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Biographies

Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Adil Jabir
1885 - 19 December 1953
Biography
Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali
1889 - 7 July 1973
Biography
Sadhij Nassar
1900 - 1970
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Emile Habibi
29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
Hanna Abu Hanna
16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019
Biography
Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah
12 October 1943
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Biography
Khalida Jarrar
9 February 1963

Historical Media

Document
Jerusalem
1911

Historical Texts

Document
Proclamation of Martial Law in Jerusalem
11 December 1917
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
The Supreme Islamic Shari'a Council Order
20 December 1921
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
Palestine National (qawmi) Charter
28 May 1964
Document
Basic Law of the PLO
2 June 1964
Document
Palestine National (watani) Charter
10 July 1968
Document
Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
Document
Rogers Plan II
19 June 1970
Document
Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
Document
Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program
10 April 1972
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019

Events

Event
Elections at al-Urwa al-Wuthqa Society
May 1950
Event
1st Palestine National Council Is Held in Jerusalem: Establishment of the PLO
28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964
Event
4th Palestine National Council in Cairo Adopts a Revised National Charter
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Event
Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
Event
5th Arab Summit Meets in Rabat and Ends in Failure
21 December 1969 - 23 December 1969
Event
Rogers Plan II
19 June 1970 - 7 August 1970
Event
1st Extraordinary Session of the Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
27 August 1970 - 28 August 1970
Event
Assassination of Atef Bseiso in Paris
8 June 1992

Highlights

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Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
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The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
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The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – DFLP
1969-present
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Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
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Sayida Zeinab (Qabr Essit) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
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Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon