Bios

A foremost authority on Palestinian land ownership before 1948 who provided future generations with crucial documentation on the Nakba and Palestinian refugees

A Palestinian Russian woman who worked for the British and Jordanian authorities, demanded political change, and established workshops for destitute women

A pioneering artist of landscape watercolors whose life spanned most of the 20th century and whose work explored “the vision of Jerusalem”

A pioneer of abstract painting whose art has been exhibited in museums, galleries, and art fairs throughout the world

A Palestinian historian and researcher who vividly documented the atrocities of the Sabra and Shatila massacre of 1982

A founder of the Palestinian nationalist movement; a devout, diplomatic, and popular leader who spent much of his career in exile

A professor of Islamic literature who returned to his birthplace, Jerusalem, after 25 years of exile to serve as the first president of Al-Quds University

A formidable figure who dedicated her life to the care of orphans, education of girls and women, preservation of Palestinian culture, and social service

A Jerusalem artist in exile whose predominant themes revolved around depicting the city of her birth

Musa Kazim al-Husseini, the “undisputed leader of the Palestinian Arabs,” held important political positions in Jerusalem until his death at age 81

Mayor of Jerusalem at the end of the 19th century who paved the streets and built the city’s public sewage system

A leader, activist, and diplomat affectionately referred to by his community as the Lion of Jerusalem