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Biographies

1859 - 21 July 1921

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

Jurji Habib Hanania

1868 - October 1930

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

1875 - 9 February 1949

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Rafiq al-Tamimi

George Antonius

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Wasif Jawhariyyeh

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

1902 - 27 August 1984

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

1926 - 23 January 1984

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1936 - 3 August 1978

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1941 - 5 February 2023

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

1942 - 6 August 2019

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

Historical Texts

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Proclamation of the Independence of Syria

Palin Commission Report

Statement of the Arab National Conference

13 December 1931

The Murison Commission Report

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine

Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine

Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Egypt

18 January 1974

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Joint Letter from President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin to President Carter Concerning Negotiations on Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

UNSC Resolution 465

Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

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

13 December 1988

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

President Obama's Speech at Cairo University on the United States and the Muslim World

Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA

30 September 2015

Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon

Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

28 February 2019

Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates

Events

Establishment of al-Madrasa al-Dusturiyya, Jerusalem

Establishment of the Literary Club in Istanbul

July 1909 - March 1915

Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant

21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916

Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem

8 November 1923

Establishment of the Reform Party

Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York

25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950

Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington

September 1945 - December 1947

Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine

22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946

Bloody Israeli Attack on the Gaza Strip

28 February 1955

Fatah Is Founded

Fatah Opens Its First Office in Algeria

23 September 1963

Yasir Arafat and Khalil al-Wazir Confer with Premier Chou-En-Lai in China

Mohammad Boudia Assassinated in Paris

Assassination Attempt of PLO Senior Leadership in Beirut

Ma'moun Meraish Is Assassinated in Athens

Deportation of Marwan Barghouti and Khalil Achour

Assassination of Khalil al-Wazir in Tunis

Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Elections

20 January 1996

First Assassination Attempt of Mohammed Deif and Adnan al-Ghul in Gaza City

Second Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

26 September 2002

Assassination Attempt of Hamas Leadership, Including Ahmad Yasin, in Gaza City

6 September 2003

Assassination of Khalil Marshud in Balata Refugee Camp

Assassination of Izzeddin Sheikh Khalil in Damascus

26 September 2004

Assassination of Imad Yahia Khalil Bader and Saqer Awni Saqer in Khan Yunis Refugee Camp

Assassination of Adnan al-Ghul in Gaza City

21 October 2004

Assassination of Muhammad Shaykh Khalil and Nasr Barhum in Gaza City

25 September 2005

Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Hadi, Mohammed Abdul Hadi, Mohammad Abu al-Husain, Hassan Abu al-Husain, Huthaifa Shubair, and Mohammed Sami Hamdan in Khan Yunis

Assassination of Mohammed Shaban al-Dahdouh in Gaza City

Fourth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

Assassination of Sameh Saleh Farwana in Gaza City

Hamas-Fatah Talks in Yemen

18 March 2008 - 28 March 2008

Assassination of Ahmad Shaykh Khalil, Muhammad Ashur, Bassem Abu al-Ata, Hassan al-Khadari, and Abd al-Karim Shatat in Rafah

29 October 2011

Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt

Israel's 2012 Assault on the Gaza Strip, Day 1

14 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

14 November 2012 - 22 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: Cease-Fire Evening Announcement

21 November 2012

Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt, Is Ousted by the Military

Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a 16-Year-Old Palestinian, Is Burnt Alive by Settlers in East Jerusalem

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 43

Fifth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

Assassination of Muhammad Zuwari in Sfax

15 December 2016

Hamdallah Resigns, Is Replaced by Mohammad Shtayyeh

29 January 2019 - 13 April 2019

After Threats of Annexation, Normalization Reignites Palestinian Reconciliation Talks

3 September 2020 - 24 September 2020

Palestinian Reconciliation Comes again to a Standstill

1 October 2020 - 17 November 2020

Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco

10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020

Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah

15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 6

Gilbo Prison Escape

6 September 2021 - 21 May 2022

Historical Media

The Constitutional School

Khalil Raad's Shop

Arab League Warnings

Escape of the Youth, Sixth Wave of Killing

Highlights

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Photographers before 1948

Documenting Life in a Time of Change

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Colonization and Dispossession

Zionism's Imagined Geography

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

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

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Marka Refugee Camp

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Fawwar Refugee Camp

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

The Bosnians of Palestine

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The Algerians of Palestine

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

2012