Jerusalem Childhood

Personal Story My Family Home in Qatamon: Past and Present

The author recalls his father’s memories of his longed-for Qatamon home.

Journal Article Memories of Communal Relations in Jerusalem prior to 1948

Three Palestinians remember their childhoods in cosmopolitan Jerusalem prior to 1948

Blog Post The Parachute Paradox

A Jerusalem artist describes how he (metaphorically) shook the Israeli colonizer off his back. A book review.

Interview Born into a Never-Ending Bureaucracy: The Legal Status of Palestinian Jerusalemite Children

The ins and outs of child registration: It’s all about the parents’ IDs.

Feature Story Childhood in the Digital Age: The Struggle for Agency and Safety in Occupied East Jerusalem

The digital reality of Palestinian children, where every click is policed, and every post is defiance

A screenshot of Ali Qanibi looking out of a window in the video “No Prison Like Home: House Arrest in Occupied Jerusalem.”
Video No Prison like Home: House Arrest in Occupied Jerusalem

Israeli house arrest policies turn homes into prisons for Palestinian children and parents into prison wardens.

Feature Story Israel Bans Palestinian Youths Released in Israel-Hamas Swap Deal from Returning to School

Release from prison is not, it seems, the end of the punishment Israel wishes to inflict on Palestinian Jerusalemite youths.

Personal Story On Wings of Memory: Schmidt’s Girls School—Jerusalem’s Star School

The author recalls her happy years attending Schmidt’s School, before the Nakba, her brief visit years later, and what it meant to her. 

Photo Three Jerusalemite Boys Posing on a Road with Their Arms Linked

A glimpse of boyhood in British Mandate Palestine