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Biographies

Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih
1907 - 8 January 2001
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
Biography
Fadwa Tuqan
1917 - 12 December 2003
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Fatima al-Budeiri
1923 - June 2009
Biography
Yusra al-Barbari
15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937
Biography
Hanan Ashrawi
8 October 1946

Events

Event
Elections Held for Fourth Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912
Event
Establishment of the National Defense Party
2 December 1934
Event
Qadri Tuqan Publishes Ba'd al-Nakba (After the Nakba) in Beirut
January 1950
Event
The Constitutional Statute for the Gaza Strip
5 March 1962
Event
Gaza Red Crescent Society Is Established
September 1972
Event
The Madrid Peace Conference
30 October 1991 - 2 November 1991
Event
Establishment of al-Mubadara, the Palestinian National Initiative
17 June 2002
Event
Death of Haydar Abd al-Shafi
25 September 2007

Historical Texts

Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
Document
Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991

Highlights

Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
The Education of Palestinians in Israel
Struggling to Break Free from a System of Marginalization
Highlight
The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
Highlight
Madrid and the Oslo Agreement, 1991-1993
Short-Lived Promises of a Negotiated Settlement
Highlight
Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station