Bios
A venerated Palestinian journalist who reported from the field in the occupied territories for a quarter of a century until she was murdered while on assignment.
A poet and anthologist who spearheaded a massive effort to make Arabic literature available to English-speaking readers
An influential women’s activist, writer, and researcher from Lifta who documented life in Jerusalem and the history of the Palestinian press before 1948
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A venerated Palestinian journalist who reported from the field in the occupied territories for a quarter of a century until she was murdered while on assignment.
Jerusalemite appointed first-ever minister of Jerusalem affairs in 2006 who was arrested, jailed, stripped of residency, and deported by Israel
A feminist activist and leader who worked to protect and promote the legal, social, and political rights of women locally and worldwide
Jerusalem’s historian and defender of academic freedom, who fought to preserve the city’s diversity and plurality
A renowned journalist, historian, and politician whose account of the 1948 War remains one of the most authoritative texts on the subject
A notable Palestinian educator who worked tirelessly to preserve the Arab curriculum in East Jerusalem after 1967