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Biographies

Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

1865 - 3 March 1948

1878 - 29 June 1950

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1893 - 27 April 1940

1894 - 19 March 1949

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

1905 - 21 May 1985

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

1907 - 27 July 2006

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

1926 - 23 January 1984

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

1936 - 3 August 1978

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1939 - 19 August 2014

1941 - 5 February 2023

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

1947 - 17 April 2004

Events

Emerging Palestinian Identity and Arab Nationalism

Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul

2 September 1908 - April 1909

Establishment of Palestinian Newspaper al-Karmel in Haifa

Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives

June 1909 - 2 November 1909

Establishment of Filastin Newspaper in Jaffa

A Zionist–Arab Incident in Zarnuqa

The British Issue the Press Ordinance

17 January 1935

The Arab Higher Committee is Formed

Musa Alami Publishes 'Ibrat Filastin (The Lesson of Palestine)

Fatah and the Palestinian Entity

Akhbar Filastin Newspaper Is Published in Gaza

1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

First Issue of al-Quds, a Daily Newspaper in Occupied Jerusalem, Is Published

19 November 1968

Iron Fist Policy in the Occupied Territories

29 July 1985 - 4 August 1985

Two Palestinian Newspapers Banned in Jerusalem

Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination

22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002

War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet

Al Jazeera Satellite TV and the Guardian Release the Palestine Papers

23 January 2011

Assassination of Ahmad Ja'bari in Gaza City

14 November 2012

Historical Media

Al-Karmel Newspaper

12 September 1912

Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London

Members of the Istiqlal (Independence) Party

Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)

2 November 1932

Historical Texts

Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots

Report of the Shaw Commission on the al-Buraq / Western Wall Disturbances of August, 1929

Charter of the Arab Youth Congress

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

Palestine National (qawmi) Charter

Basic Law of the PLO

Palestine National (watani) Charter

The Koenig Memorandum

Statement of First National Festival of Palestinian Literature in the Occupied Land

Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut

7 February 1983

Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly

13 December 1988

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

Palestinian National Conciliation Agreement: Related Understandings Between Fatah and Hamas

Highlights

Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

The Palestine Communist Party

The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

Demography and the Palestine Question (I)

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956

Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

The Palestinian Communist Movement

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

The King-Crane Commission of 1919

Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives

Ein el Tal (Handarat) Refugee Camp

Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982

A Massacre by Proxy

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Israeli Assassination Campaign Within Palestine Borders (I)

1996 - 2004

Thematic Chronology

Israeli Assassination Campaign Within Palestine Borders (II)

2005-2019

Thematic Chronology

Israeli Assassination Campaign Beyond Palestine Borders

1970 - present