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Bilal Abu Khalaf sells exceptional fabrics and shares intricate details about their importance throughout history.
Bassem’s Gallery & Café is filled with Palestinian artifacts curated by Issam Bayan and his uncle, Bassem Hallak, both of the Palestinian African community.
Palestinian storyteller Husam Abu Eisheh has dedicated his talents to creating theater in Jerusalem for decades, using humor as resistance.
A safe haven for children within the Old City walls
A Palestinian “Pasha’s Palace” became a haven for traumatized evangelical Christians who served the community for decades and founded a storied hotel.
Israeli authorities are forcing thousands of Palestinian residents in Jerusalem to demolish their own homes, leaving them homeless.
Palestinian authors describe Jerusalemites and their struggles to navigate their daily lives despite crushing Israeli colonial practices. A book review.
He campaigned against home demolitions. Then they came for his.
Through her art, Jumana El Husseini searched for the Palestine and the much-beloved Jerusalem that were denied to her during her adult life.
A Jerusalem artist in exile whose predominant themes revolved around depicting the city of her birth
Within the Old City walls, Burj al-Luqluq provides an open space for sports, culture, and youth empowerment.
Khazaaen was set up with the goal of preserving the stories of Jerusalemites, but it quickly became a bigger and more far-reaching project.
A video glimpse into the world and possibilities of the al-Aqsa Mosque Library in the Old City of Jerusalem
A safe haven for children within the Old City walls
A newly approved settlement southwest of Jerusalem would drive a stake through the heart of any future Palestinian state.
Jewish aggressions toward Islam’s third holiest site escalate to new heights.
Jerusalem’s Yabous Cultural Centre provides a space for Palestinians to express their creative talents and exhibit their handmade arts and crafts.
Damascus Gate, brought to life by painter Ippolito Caffi
The author attempts to reclaim her family’s history in the Mamilla area of Jerusalem before the Nakba scattered them.
A lifetime family business is forcibly terminated by the state.
Sharing legends and paranormal activities may be crucial for preserving the collective memory of Jerusalem.
Home demolitions in Jerusalem have been spiking; certain areas appear targeted.
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
Residents of Kufr ‘Aqab are forced to purchase and ration water in a summer heatwave.
Where is Jerusalem? The answer is a lot more complex and unclear than you might think.
A lifetime family business is forcibly terminated by the state.
Khalil Raad’s photographs captured Palestinian tradition, resilience, and history before and after the Nakba.
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.
Religious Jews spit at and stone Christian clergy and institutions; Jerusalem’s Christians condemn the government’s tolerance for these hate crimes.
Israel tried treating Palestinian Americans like other US tourists, and I was finally able to visit my capital city.
A conversation with the Nusseibehs about their family’s centuries of history in and contributions to Jerusalem
The trauma of losing home and familiar ways of being in the world lingered with author Nina Bazouzi Cullers for decades after her family left Qatamon for the Old City. A book review.
How Israel razed an 800-year-old historic Muslim neighborhood in the dead of night within hours of occupying East Jerusalem