Jerusalem Notebook

Rediscover Jerusalem through a Palestinian lens.

Housing a Nation’s Memory: The Story of the Palestine Heritage Museum in Jerusalem

A journey through time at the Palestine Heritage Museum

Who Are the Palestinians of Jerusalem? Young Photojournalist: “The Mere Act of Seeing is Convoluted for a Palestinian in Jerusalem”

Young, female, and behind the lens in a frontier zone

Prince Hassan of Jordan launches the Hashemite Endowment for Jerusalem

A new initiative offers hope to beleaguered Jerusalemites

Blog Posts

Housing a Nation’s Memory: The Story of the Palestine Heritage Museum in Jerusalem

A journey through time at the Palestine Heritage Museum

Imad Muna: “When Cultural Activity Disappears, the Pulse of Daily Life Recedes and the Space for Expression Narrows”

Cultural institutions in Jerusalem need to be saved.

Tala Sandouka: A Jerusalemite Artist Weaving Memory from Straw

Reviving the straw art of her grandparents’ generation

Jerusalem’s El-Hakawati Theatre Scales Up Fundraising to Avoid Potential Closure

Amer Hlehel calls for financial support for El-Hakawati.

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

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

Are children’s dreams a threat to the state?

Who Are the Palestinians of Jerusalem? Weaving Straw Stools: An “Artistic Escape” and Homage to a Family and Levantine Tradition

A visual and heritage-based artist in Jerusalem finds herself in the craft of her predecessors.