Sheikh Jarrah

Short Take Amin al-Husseini’s Dream Home, Karm al-Mufti: An Elegant Residence during the Mandate Bulldozed by Israel

The mufti’s luxurious home in Sheikh Jarrah is a microcosm of the city’s rich and vibrant Palestinian past—and of its erasure by Israeli authorities.

Blog Post Khazaaen, the Jerusalem Archive for Palestinian Social History

Khazaaen was set up with the goal of preserving the stories of Jerusalemites, but it quickly became a bigger and more far-reaching project.

Screenshot from a 2011 video by The Guardian about Muna and Mohammed al-Kurd
Video Sharing Our House with Israeli Settlers in Sheikh Jarrah

A twin brother and sister offer the viewer a glimpse of life in Sheikh Jarrah, where Jewish settlers are aggressively targeting Palestinian homes for forcible expulsions.

Blog Post Perspective: South African Author Zukiswa Wanner Shares Reflections on Her Visit to Jerusalem with Palfest

South African author Zukiswa Wanner visits East Jerusalem with Palfest and shares her reflections.

Screenshot from the film Twice Displaced
Video Twice Displaced: Three Generations of Forced Displacement

The story of Palestinian displacement and dispossession passed down from one generation to the next. 

Video Home Front: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah—Amal Qassem

Amal Qassem, lifelong resident of Sheikh Jarrah, shares the story of how the home where she was born in 1960 was targeted for takeover by Jewish settlers.

Headshot of Mohammed El-Kurd of Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem
Video Home Front: Mohammed El-Kurd

Mohammed El-Kurd, 14, narrates his experience of sharing his family home with the Jewish settlers who forcibly expelled the El-Kurds from the two-room extension they added in the 1990s.

Rifka El-Kurd resists Jewish settlers taking over part of her home in Sheikh Jarrah on December 1, 2009
Video The Takeover of Part of the Rifka El-Kurd Family Home in Sheikh Jarrah

What does a forcible home expulsion actually entail? 

Personal Story Haunted by Waiting for Expulsion in Sheikh Jarrah

The al-Qasem family home in Sheikh Jarrah, home to three generations, is a target for Jewish settlers.