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Biographies

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

1885 - 19 December 1953

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

Wasif Jawhariyyeh

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

1905 - 2 May 1941

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

1907 - 27 July 2006

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil

29 August 1922 - 2 May 1996

1923 - 12 May 2004

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

1926 - 23 January 1984

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

1936 - 3 August 1978

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1941 - 5 February 2023

Events

Publication of The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl

Yasir Arafat in Tripoli, Lebanon, and then Cairo

16 September 1983 - 22 December 1983

Toward a Protracted Confrontation

10 November 2000 - 22 December 2000

Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield

28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002

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

6 September 2003

Attempted Assassination of Ahmad Ja'bari in Gaza City

Palestinian Legislative Election Results: Initial Palestinian Reactions

27 January 2006 - 4 May 2006

Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials

29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006

July War: Israel's Air War Fails to Knock out Hizballah

14 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

War on Gaza, Day 3

29 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University on Peace and Security for Israel

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

14 November 2012

Assassination of Ahmad Ja'bari in Gaza City

14 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

14 November 2012 - 22 November 2012

Historical Texts

Charter of the Arab Youth Congress

Exchange of Letters Between Israel and UNRWA

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt

Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut

7 February 1983

The Geneva Accord

12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003

Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council

Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University

Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)

25 September 2009

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

Places

Highlights

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

A Vulnerable Yet Vibrant Community

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps

Perpetuating the Temporary

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

The Bosnians of Palestine

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

2012