Hala Shabaita

Research Assistant and Writer, Jerusalem Story

Hala Shabaita is a research assistant and writer for Jerusalem Story. 

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Blog Post Palestinian Jerusalemite Children Are Deprived of “Dreams under the Olive Tree”

Are children’s dreams a threat to the state?

Blog Post RIWAQ’s Restoration of Qalandiya’s Historic Center Revitalizes Village and Wins Major Award

A shining example of genuine community-based restoration work in the fraught political Jerusalem landscape

Blog Post A Photograph Is “Not Just Memory”

An exhibit of Khalil Raad’s work reminds us that photography is a tool for reimagining and resistance.

Blog Post An Architecture Tour Highlights the Role of Women in Building Jerusalem

A tour in Jerusalem’s Old City evokes a sense of grandiose and wonder.

Blog Post Weaving Straw Stools: An “Artistic Escape” and Homage to a Family and Levantine Tradition

A visual and heritage-based artist in Jerusalem finds herself in the craft of her predecessors.

Blog Post Illegal Dumping Sickens Jabal Mukabbir Community While Jerusalem Authorities Refuse to Act

An illegal landfill burns, polluting lungs, homes, and the environment due to the municipality’s neglect.

Blog Post Palestinians in Jerusalem Are Barricaded in Their Neighborhoods for the Day of Atonement

How Palestinians in Jerusalem can’t leave their neighborhoods during Yom Kippur: in photos.

Blog Post On World Tourism Day, Tourism in Jerusalem Is “Virtually at a Standstill”

For World Tourism Day, read the reflections of Jerusalemite tourism leaders on the waning tourism in the city.

Feature Story Despite Israel’s Closure Order, Alquds Fund and Endowment Remains Stalwart in Its Support for Orphaned Jerusalem

Filling the institutional void in Jerusalem