Jarushi in Nablus
31 October 2001
Event
Assassination of Abdallah Qawasmeh in Hebron
21 June 2003
Event
Assassination of Abdallah Akel and Farid Mayat in Nussayrat Refugee Camp
30 August 2003
Event
Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
Event
Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord
28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007
Event
Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
Event
Assassination of Abdallah Makawi in Rafah
7 October 2012

Historical Texts

Document
Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission
3 July 1919
Document
Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002

Highlights

Highlight
VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
Highlight
The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Historical Media

Document
Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing
2012