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Biographies

Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Nicola Ziadeh
1907 - 27 July 2006
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Samira Azzam
13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023

Events

Event
Formation of the Covenant Society in Istanbul
28 October 1913
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An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress
13 December 1931
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British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy
November 1938 - May 1939
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Baghdad Pact
24 February 1955
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9th Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad and Condemns the Camp David Accords
5 November 1978
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Arab Sanctions Against Egypt
27 March 1979 - 31 March 1979
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Baghdad
28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990
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The US War Against Iraq; Security Developments in the West Bank and Gaza
17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003
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23rd Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad
29 March 2012

Historical Texts

Document
Sykes-Picot Agreement
16 May 1916
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
Document
London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
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Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions
1 September 1967
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Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
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Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
Document
Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
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Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
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Twenty-Third Arab Summit: The Baghdad Declaration
29 March 2012

Highlights

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The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
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Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993