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Biographies

1859 - 21 July 1921

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

George Antonius

1894 - 19 March 1949

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

1905 - 2 May 1941

1905 - 21 May 1985

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

1917 - 12 December 2003

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

1926 - 23 January 1984

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1939 - 19 August 2014

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

François Abou Salem

16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Events

Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet

Fatah Is Founded

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

Assassination of Abdallah Jarushi in Nablus

31 October 2001

Assassination of Hussam Hamdan in Khan Yunis

Assassination of Abdallah Qawasmeh in Hebron

Assassination of Abdallah Akel and Farid Mayat in Nussayrat Refugee Camp

Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan

15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004

Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord

28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007

Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire

4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008

Assassination of Abdallah Makawi in Rafah

Places

Highlights

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom

Expressions of Cultural Life in Post-1948 Haifa

Toward an Autonomous Palestinian Field

VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

Palestinian Emigration (I)

Meanings of the Nakba

Transformations through Time and Place

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

Marka Refugee Camp

Dheisheh Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

The March 1955 Outburst in the Gaza Strip

Thwarting Resettlement Schemes

Historical Texts

Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference

31 October 1991

Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative

Historical Media

Implosion, Killing of the Women, Ninth Wave of Killing