Bios
A nurse from Lebanon who married a Jerusalemite and moved to the city right before the Nakba and embraced the responsibilities thrust upon her for caring for the sick, wounded, and disabled of the city over decades
An artist, curator, and cultural institution builder who believes that Jerusalem is more than a symbol of holiness
A Palestinian educator and writer who wrote an iconic, vivid narrative recounting her family’s exile from Qatamon and Jerusalem in 1948
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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 Palestinian historian and researcher who vividly documented the atrocities of the Sabra and Shatila massacre of 1982
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
Mayor of Jerusalem at the end of the 19th century who paved the streets and built the city’s public sewage system