Bios

Palestinian Jerusalemites have made myriad and diverse contributions to their city’s history and community fabric. Here we profile some of those people—past and present; famous and obscure—whose lives and work and stories have helped shape the larger Jerusalem Story over time.

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Who Are the Palestinians of Jerusalem? Augustine Lama

A prodigious composer and organist who served Jerusalem’s holy sites for 70 years through his music