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Biographies

1865 - 3 March 1948

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Abd al-Majid Shuman

1912 - 5 July 2005

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

1923 - 12 May 2004

1936 - 29 August 1987

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

1942 - 6 August 2019

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

1962 - 31 July 2024

Events

Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City

26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918

Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet

Haganah Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

The Battle for Haifa and Its Surroundings

4 April 1948 - 22 April 1948

Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee

28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948

Operation Barak Toward the South

9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948

Ethnic Cleansing During the Second Truce

24 July 1948 - 15 October 1948

Syria-Israel Armistice Agreement

Egypt and Syria Unite and Form the United Arab Republic

1 February 1958 - 28 September 1961

Civil War in Lebanon

May 1958 - October 1958

The Constitutional Statute for the Gaza Strip

The Council of the Arab League Adopts the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in the Arab States

11 September 1965

Gaza Red Crescent Society Is Established

Start of Civil War in Lebanon

13 April 1975 - 2 September 1982

Palestinians in Israel Mobilize Against Confiscation

1 January 1976 - 6 March 1976

Israel Invades Along the Central Axis

6 June 1982 - 11 June 1982

Israeli Invasion Along the Western Axis

6 June 1982 - 14 June 1982

The “Creeping” Cease-fire

10 June 1982 - 26 June 1982

Operation of Israeli Occupation Forces Against Ayn al-Hilwa

16 May 1984 - 18 May 1984

Israeli Army Withdraws from Saida Region

16 February 1985

The Madrid Peace Conference

30 October 1991 - 2 November 1991

Mounting Anti-Israeli Mobilization

10 May 2000 - 20 May 2000

Arab and International Support of Palestinian Uprising

30 September 2000 - 7 October 2000

Assassination of Imad Abu Sunayna in Hebron

On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans

15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002

Establishment of al-Mubadara, the Palestinian National Initiative

Israeli and US Reactions to the Revived Arab Peace Initiative

29 March 2007 - 17 April 2007

Nablus Remains a Hot Spot

15 December 2007 - 5 January 2008

War on Gaza, Day 1, Start of Phase 1

27 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 17

12 January 2009

Israel's Demolition and Eviction Orders Increase in East Jerusalem

2 August 2009 - 9 November 2009

Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements

31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009

Palestinian Mass Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

17 April 2012 - 14 May 2012

Palestinians in the West Bank Protest Israeli Settlement Expansion

31 January 2014 - 7 February 2014

International Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction

12 October 2014

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

4 March 2015 - 5 March 2015

The Convening of Fatah's 7th General Conference Is Announced in Effort to Consolidate Abbas's Leadership

1 November 2016

Palestinians Start Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

17 April 2017 - 26 May 2017

The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip

30 March 2018 - 14 May 2018

The US Opens its Embassy in Jerusalem; Guatemala and Paraguay (Temporarily) Follow Suit

14 May 2018 - 15 May 2018

Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East

15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018

PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah

15 August 2018 - 17 August 2018

Formation of the Munich Group

15 February 2020 - 24 September 2020

Creeping Normalization

19 May 2020 - 25 June 2020

UAE and Bahrain Announce Normalization with Israel

13 August 2020 - 11 September 2020

Sudan to Normalize Ties with Israel in Exchange for US Incentives

25 August 2020 - 23 September 2021

Cracks in Arab Unity on Palestine

9 September 2020 - 22 September 2020

Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel

15 September 2020

Historical Texts

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria

Statement of the Arab National Conference

13 December 1931

Council of the Arab League: Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

Declaration of Jordan’s National Assembly, On the Unity between the Eastern and Western Banks of Jordan

Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)

25 September 2009

Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates

Highlights

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

Palestine Liberation Organization (I)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement

Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993

Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Citizenship in Israel

An Unwanted Minority Asserts Its Narrative and Identity

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966

Governing the Lives of a Confined Population

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

The Palestinian Communist Movement

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

Palestinians in Peru

A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History

Spain and the Palestine Question

Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Palestine-Lebanon Border

A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens

Palestinians in Germany

From Melancholia to Anger

Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Dera‘a Refugee Camp

The Algerians of Palestine

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Exhibition-Making Practices, 1917-1993

Curating the National Identity

Places

al-Batani al-Gharbi

al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya

al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya

al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya

al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta

'Arab al-Shamalina

Ghuwayr Abu Shusha

'Iraq al-Manshiyya

Khirbat al-'Umur

Khirbat al-Lawz

Khirbat al-Manara

Khirbat Qumbaza

Kirad al-Ghannama

Sarafand al-Kharab