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Biographies

Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Karimeh Abbud
1893 - 27 April 1940
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
1909 - 1977
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Fadwa Tuqan
1917 - 12 December 2003
Biography
Kamal Nasser
1925 - 10 April 1973
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Samira Azzam
13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout
1937 - 12 July 2025
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Fathi Shiqaqi
4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

Events

Event
Operations Yoav and ha-Har in the South Put End to 2nd Truce
15 October 1948 - 4 November 1948
Event
The Egyptian Revolution of 1952
23 July 1952
Event
Baghdad Pact
24 February 1955
Event
Egyptian-Czech Arms Deal
27 September 1955
Event
Nationalization of the Suez Canal
26 July 1956
Event
London Conference on Suez
16 August 1956 - 23 August 1956
Event
Britain, France, and Israel Sign the Protocol of Sèvres
22 October 1956 - 24 October 1956
Event
Civil War in Lebanon
May 1958 - October 1958
Event
Iraq and a "Palestinian Republic"
15 December 1959
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1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River
13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964
Event
Egypt Reacts to Israeli Threats Against Syria
15 May 1967 - 22 May 1967
Event
Israel Prepares for War with US Consent
2 June 1967 - 4 June 1967
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June War, 5th Day
9 June 1967
Event
PLO-Lebanon Cairo Agreement Regulates Palestinian Civil and Military Presence in the Country
3 November 1969
Event
Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement
21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970
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Abdel Nasser Dies of a Sudden Heart Attack; Anwar al-Sadat Succeeds Him
28 September 1970
Event
Assassination of Palestinian Leaders Kamal Nasser, Kamal Adwan, and Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar in Beirut
10 April 1973
Event
Assassination of Hussam Hamdan in Khan Yunis
7 August 2002
Event
New Palestinian Cabinet under Ahmad Qurai'
24 February 2005
Event
Formation of the Hamas-Led Cabinet
19 March 2006 - 28 March 2006
Event
Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials
29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006
Event
Israel Escalates Attacks in Gaza and the West Bank
3 April 2007 - 29 May 2007
Event
Fatah Sixth General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
8 August 2009 - 11 August 2009
Event
PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones
15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021

Historical Texts

Document
Syria–Israel General Armistice Agreement
20 July 1949
Document
Proclamation of the Constitutional Statute of Gaza, 1962
5 March 1962
Document
Rogers Plan II
19 June 1970
Document
PLO Central Council, Statement on Sadat's Visit to Israel
30 November 1977
Document
Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee: Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugee Affairs: A Unified Lebanese Vision For the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon
20 July 2017
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019

Places

Place
Nimrin

Highlights

Highlight
Marka Refugee Camp
Jordan
Highlight
The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
Highlight
Tal al-Za‘atar Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948
A Most Brutal Massacre Long Kept Under Wraps
Highlight
The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip
Thwarting Resettlement Schemes
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
Highlight
China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
Highlight
Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
Highlight
The Palestine Question in German Public Discourse
A Conflation of Zionism, Israel and Judaism
Highlight
Kafr Qasim, 29 October 1956
Israel’s Army Massacres Its Own Peaceful Citizens
Highlight
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
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June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Palestinians Under Military Rule in Israel, 1948-1966
Governing the Lives of a Confined Population
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
Highlight
The Palestinians and the Israeli Communist Party
1948-present
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
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V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War
1950-1966
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VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement
1966-1973
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VII. After 1973 War: Separate Peace and Civil War
1973-1982
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Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance