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Biographies

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

1880 - 16 June 1946

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 2 May 1941

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1926 - 23 January 1984

1927 - 13 January 2005

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1936 - 3 August 1978

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1939 - 19 August 2014

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

1941 - 5 February 2023

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

Events

Emerging Palestinian Identity and Arab Nationalism

Young Turk Revolution

Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul

2 September 1908 - April 1909

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

17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912

Palestinians Clash with Settlers of Sejera Colony

3 April 1909 - 12 April 1909

Enactment of the Ottoman Associations Law

The Russian Revolution; Sykes-Picot Agreement Is Published

8 March 1917 - 23 November 1917

The "International Parliamentarian Congress of Arab and Islamic Countries in Support of Palestine" Is Held in Cairo

7 October 1938 - 11 October 1938

Arab Sacrifice Brigade Formed and Dissolved

1 March 1949 - 30 November 1950

The Egyptian Revolution of 1952

Fatah Is Founded

Fatah and the Palestinian Entity

Fatah Issues Its First Military Communiqué

3rd Palestine National Council Is Held in Gaza

20 May 1966 - 24 May 1966

6th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

1 September 1969 - 9 September 1969

PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country

3 November 1969

1st Extraordinary Session of the Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman

27 August 1970 - 28 August 1970

8th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo

28 February 1971 - 5 March 1971

Arafat Addresses the UN General Assembly

13 November 1974

Plane Hijacked to Entebbe

27 June 1976 - 4 July 1976

Ezzedine Kalak Is Assassinated in Paris

Islamic Revolution in Iran

11 February 1979

PLO and Jordan Agree on Idea of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation

9 October 1982 - 10 November 1982

A Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Damascus

23 January 2008 - 25 January 2008

Fatah Sixth General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies

8 August 2009 - 11 August 2009

Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies

4 December 2016

Historical Media

Young Turks Revolution

Historical Texts

Palin Commission Report

Fatah First Military Communiqué

Fatah: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Press Release

Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions

10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968

Palestine National (watani) Charter

Amended Basic Law of the Palestine Liberation Organization

Palestine National Council, 5th Session: Political Statement

4 February 1969

Palestine National Council, 6th Session: Political Statement

6 September 1969

Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese Authorities and the Palestinian Guerrilla Organizations

3 November 1969

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Final Statement

30 May 1970 - 4 June 1970

Palestine National Council, 7th Session: Resolutions

Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions

Palestine National Council, 8th Session: Interim Political Program of the Palestine Revolution

Palestine National Council, 9th Session: Final Statement

Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program

Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory

Palestine National Council, 11th Session: Political Program

12 December 1973

PLO Interim Program (Ten-Point Program)

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

The Koenig Memorandum

Palestine National Council, 13th Session: Political Declaration

12 March 1977 - 22 March 1977

Palestine National Council, 14th Session: National Unity Programme

15 January 1979 - 22 January 1979

Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement

11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981

Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative

9 September 1982

Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement

14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement

20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestinian Declaration of Independence

15 November 1988

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

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

13 December 1988

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

The Dignity and Hope Manifesto: The Unity Intifada

Highlights

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

The Palestine Communist Party

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Palestine Liberation Organization (II)

From the Limelight to the Backstage

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Fully Integrated, for Better and for Worse

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949

Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests

Nablus Soap Production

The Decline of an Ancient Heritage

Jaramana Refugee Camp

I. Ottoman Rule

The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

China and the Palestine Question

From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support

Rashidiyya Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

Italy and the Palestine Question

From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility

Mexico and the Palestine Question

Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor

Turkey and the Palestine Question

Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity

The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991

Between Ideology and Realism

Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank

Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

The Algerians of Palestine

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance