For Palestinian Jerusalemites, the city’s first luxury hotel will always be linked to a terrorist act that signaled the end of their lives in Jerusalem.
A glimpse back into days when all of Jerusalem’s population had electoral representation
A religious and legal scholar and nationalist who was the first Palestinian Israel exiled from Jerusalem in 1967
A glimpse of boyhood in British Mandate Palestine
Musa Kazim al-Husseini, the “undisputed leader of the Palestinian Arabs,” held important political positions in Jerusalem until his death at age 81
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.
A committed Arab nationalist who founded the Arab Bank in Jerusalem in 1930 and led much of Palestine’s banking activity
A controversial long-running mayor of Jerusalem who opposed the Zionist agenda while maintaining close ties with British Mandate authorities
Khalil Raad’s photographs captured Palestinian tradition, resilience, and history before and after the Nakba.