Khalil Assali

Journalist

Journalist, writer, and editor-in-chief of Akhbar elBalad Network, Khalil Assali was the chairman of the Jerusalem Journalists’ Club, director of the Media Unit in the President’s Office at al-Quds University, and writer for several Jerusalem newspapers and magazines that disappeared concurrently with Jerusalem’s weakening role in the Palestinian and Arab media landscape. He wrote and published several books, including Lover of Pen and Trouble Tale, Nassereddin Nashashibi, Turkish Chancellor, The First Letters, and—in press—A Cup of Coffee and a City Story.

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Blog Post Israel Seeks to Overturn Long-Established Practice Regarding the Operation of Foreign Diplomatic Missions in East Jerusalem

Israel is tightening the screws on foreign diplomats in contravention of long-standing practice.

Blog Post Perspective: UNRWA: A Source of Dignity, Support, and Hope Whose Banning Leaves an Unfillable Void

Jerusalem residents reflect on the vital services that UNRWA has provided for over more than seven decades.

Blog Post Pediatrician Adrineh Karakashian: Serving Jerusalem’s Neediest Children for More than Half a Century

A community mourns a beloved pediatrician who treated generations of children.

Blog Post Perspective: Once the Capital of the Arab World, Jerusalem Has Become an Isolated and Besieged City

For Palestinian Jerusalemites, the Oslo Accords had the disastrous effect of severing the city from the rest of the West Bank.

Blog Post On World Tourism Day, Tourism Has Evaporated in Jerusalem

After nearly a year of war, the city is a shadow of its former self.

Blog Post In the Presence of Mahmoud Shukair

We pay a visit to a master storyteller in his lifelong Jerusalem home.

Blog Post The Long, Humiliating, and Expensive Trek for Palestinian Jerusalemites Traveling to Jordan

For Palestinian Jerusalemites, Amman, Jordan, is so close, yet so far.

Feature Story Israel Fast-Tracks New West Bank Settlement, Its First in Years, on Ancient Battir Lands, Southwest of Jerusalem

A newly approved settlement southwest of Jerusalem would drive a stake through the heart of any future Palestinian state.

Feature Story Ben-Gvir’s Incendiary Moves and Statements about Jewish Prayer at al-Haram al-Sharif Raise Alarm over Status Quo

Jewish aggressions toward Islam’s third holiest site escalate to new heights.