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A long-standing clash between church and city flares up anew in Jerusalem.
East Jerusalem schools are adamant that their curriculum must help Jerusalem children understand their lived realities.
The city and the settlers forge ahead with land registration in Jerusalem as a means to dispossess Palestinians in areas of interest.
Jerusalem is a mosaic of faiths, cultures, and communities, so much larger than the labels given to it.
A retired Jerusalemite writer and researcher creates his own Arab architecture museum in Ras al-Amud.
An interactive map of the Separation Wall in Jerusalem and its environs
Grace under duress: How one kindergarten managed to adapt when Israel’s Separation Wall was routed right through its playground.
Closure, a “temporary” measure introduced in 1991, is the system that controls Palestinians’ movement and blocks millions from accessing Jerusalem.
What’s it like to live behind a military checkpoint in your own city?
Zakaria Odeh has spent most of his professional life advocating for Palestinian rights in East Jerusalem and beyond.
This documentary depicts life in Arab Jerusalem before the 1967 War and captures Palestinians’ sense of loss in its aftermath.
Palestinian Jerusalemites view the history of their city through a different lens. A conversation with Palestinian historian Nazmi Jubeh.
A long-awaited verdict brings a feared but not surprising outcome.
Jerusalem-based studio Sabreen has been supporting Palestinian musicians since the 1980s.
One Jerusalem family’s story: the Nakba and its aftermath
What do Jerusalemites who were forced to leave their homes in 1948 tell their descendants about the place they lost?
Khalidi family wins rare court decision against settlers, but what does it portend?
A conversation with the Nusseibehs about their family’s centuries of history in and contributions to Jerusalem
A long-standing clash between church and city flares up anew in Jerusalem.
Damascus Gate has become ugly, not from an architectural point of view but from a daily emotional one.
Manufacturer of surveillance tech deployed in East Jerusalem faces the risk of disinvestment over draconian surveillance of Palestinians.
A quick guide to the often-confusing gates to the Old City of Jerusalem
A founder of the Palestinian nationalist movement; a devout, diplomatic, and popular leader who spent much of his career in exile
Damascus Gate has become ugly, not from an architectural point of view but from a daily emotional one.
An educator, political and social figure, and intellectual whose diary of over 3,000 pages covers 45 turbulent years in Jerusalem and Palestine in the early 20th century
How Israel razed an 800-year-old historic Muslim neighborhood in the dead of night within hours of occupying East Jerusalem
An extreme shortage of classrooms and schools for Palestinian children, and a severe problem of overcrowding in schools that do exist, have led to a shocking situation in the city.
Before 1948, Jerusalem was not split between an “East” and a “West.” Rather, a cosmopolitan, multiethnic New City grew organically out of the Old City.
A renowned Jerusalemite artist and art historian who was exiled in 1967 and spent the rest of his life creating art that would convey, and lead him back to, the city of his birth
Closure, a “temporary” measure introduced in 1991, is the system that controls Palestinians’ movement and blocks millions from accessing Jerusalem.
A leading Jerusalemite musician and composer whose output in Palestine and Lebanon includes at least 200 compositions—symphonies, concerts, orchestra works, and anthems
For Palestinian Jerusalemites, the city’s first luxury hotel will always be linked to a terrorist act that signaled the end of their lives in Jerusalem.
One Jerusalem family’s story: the Nakba and its aftermath