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Biographies

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

1893 - 27 April 1940

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Abu Salma)

1909 - 11 October 1980

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

1937 - 12 July 2025

Abd al-Wahhab Darawshah

12 October 1943 - 10 March 2026

Historical Texts

The Murison Commission Report

Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement

2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978

Events

Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York

The PLO Opens its First Information Office in New York

22 January 1965 - 29 October 1974

The PLO Opens a Permanent Observer Mission to the UN

25 February 1975

The US Orders the Closure of the Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington

15 September 1987 - 5 August 1988

Assassination of Abu Hasan Qasim, Hamdi Sultan al-Tamimi and Marwan Kayyali in Limassol

14 February 1988

A Palestine Affairs Center, Under the Auspices of the Arab League, Is Opened in Washington

1 April 1988 - 28 April 1994

Norwegian Secret Channel, Exploratory Stage

20 January 1993 - 9 May 1993

US State Department Allows the PLO to Open Foreign Mission in Washington

Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers

July War: Massacre in Qana; 48-Hour Partial Suspension of Air Strikes

30 July 2006 - 2 August 2006

Highlights

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Marka (Hittin) Refugee Camp

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

V. Reverberations Of the Palestine War

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity

Places

al-Masmiyya al-Kabira

Sarafand al-'Amar