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Biographies

Hafiz al-Sa’id

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

1880 - 16 June 1946

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Abd al-Latif Salah

1884 - 8 November 1952

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

George Antonius

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Zulaykha al-Shihabi

1903 - 13 May 1992

1910 - 26 February 1971

1917 - 12 December 2003

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

1923 - 12 May 2004

1928 - 1 September 2020

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

Events

Jerusalem Representation in the First and Second Ottoman Parliaments

19 March 1877 - 14 February 1878

Herzl Correspondence with Jerusalem Mayor

Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine

17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912

Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives

June 1909 - 2 November 1909

Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul

30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911

First Major Debate on Zionism in Ottoman Parliament

March 1911 - May 1911

Elections Held for Fourth Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine

18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912

Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa

Establishment of the Reform Party

Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine

22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946

Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York

Assassination of Walid Bisharat, Sameh Abu Huneish, and Muhammad Bisharat in Qabatya

Assassination of Walid Sbeih in al-Khader

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8

Historical Media

Yusuf Diya-uddin Pasha al-Khalidi

Arab Higher Committee Members

Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure

15 December 1938

Historical Texts

Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

The Murison Commission Report

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Places

Khiyam al-Walid

Highlights

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp

Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Sbeineh Refugee Camp

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

The Bosnians of Palestine

I. Ottoman Rule