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Biographies

Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi
1871 - 1942
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Alfred Roch
1882 - 22 April 1942
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Kulthum Odeh
2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Edward W. Said
1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003
Biography
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi
1947 - 17 April 2004

Events

Event
Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt
1882
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Hussein-McMahon Correspondence: Territorial Issues and Prelude to the Arab Revolt Against the Ottomans
14 July 1915 - 30 March 1916
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Alexandria Protocol and the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
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Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine
22 March 1945
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Nationalization of the Suez Canal
26 July 1956
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2nd Arab Summit Meets in Alexandria; Welcomes Establishment of PLO
5 September 1964 - 11 September 1964
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June War, 6th Day
10 June 1967
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2nd Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
11 June 1979 - 12 June 1979
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4th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
5 July 1979 - 6 July 1979
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6th Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
26 September 1979 - 27 September 1979
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Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Alexandria
27 March 1980
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Sharon Goes to Washington to Get Green Light on Lebanon War
25 May 1982

Historical Texts

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Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein
25 October 1915
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Sykes-Picot Agreement
16 May 1916
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Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
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The Alexandria Protocol on Forming the League of Arab States
7 October 1944
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British Referral of the Palestine Question to the UN
2 April 1947
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Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
12 September 1950
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Agreement between the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
14 March 1951
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Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983

Highlights

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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
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Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
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Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
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Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993
Curating the National Identity
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France and the Palestine Question Before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism

Places

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al-'Abbasiyya
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al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa
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al-Khayriyya
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al-Latrun
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al-Safiriyya
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al-Tantura
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al-Tira
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al-Tira
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'Ayn Ghazal
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'Ayn Karim
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Bashshit
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Bayt Dajan
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Khirbat Bayt Lid
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Biyar 'Adas
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Ijzim
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'Iraq al-Manshiyya
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Jaba'
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Kafr 'Ana
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Kafr Saba
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Majdal Yaba
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Miska
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Qaqun
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Qatra
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Qula
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Rantiya
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Salama
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Abu Shusha