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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Feature Story Israel Is Banning More and More Palestinian Figures from Entering al-Aqsa Mosque on Arbitrary Grounds

An insidious practice that increasingly targets religious authorities

Feature Story Past as Prologue? To Read Israeli Designs on al-Aqsa Mosque, Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque Offers Chilling Clues

How Israel has gradually and doggedly wrested control of the second holiest Muslim site in historic Palestine

Feature Story Jerusalem Receives a New Islamic Waqf Council amid Increasing Israeli Violations of al-Aqsa Mosque

Jerusalem’s new Islamic Waqf Council is announced amid increasing extremist Jewish incursions into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound

Blog Post Intensifying Israeli Attacks on Palestinian Bus Drivers in Jerusalem Endanger Their Lives

Anti-Palestinian violence in the city spreads to new realms, with ominous implications.

Feature Story Palestinians of Sheikh Jarrah Share Their Struggles amid Increasing Threats of Forcible Expulsion

A neighborhood in peril

Feature Story Israel Is Besieging Palestinian Towns and Villages outside Jerusalem, to the Northwest and Northeast

Tens of thousands of Palestinians are under siege, rendering life exceedingly difficult.

Blog Post Renowned Head of Jerusalem Waqf Council Passes Away

Sheikh Abdul Azim Salhab was deeply admired for his religious contributions in Jerusalem.

Blog Post Dar Al-Tifel Al-Arabi: Jerusalem’s Cornerstone of Culture and Education Endures despite Challenges

The cornerstone of culture and education is fighting to remain.

Blog Post Fawzi al-Bakri: An Acerbic Local Poet Who Gave Voice to the Poor of Jerusalem

A caustic poet who was at the heart of the city’s intellectual life in the 1980s