Jerusalem Notebook

Rediscover Jerusalem through a Palestinian lens.
Culture, Art, and Heritage My Grandmother and Her Adornments: An Art Exhibition of Palestinian Jewelry

Jerusalem-based artists reimagine cultural adornments based on their grandmothers’ memories to preserve traditions.

Jerusalem’s Cafés, Sanctuary for Centuries, Buzz with Worries of an Explosion

Jerusalem’s physical appearance is changing every day, but Palestinians remain sanguine about their attempted erasure.

Culture, Art, and Heritage Nawal Amer: A Jerusalemite Artist Who Gives Life to Glass

A visit to the studio of the first Palestinian Jerusalemite female glass artist

Blog Posts

Jerusalem’s Cafés, Sanctuary for Centuries, Buzz with Worries of an Explosion

Jerusalem’s physical appearance is changing every day, but Palestinians remain sanguine about their attempted erasure.

Closure and Access to Jerusalem Perspective: Is the War Inside the Old City? A Solemn Walk through Damascus Gate

Chronicling a ghost town

Neighborhoods beyond the Wall Perspective: Kufr ‘Aqab’s Chaos Creates Survivors

Jerusalem residents pay taxes to Israel and are supposed to get services in return. Instead they were abandoned.

Culture, Art, and Heritage An Architecture Tour Highlights the Role of Women in Building Jerusalem

A tour in Jerusalem’s Old City evokes a sense of grandiose and wonder.

What Is Jerusalem? Indians at Herod’s Gate

A history of the Indian community in the Old City and the hospice it has long maintained there. A book review.

Jerusalem Hotel: A Journey into History, Heritage, and Arabic Poetry Just Steps from Damascus Gate

From 19th-century family home to iconic Jerusalem hotel

What Is Jerusalem? From Community Space to Surveillance Chokepoint: Jerusalem’s Ancient Damascus Gate Transformed

Damascus Gate has become ugly, not from an architectural point of view but from a daily emotional one.

The Unusual Origins of an Iconic East Jerusalem Hotel

A Palestinian “Pasha’s Palace” became a haven for traumatized evangelical Christians who served the community for decades and founded a storied hotel.