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Biographies

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

1875 - 9 February 1949

1878 - 29 June 1950

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984

1905 - 2 May 1941

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

1917 - 12 December 2003

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023

13 September 1927 - 8 August 1967

7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994

Anis Abdullah Sayigh

3 November 1931 - 25 December 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

1942 - 6 August 2019

Events

Jerusalem Representation in the First and Second Ottoman Parliaments

19 March 1877 - 14 February 1878

Herzl Correspondence with Jerusalem Mayor

French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon

14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920

Assassination of Yusuf Abu Hin in Gaza City

Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy

1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003

Israel Demolishes Parts of al-Yusufiya Cemetery to Make Space for Biblical Park

17 October 2021 - 29 October 2021

Historical Media

Yusuf Diya-uddin Pasha al-Khalidi

Historical Texts

Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Highlights

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

I. Ottoman Rule

Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Places