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Events

Ibrahim Pasha in Palestine

October 1831 - 1834

Uprising Against Egyptian Rule in Palestine

April 1834 - August 1834

Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet

Establishment of the Istiqlal Party

Arab National Fund Reestablished

Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Aziz Brigheeth and Samir Toukan in Cyprus

15 December 1979

Assassination Attempts Against West Bank Mayors

2 June 1980 - 3 June 1980

Popular Resistance and Israeli Measures in West Bank

16 February 1982 - 30 March 1982

First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

14 December 1987

Hebron Massacre

25 February 1994 - 18 March 1994

SC Res. 904: Condemning the Massacre of Palestinian Worshippers in al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron

The PA Releases First Batch of New Textbooks

2 September 2000

Assassination of Ibrahim Bani Odeh in Nablus

23 November 2000

Establishment of al-Mubadara, the Palestinian National Initiative

Assassination of Ibrahim Makadama in Gaza City

Assassination of Ibrahim al-Na'nish in Tulkarm Refugee Camp

28 October 2003

Assassination of Trad Jamal, Ibrahim Dayri, and Ammar Hassan near Deir al-Balah

Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Hadi, Mohammed Abdul Hadi, Mohammad Abu al-Husain, Hassan Abu al-Husain, Huthaifa Shubair, and Mohammed Sami Hamdan in Khan Yunis

Hizballah Fighters Capture Israeli Soldiers

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

30 July 2006 - 2 August 2006

Assassination of Ziad Malaisha and Ibrahim Abed in Kafr Dan

Assassination of Khaled Atallah and Ibrahim Atallah in Gaza City

Assassination of Ibrahim Abu Olba in Beit Lahiya

Israel Declares Two West Bank Shrines as Part of Its National Heritage Sites

21 February 2010 - 25 February 2010

Old Cities of Jerusalem and Hebron Inscribed as World Heritage in Danger

4 July 2017 - 7 July 2017

Israel Announces Plans to Double Settler Population in Hebron

1 December 2019

Biographies

1859 - 21 July 1921

Jurji Habib Hanania

1865 - 3 March 1948

1875 - 9 February 1949

1878 - 29 June 1950

1880 - 16 June 1946

Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Khalil Abdallah Totah

20 May 1886 - 24 February 1955

Mu‘in al-Madi

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

1893 - 27 April 1940

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Subhi al-Khadra

1895 - 4 July 1954

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 2 May 1941

Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih

1907 - 8 January 2001

23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi

1909 - 11 October 1980

1910 - 26 February 1971

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Qudsia Khourshid

5 August 1912 - 2 December 2009

Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud

1913 - 13 July 1948

28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976

1917 - 12 December 2003

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

Fatima al-Budeiri

1923 - June 2009

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

1926 - 23 January 1984

Hanna Abu Hanna

16 October 1928 - 2 February 2022

1929 - 2 June 2016

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

15 February 1929 - 23 May 2001

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

1 November 1935 - 24 September 2003

Ghassan Kanafani

9 April 1936 - 8 July 1972

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

Mahmoud Darwish

13 March 1941 - 9 August 2008

1942 - 6 August 2019

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

Historical Texts

Palin Commission Report

Memorandum Submitted by Arab Senior Government Officials to the High Commissioner

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

12 September 1950

Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement

22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984

UNSC Resolution 904

Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron

17 January 1997

Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum

4 September 1999

Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

28 February 2019

Historical Media

Members of the Istiqlal (Independence) Party

Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure

15 December 1938

Highlights

The Palestinian Novel

Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography

The Palestinian Short Story

Exile, Sorrow, and Black Humor

Palestinian Theater

The Bumpy History of a Maturing Art

Preservation of Heritage in Palestine

A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Palestinian Visual Arts (III)

Explorers (1965-1995)

Palestinian Cinema

From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression

The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948

The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance

Palestinian Trade Unionism, 1920-1948

A Dynamic Movement Ripped Apart by the Nakba

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule

Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition

The Palestine Exploration Fund

Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

I. Ottoman Rule

The Bosnians of Palestine

Palestinian Visual Arts (I)

Beginners (1795-1955)

X. The Oslo Process And The Establishment Of The Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Visual Arts (II)

Pathfinders (1955-1965)

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)

Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)

Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Wihdat Refugee Camp

Public Contracts during the Mandate

Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity