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Biographies

Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
May Ziadeh
11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941
Biography
Khalil Abdallah Totah
20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Yasir Arafat
24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004

Events

Event
Establishment in New York of the Palestine Anti-Zionism Society (Later Renamed Palestine National League)
1917 - 1921
Event
Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York
25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950
Event
President Bourguiba and 1947 Partition Plan
27 February 1965 - 11 March 1965
Event
2nd Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
31 May 1965 - 4 June 1965
Event
Israeli-Syrian Mounting Tension in Lebanon
28 April 1981 - 5 May 1981
Event
Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon
24 July 1981
Event
South Lebanon Cease-fire Is Broken
21 April 1982 - 9 May 1982
Event
Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
6 June 1982 - 29 September 1982
Event
Israel and the US Demand PLO Withdrawal from Beirut and Lebanon
15 June 1982 - 27 June 1982
Event
PLO Debates Withdrawal
16 June 1982 - 2 July 1982
Event
PLO Accepts Habib’s Plan
29 July 1982 - 31 July 1982
Event
Sabra and Shatila Massacre
16 September 1982 - 18 September 1982
Event
Resumption of Diplomatic Activity
30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988
Event
Assassination of Habib Ashur and Imad Yasin in Gaza City
16 June 2006

Historical Texts

Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
Document
Plan for the Departure from Lebanon of the PLO Leadership, Offices, and Combatants in Beirut
20 August 1982
Document
Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative
9 September 1982

Highlights

Highlight
Palestinian Theater
The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art
Highlight
Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
Highlight
Sabra and Shatila, 16-18 September 1982
A Massacre by Proxy

Places

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