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Biographies

Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Ibrahim Tuqan
1905 - 2 May 1941
Biography
Najati Sidqi
15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979
Biography
Nicola Ziadeh
1907 - 27 July 2006
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Rajeh al-Salfiti
1921 - 27 May 1990
Biography
Siba Fahoum
1923 - 12 May 2004
Biography
Samiha Khalil
20 April 1923 - 26 February 1999
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
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
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Bashir Barghouti
1931 - 9 September 2000
Biography
Sulafa Hijjawi
1934 - 14 September 2021
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Nayef Hawatmeh
November 1935
Biography
Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)
14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023

Events

Event
Formation of the Covenant Society in Istanbul
28 October 1913
Event
The Ottomans Sign the Treaty of Sèvres; The Turkish National Assembly in Ankara Rejects It
19 August 1920
Event
An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress
13 December 1931
Event
British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy
November 1938 - May 1939
Event
Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine
22 March 1945
Event
Baghdad Pact
24 February 1955
Event
Egypt and Syria Sign a Mutual Defense Pact
20 October 1955
Event
Israeli Raid on Syria Followed by Egyptian-Israeli Confrontation Near al-Auja
23 October 1955 - 3 November 1955
Event
Jordan Signs a Joint Defense Pact with Egypt
30 May 1967
Event
9th Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad and Condemns the Camp David Accords
5 November 1978
Event
Arab Sanctions Against Egypt
27 March 1979 - 31 March 1979
Event
Extraordinary Arab Summit in Baghdad
28 May 1990 - 30 May 1990
Event
The US War Against Iraq; Security Developments in the West Bank and Gaza
17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003
Event
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University on Peace and Security for Israel
14 June 2009
Event
23rd Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad
29 March 2012

Historical Texts

Document
Sykes-Picot Agreement
16 May 1916
Document
The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead Commission) Report
9 November 1938
Document
London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
Document
Pact of the League of Arab States
22 March 1945
Document
The Palestine Act, 1948
29 April 1948
Document
Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine
15 May 1948
Document
Palestinian National Council: Proclamation of the Independence of Palestine
1 October 1948
Document
UNRWA-Egypt Agreement on Economic and Engineering Surveys
30 June 1953
Document
Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States
11 September 1965
Document
Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions
1 September 1967
Document
Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
Document
Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
Document
Eleventh Arab Summit: Final Communiqué
25 November 1980 - 27 November 1980
Document
Palestine National Council, 15th Session: Political Statement
11 April 1981 - 19 April 1981
Document
Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 September 1982
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
Twenty-Third Arab Summit: The Baghdad Declaration
29 March 2012

Highlights

Highlight
June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Highlight
Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front
Highlight
Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
Highlight
The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
Highlight
Palestinian Visual Arts (II)
Pathfinders (1955-1965)
Highlight
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
1980–present
Highlight
The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
Highlight
VI. Rise of The Palestinian National Movement
1966-1973
Highlight
Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
Highlight
Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
Highlight
The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
Highlight
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
Highlight
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
Highlight
V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War
1950-1966
Highlight
Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
Highlight
The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance

Places

Place
Kawkab al-Hawa