Childhood

Journal Article A Palestinian Historian Remembers His Jerusalem Childhood

Historian Nazmi Jubeh recalls growing up in Arab Jerusalem in the 1960s and the changes to the city after 1967.

Photo Torn Down in the Holy City

A Palestinian home lies in ruins.

Blog Post I Am Jerusalem

A Greek Orthodox Jerusalemite recounts his life in the Old City and his involvement with his community. A book review.

Journal Article Childhood Memories of Jerusalem and Ramallah

A Jerusalem novelist recalls his childhood in Jerusalem and Ramallah

Blog Post 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.

Photo Child Witness

A school day in the life of a Palestinian child 

Blog Post Memories of an Open Jerusalem

A family story from the Nakba reveals how Jerusalem has been transformed.

Feature Story Ahmad Manasra Released, His Childhood Lost to Torture behind Israeli Bars

Youth whose abysmal treatment in Israeli prisons captured world attention is released after a decade.

Blog Post 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.