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Biographies

Biography
Hafiz al-Sa’id
1843 - 1916
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Bendali Saliba al-Jawzi
1871 - 1942
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi
1896 - 27 September 1951
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Anbara Salam Khalidi
4 August 1897 - 1986
Biography
Zulaykha al-Shihabi
1903 - 13 May 1992
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
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
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013

Events

Event
Jerusalem Representation in the First and Second Ottoman Parliaments
19 March 1877 - 14 February 1878
Event
Herzl Correspondence with Jerusalem Mayor
19 March 1899
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Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912
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Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives
June 1909 - 2 November 1909
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Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul
30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911
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First Major Debate on Zionism in Ottoman Parliament
March 1911 - May 1911
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Elections Held for Fourth Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912
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Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa
4 January 1932
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Establishment of the Reform Party
18 June 1935
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Establishment of the Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA) in New York
25 November 1944 - 31 January 1950
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Attempt to Reconstitute the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine
22 November 1945 - 29 May 1946
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Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York
15 June 1955
Event
Assassination of Walid Bisharat, Sameh Abu Huneish, and Muhammad Bisharat in Qabatya
1 July 2001
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Assassination of Walid Sbeih in al-Khader
17 June 2002
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May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8
17 May 2021

Historical Media

Document
Yusuf Diya-uddin Pasha al-Khalidi
1899
Document
Arab Higher Committee Members
25 April 1936
Document
Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure
15 December 1938

Historical Texts

Document
Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
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The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner
30 June 1936
Document
Rogers Plan II
19 June 1970

Highlights

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Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
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Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Sbeineh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Places

Place
Khiyam al-Walid