Bios

A Palestinian educator, researcher, and community leader who left a lasting imprint on the field of education in Jerusalem and Ramallah

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

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

Despite great censorship, Hanania launched Palestine’s first privately owned Arabic newspaper, Al-Quds.

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

A leader in the Great Palestinian Revolt who was killed defending his city of Jerusalem on the eve of the Nakba

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

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

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