Jerusalem Notebook

Rediscover Jerusalem through a Palestinian lens.
Education Four Female Alumni of Al-Quds University Make Outstanding Achievement in Medical Research

Four Palestinian graduates of Al-Quds University contribute to knowledge of a rare and serious disease.

Who Are the Palestinians of Jerusalem? Traces of Presence: Palestinian Female Artists Show Off Their Art

Traces of Presence: Exploring memory through art

Sundos al-Rajabi Uses Art to Eternalize Jerusalem’s Depopulated Palestinian Villages

Depopulated, but never forgotten

Blog Posts

Surveillance and Detention Palestinian Jerusalemite Children Are Deprived of “Dreams under the Olive Tree”

Are children’s dreams a threat to the state?

Education Dar Al-Tifel Al-Arabi: Jerusalem’s Cornerstone of Culture and Education Endures despite Challenges

The cornerstone of culture and education is fighting to remain.

The West Side Story A Testament to a City Lost and a Time Erased: A Syrian Woman Remembers the Jerusalem of Her Childhood

A Syrian woman recalls her Jerusalem childhood during the last years of the Colonial British Mandate. A book review.

The West Side Story “My Destiny to Live in Jerusalem Was a Great Privilege”: John Rose and the Armenians of Jerusalem

British Palestinian Armenian John Rose recounts his long history in Jerusalem in a memoir. A book review.

Surveillance and Detention Ali’s Story: The Arrest and Torture of a Jerusalemite Child for a Crime He Did Not Commit

An eighth grader recounts his week in an Israeli prison.

Health and Health Care Pediatrician Adrineh Karakashian: Serving Jerusalem’s Neediest Children for More than Half a Century

A community mourns a beloved pediatrician who treated generations of children.

Health and Health Care Pediatrician Osama Tanous: How “Unchilding” Helps Us Understand the Health of Palestinian Children in Jerusalem

Health impacts of living “on the frontier”

Health and Health Care Spafford Children’s Center: A Place of Safety and Healing for Jerusalem Children for Almost a Century

A safe haven for children within the Old City walls