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Biographies

1859 - 21 July 1921

1868 - October 1930

1878 - 29 June 1950

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

Abd al-Latif Salah

1884 - 8 November 1952

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

George Antonius

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

Subhi al-Khadra

1895 - 4 July 1954

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

1897 - 1 October 1989

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa)

14 May 1938 - 27 August 2001

Faisal al-Husseini

17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001

Events

Formation of the Young Arab Society in Paris

Formation of the Covenant Society in Istanbul

28 October 1913

The British Prepare for the Occupation of Palestine

Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City

26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918

The General Syrian National Congress Proclaims the Independence of the Arab Syrian Kingdom

7 March 1920 - 8 March 1920

Nabi Musa Festival: Palestinian Mobilization and Palestinian-Zionist Clashes

2 April 1920 - 9 April 1920

French Occupy Damascus; Arab Syrian Kingdom Nominally Reduced to Transjordan

14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920

The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan

25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920

3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa

13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920

Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan

2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921

An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress

13 December 1931

Anti-Monarchic Coup in Iraq

Arab Oil, a Weapon in the Battle

17 October 1973 - 21 October 1973

Detention of Faisal al-Husseini

12 April 1987 - 13 September 1987

Another Round of Releasing and Detaining Faisal al-Husseini

9 June 1988 - 29 January 1989

Secretary Baker First Stage Diplomacy

9 March 1991 - 14 May 1991

20th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers

23 September 1991 - 28 September 1991

US Letters of Assurances to Parties to Upcoming Peace Conference

15 October 1991 - 18 October 1991

Palestinians Agree to Return to Washington Negotiations

Status of Orient House in Jerusalem

29 May 1994 - 7 June 1994

Orient House, Jerusalem and PLO Foreign Relations

1 March 1999 - 11 May 1999

Ariel Sharon at al-Haram al-Sharif

28 September 2000

Death of Faisal al-Husseini

Historical Texts

Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission

Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 2nd Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker

Palestinian West Bank – Gaza Delegation: 4th Memorandum to US Secretary James Baker

Highlights

Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917

Promising Palestine Away

A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)

Before the Nakba

The Palestinian Flag

A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

The First Intifada, 1987-1993

Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom