An iconic figure in Palestinian music whose work expressed the cultural and political experiences of Palestinians under occupation
A culture worker and feminist whose stage work invites audience participation and facilitates healing
Composer, oud player, and founder of the band Sabreen, which revolutionized Arab music and the Jerusalem music scene
An influential women’s activist, writer, and researcher from Lifta who documented life in Jerusalem and the history of the Palestinian press before 1948
An erudite man of letters and a master of the classical Arabic language who was fondly called “the foremost Arabic scholar” during his lifetime
A controversial long-running mayor of Jerusalem who opposed the Zionist agenda while maintaining close ties with British Mandate authorities
A Jerusalemite who helped to found one of the oldest women’s movements in Palestine in 1929, and remained in a leadership role in it until her death
An educator and social worker who founded a school for destitute girls and was fondly recalled as the “patron of us poor people”
An academic and political maverick who participated in the First Intifada and the Madrid Conference, held the Jerusalem portfolio, and led Al-Quds University