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Biographies

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

1865 - 3 March 1948

1868 - October 1930

Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

1927 - 13 January 2005

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

1936 - 3 August 1978

1936 - 29 August 1987

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1941 - 5 February 2023

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

1962 - 31 July 2024

9 February 1963

Historical Texts

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein

25 October 1915

Palin Commission Report

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement

Report Submitted by the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah on al-Dawayima Massacre

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

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question

23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

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

Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo

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

21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916

Ghassan Kanafani Publishes First Novel, Rijal fi-l-shams (Men in the Sun), in Beirut

Assassination of Ghassan Kanafani in Beirut

Attempted Assassination of Bassam Abu Sharif in Beirut

Mohammad Boudia Assassinated in Paris

Ahmed Bouchiki Assassinated in Lillehammer

Assassination Attempt of PLO Senior Leadership in Beirut

Ali Hassan Salameh Is Killed in Beirut

22 January 1979

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

Assassination Attempt of Raed Karmi in Tulkarm

6 September 2001

Invasion of Nablus: Fierce Resistance

3 April 2002 - 21 April 2002

Second Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

26 September 2002

Assassination of Hamdi Hassan Kalakh in Khan Yunis

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

6 September 2003

Assassination of Trad Jamal, Ibrahim Dayri, and Ammar Hassan near Deir al-Balah

Assassination of Adnan al-Ghul in Gaza City

21 October 2004

Assassination of Hassan Madhun and Fawzi Abu Qara’ in Jabaliya Refugee Camp

1 November 2005

Assassination of Hassan Asfour and Rami Hannoun East of Jabaliya Refugee Camp

6 February 2006

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 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

Beirut Port Explosion

4 August 2020 - 7 August 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

Gilbo Prison Escape

6 September 2021 - 21 May 2022

Historical Media

Arab League Warnings

Highlights

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

The Education of Palestinians in Israel

Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

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

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Palestinian Youth in Conflict

A Childhood Denied

Demography and the Palestine Question (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

Beddawi Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

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

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

The Algerians of Palestine

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza

2012