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

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

Neighborhoods beyond the Wall Rainfall Exposes Municipal Neglect of East Jerusalem

Rainfall is a blessing and a curse in East Jerusalem.

Precarious Status 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.

Forcible Home Expulsions Coercive Urban Governance through Home Demolition and Displacement in Jabal Mukabbir

The grinding reality of home demolitions in one Jerusalem neighborhood. A Photo Story.

Precarious Status Perspective: Jordan’s Attachment to Old Rules for Israeli Entry Permits Burdens and Deters Jerusalemites from Traveling

Time to reconsider outdated requirements for Israeli entry permits from Jordan

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

Depopulated, but never forgotten

Who Are the Palestinians of Jerusalem? “Humankind Is My family”: Mahmoud Jiddah Reflects on the Connection between Jerusalem and Its People

Mahmoud Jiddah struggled for years to define his identity. Eventually, he found the answers.