An iconic figure in Palestinian music whose work expressed the cultural and political experiences of Palestinians under occupation
A venerated Palestinian journalist who reported from the field in the occupied territories for a quarter of a century until she was murdered while on assignment.
A leader, activist, and diplomat affectionately referred to by his community as the Lion of Jerusalem
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 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
A human rights and women’s rights activist whose organization has worked for decades to address gender-based violence in Jerusalem and beyond