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Biographies

Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Khalil Abdallah Totah
20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Qudsia Khourshid
5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Events

Event
Establishment in New York of the Palestine Anti-Zionism Society (Later Renamed Palestine National League)
1917 - 1921
Event
Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem
8 November 1923
Event
Establishment of the National Defense Party
2 December 1934
Event
Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York
25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950
Event
President Bourguiba and 1947 Partition Plan
27 February 1965 - 11 March 1965
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2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965
Event
Israeli-Syrian Mounting Tension in Lebanon
28 April 1981 - 5 May 1981
Event
Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon
24 July 1981
Event
South Lebanon Cease-fire Is Broken
21 April 1982 - 9 May 1982
Event
Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982
Event
Israel and the US Demand PLO Withdrawal from Beirut and Lebanon
15 June 1982 - 27 June 1982
Event
PLO Debates Withdrawal
16 June 1982 - 2 July 1982
Event
PLO Accepts Habib’s Plan
29 July 1982 - 31 July 1982
Event
Sabra and Shatila Massacres
16 September 1982 - 18 September 1982
Event
Deportation of Muhammad Dahlan
13 December 1986 - 26 January 1987
Event
First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
14 December 1987
Event
Resumption of Diplomatic Activity
30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988
Event
Assassination of Salah Shehadeh in Gaza City
22 July 2002
Event
Aftermath of Salah Shehadeh's Assassination
22 July 2002 - 14 August 2002
Event
Assassination of Habib Ashur and Imad Yasin in Gaza City
16 June 2006
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5
14 May 2021

Historical Texts

Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
Document
Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
Document
Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative
9 September 1982

Highlights

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The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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The Palestinian Short Story
Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor
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Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
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Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
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The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa
Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field
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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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The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
1987–present
Highlight
Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry