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About

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Biographies

1859 - 21 July 1921

Jurji Habib Hanania

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

1894 - 19 March 1949

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Constantine Zurayk

18 April 1909 - 12 August 2000

Anwar Nusseibeh

1913 - 22 November 1986

1928 - 1 September 2020

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

13 July 1949 - 18 February 2026

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

6 December 1966 - 24 March 2018

Historical Texts

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Historical Media

Arab League Warnings

Events

Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee

28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948

Symbolic Erection of Bab al-Shams and Bab al-Karama villages in the West Bank

11 January 2013 - 20 January 2013

PLO Central Council Holds, in Ramallah, its First Meeting in 4 Years

6 February 2022 - 9 February 2022

Highlights

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Places