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The oldest family-run business in the Old City
Bilal Abu Khalaf sells exceptional fabrics and shares intricate details about their importance throughout history.
Sharing legends and paranormal activities may be crucial for preserving the collective memory of Jerusalem.
A Jerusalem artist and art historian in exile whose work explored the beauty and pain of the Jerusalem he remembered
Kamal Boullata’s art reflects his exile and longing for the light of Jerusalem.
A quick reference for the patchwork of types of schools that serve Palestinian students in East Jerusalem
How could Israel’s harsh new education law affect Palestinian school in Jerusalem? We asked Hassan Jabareen, a lawyer who is general director of the human rights organization Adalah.
Educating Palestinians in East Jerusalem is an effort facing pressures from the authorities on multiple fronts.
Palestinian Jerusalemites view the history of their city through a different lens. A conversation with Palestinian historian Nazmi Jubeh.
How a local religious tradition became a cornerstone of Palestinian cultural and political life
An interactive map of the checkpoints around Jerusalem that control Palestinian access to the city
What’s it like to live behind a military checkpoint in your own city?
What’s up with water in Kufr ‘Aqab? A conversation with Adalah’s legal director, Suhad Bishara, on the case they filed on residents’ behalf.
Residents of a targeted neighborhood wait in dread for the bulldozers
The go-to place for halaweh in the Old City
Psychological pressures for Jerusalem’s Palestinians are intense, but those who seek treatment can be helped.
One of Palestine’s foremost visual artists, sculptors, and calligraphers who also the restored al-Aqsa Mosque’s precious Islamic art after an arson
The Old City of Jerusalem’s streets are empty this holiday season.
A second mournful Christmas in Jerusalem in the shadow of ongoing genocide in Gaza
The times remain heavy for Christians in Jerusalem, but they find comfort in December by connecting over an ancient festival.
How Israel razed an 800-year-old historic Muslim neighborhood in the dead of night within hours of occupying East Jerusalem
A quick guide to the often-confusing gates to the Old City of Jerusalem
Jerusalem’s New City was violently transformed and severed from the rest of Jerusalem, its Palestinian inhabitants exiled and banned from returning to this day.
A quick reference for the patchwork of types of schools that serve Palestinian students in East Jerusalem
A founder of the Palestinian nationalist movement; a devout, diplomatic, and popular leader who spent much of his career in exile
Khalil Raad’s photographs captured Palestinian tradition, resilience, and history before and after the Nakba.
One Jerusalem family’s story: The Nakba and its aftermath
The author recalls her happy years attending Schmidt’s School, before the Nakba, her brief visit years later, and what it meant to her.
Where is Jerusalem? The answer is a lot more complex and unclear than you might think.
The go-to place for halaweh in the Old City
How many millions of Palestinians in historic Palestine and beyond are unable to enter Jerusalem without Israeli permission?
An interactive map of Jerusalem in the period between the 1948 and 1967 Wars