Arab Women

Graphic Jerusalem by Jumana El Husseini

Jerusalem’s landscape by Jumana El Husseini

Photo Through Jerusalem’s Dung Gate

Entering the Old City through Maghrebi Gate

Photo A Watermelon Market at Jaffa Gate

A peek at the Jerusalem markets of the past

Photo Arab Woman from Jerusalem

Portrait of a young Arab woman from Jerusalem with decorative ornaments, 19th century

Bio Zulaykha al-Shihabi

A fierce feminist Jerusalemite who devoted her life to advocating for women and supporting the national cause

Bio Zahiya Nashashibi

A Jerusalemite who helped to found one of the oldest women’s movements in Palestine in 1929, and remained in a leadership role in it until her death