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Biographies

As‘ad al-Shuqairi

1860 - February 1940

1865 - 3 March 1948

1868 - October 1930

Freih Abu Middein

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

Boulos Shehadeh

1882 - 1 August 1943

24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964

1885 - 19 December 1953

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

1893 - 27 April 1940

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Anbara Salam Khalidi

4 August 1897 - 1986

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

Haydar Abd al-Shafi

10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

1927 - 13 January 2005

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

3 November 1929 - 30 August 2012

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

1942 - 6 August 2019

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

9 February 1963

Events

Jerusalem Area Designated as a Sanjaq

Great Britain Invades and Occupies Egypt

Second Stage of British Palestine Campaign: From Bir al-Sabi' and Gaza to Jerusalem

31 October 1917 - 9 December 1917

Appointment of a British Chief Administrator for Palestine

Municipal Elections Are Held in Palestine

Lewis French and the Palestine Development Scheme

19 July 1931 - April 1932

Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan

6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947

Haganah Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee

28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948

Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders

15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948

Third Phase of the Palestine War: Arab-Israeli War

15 May 1948 - 6 January 1949

End of First Truce: Israeli Operations An-Far, Dani and Qedem

8 July 1948 - 17 July 1948

Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce

15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948

The Knesset Enacts the Nationality Law

Egyptian-Israeli Armed Incidents

17 August 1956 - 11 September 1956

Situation on Jordanian-Israeli Lines Continues to Deteriorate; Israeli Raid on Qalqilya

4 October 1956 - 11 October 1956

Mahmoud Darwish Publishes First Book of Poetry, 'Asafeer bila Ajniha (Wingless Birds)

The Knesset Amends the Municipal Corporations Ordinance to Extend Area of West Jerusalem Municipality

27 June 1967 - 29 June 1967

1st Session of Israeli-Egyptian Talks on Palestinian Autonomy Is Held in Beersheba

Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors

2 June 1980 - 3 June 1980

Birzeit University Is Closed

14 November 1980

Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank

16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982

Israeli Measures Against Palestinian Universities

2 November 1983 - 30 July 1984

Palestinians in the Occupied Territories Oppose Reactivating the Jordanian Parliament

23 January 1984

Israeli Repression in the Occupied Territories

4 December 1986 - 11 December 1986

Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Amman

8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987

Israel Deports Five Palestinians

Mounting Malaise in the Palestinian Territories

17 February 2000 - 18 May 2000

Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada

19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000

Assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa in al-Bireh

Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"

Security on the Aftermath of Operation Defensive Shield

7 May 2002 - 5 June 2002

Yasir Arafat in the Line of Fire

4 September 2003 - 30 September 2003

Israeli-Palestinian Military Confrontation as Routine

18 August 2004 - 27 September 2004

Assassination of Sabir Abu Assi, Assim Abu Ras, Amjad Arafat, and Adil Haniyeh in Gaza City

Fourth Round of Municipal Elections

15 December 2005

Assassination of Ahmad Awad and Ramzi Shuhaybir in Gaza City

8 November 2006

To Delink the West Bank from the Gaza Cease-Fire, Israel Escalates in the West Bank

7 July 2008 - 15 July 2008

War on Gaza, Day 4

30 December 2008

War on Gaza, Day 6

War on Gaza, Day 13

Israel's Demolition and Eviction Orders Increase in East Jerusalem

2 August 2009 - 9 November 2009

Israel Resumes Provocative Settlement Measures in East Jerusalem

21 June 2010 - 30 June 2010

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 2

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3

The 2014 Gaza War, Days 4 and 5

11 July 2014 - 12 July 2014

Israel Detains Khalida Jarrar, then Releases Her, then Detains Her again

2 April 2015 - 19 January 2025

Palestinian Attacks Against Soldiers and Settlers

8 January 2017 - 26 September 2017

Palestinians Protest Israel's Killing of Basel al-Araj and Palestinian-Israeli Security Coordination

6 March 2017 - 28 March 2017

Israel Continues to Attack Great March of Return Protesters

17 October 2018 - 1 November 2018

US Changes Position on Legality of Israeli Settlements

18 November 2019 - 26 November 2019

Israeli Settlement Construction Continues Unbated in Third Year of Trump Administration

31 December 2019

US Erases the 4-June Line

28 October 2020 - 19 November 2020

Palestinians in Israel at the Heart of the Unified Intifada

10 May 2021 - 3 June 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 6

Historical Texts

Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement

Palin Commission Report

Passfield White Paper

20 October 1930

National Bloc Party: Bylaws

The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945

22 September 1945

UNGA Partition Plan

29 November 1947

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

Law Promulgating the Basic Law for the Area under the Supervision of the Egyptian Forces in Palestine No. 255 of 1955 (in Arabic)

25 February 1958

Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA

13 November 1974

Framework for Peace in the Middle East (Camp David Accords)

17 September 1978

Egyptian Model for Palestinian Full Autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

28 January 1980

Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943

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

7 February 1983

Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Palestine National Council (19th Session) Political Communiqué

15 November 1988

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

13 December 1988

Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference

Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement

28 September 1991

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

Protocol Concerning Safe Passage Between The West Bank And The Gaza Strip

President George W. Bush’s Speech US Policy in the Middle East

Law of 2003 Amending the Basic Law

Prime Minister Elect Ismail Haniyeh Presents New Government’s Program To the Palestinian Legislative Council

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

30 September 2015

Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace

28 December 2016

Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies

Charts

Document

Demography and the Palestine Question (I) - Birth Rate

1924 - 1948

Historical Media

Cucumber Crops Being Harvested

Arab League Warnings

Highlights

Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine

Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Present Absentees in Israel

Exiled in Their Own Homeland

The Palestine Communist Party

Palestinian Informal Justice

Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

Demography and the Palestine Question (I)

From Relief Provider to Vector of Identity

Palestinian Emigration (I)

The Separation Wall

Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians

Palestinian Embroidery

A Rich and Diverse National Heritage

Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967

The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space

Palestinian Emigration (II)

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse

A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism

Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp

Jaramana Refugee Camp

Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

Demography and the Palestine Question (II)

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Mar Elias Refugee Camp

Talbieh Refugee Camp

Shatila Refugee Camp

UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba

Urban Palestine

Divergent Trajectories of Spatial and Social Transformations

The War on Gaza, 2008–2009

Israel’s Strategic Quandary

Wihdat Refugee Camp

The Village of al-Araqib

Rebuilding Home for the Hundredth Time and Beyond

Beddawi Refugee Camp

Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Stages of a Forced Displacement

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948

An Ambiguous Constitutional-Legal Status

Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948

A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

The Palestinians in Sweden

Engaged for Palestine beyond their Diverse Legal Statuses

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Places

al-Masmiyya al-Kabira