Bios

Among the first Jerusalemites to use a camera professionally to document key historical events as well as everyday life in pre-1948 Palestine and beyond

A Palestinian educator and writer who wrote an iconic, vivid narrative recounting her family’s exile from Qatamon and Jerusalem in 1948

An educator, political and social figure, and intellectual whose diary of over 3,000 pages covers 45 turbulent years in Jerusalem and Palestine in the early 20th century

A prominent Palestinian educator, women’s rights activist, and nationalist

A religious and legal scholar and nationalist who was the first Palestinian Israel exiled from Jerusalem in 1967

A Palestinian woman who preserved the living memory of the Jerusalem she grew up in through her embroidery and her acclaimed autobiography, Jerusalem Memories

A fierce feminist Jerusalemite who devoted her life to advocating for women and supporting the national cause

A prolific novelist who was exiled from Jerusalem for almost two decades, yet says “Jerusalem is a part of me and I am part of Jerusalem.”

A committed Arab nationalist who founded the Arab Bank in Jerusalem in 1930 and led much of Palestine’s banking activity

An unconquerable spirit with an unwavering commitment to serve

A human rights and women’s rights activist whose organization has worked for decades to address gender-based violence in Jerusalem and beyond