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Biographies

Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi
1871 - 1942
Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Isaaf al-Nashashibi
1885 - 22 January 1948
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Ishaq Musa al-Husseini
1904 - 17 December 1990
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Anwar Nuseibeh
1913 - 1986
Biography
Hind al-Husseini
25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Kamal Nasser
1925 - 10 April 1973

Events

Event
Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul
1909
Event
Elections Held for Fourth Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912
Event
Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo
December 1912
Event
Formation of the Covenant Society in Istanbul
28 October 1913
Event
Elections Held for Fifth Ottoman Parliament; Six Representatives from Regions in Palestine
14 May 1914
Event
Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant
21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916
Event
Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet
15 May 1920
Event
Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem
8 November 1923
Event
Municipal Elections Are Held in Palestine
April 1927
Event
Challenging the Pan-Islamic Congress, a Conference of the Palestinian Islamic Nation Is Convened
11 December 1931
Event
Establishment of the National Defense Party
2 December 1934
Event
Establishment of the Reform Party
18 June 1935
Event
British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy
November 1938 - May 1939
Event
Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington
September 1945 - December 1947
Event
Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine
22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946
Event
Arab League Holds its First Summit on Palestine in Anshas
28 May 1946 - 29 May 1946
Event
Clinton Invites Arafat and Barak to a Summit in Camp David
3 July 2000 - 11 July 2000

Historical Media

Document
Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London
April 1930
Document
Arab Higher Committee Members
25 April 1936
Document
Arab Demonstration at Yatta
18 December 1938

Historical Texts

Document
The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936

Highlights

Highlight
Balata Refugee Camp
West Bank
Highlight
Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
Highlight
The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
Highlight
Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
Highlight
Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948
A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba