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Biographies

Biography
Boulos Shehadeh
1882 - 1 August 1943
Biography
Khalil Abdallah Totah
20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Ghassan Kanafani
9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011

Events

Event
Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem
8 November 1923
Event
Deportation of Marwan Barghouti and Khalil Achour
14 May 1987
Event
Massive Israeli Invasion: Operation Defensive Shield
28 March 2002 - 10 May 2002
Event
Assassination of Marwan Zallum in Hebron
22 April 2002
Event
Establishment of al-Mubadara, the Palestinian National Initiative
17 June 2002
Event
Assassination Attempt of Hamas Leadership, Including Ahmad Yasin, in Gaza City
6 September 2003
Event
Life Sentence Against Marwan Barghouti
6 June 2004
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Palestinian Presidential Elections: Mahmoud Abbas Is Elected
1 December 2004 - 15 January 2005
Event
The Prisoners' Initiative: National Conciliation Document
10 May 2006 - 13 May 2006
Event
Formation of the Palestinian Unity Government
15 March 2007 - 17 March 2007
Event
Fatah Sixth General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
8 August 2009 - 11 August 2009
Event
PLO Central Council Meeting Is Held in Ramallah
4 March 2015 - 5 March 2015
Event
Palestinians Start Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons
17 April 2017 - 26 May 2017
Event
PA Announces Legislative, Presidential and PNC Elections, Later Postpones
15 January 2021 - 29 April 2021

Highlights

Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
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The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara
2002-present
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Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)
1990-present
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
The New South Africa and the Palestine Question
From Good Offices to Total Support
Highlight
Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Historical Texts

Document
Marwan Barghouti’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons
17 April 2017
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019