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.
The Jerusalem YMCA was the social, athletic, and cultural hub for Jerusalemites during the British Mandate years.
An accomplished scholar of Arabic and Islamic studies and award-winning translator who traced his creative talent to his Jerusalem childhood
A rare view of Jerusalem as it appeared at the moment of transition from Ottoman to British rule, in the early 1920s
An interactive map of Jerusalem during the period of the British Mandate
A prolific photographer whose body of work documented daily life in Jerusalem over six decades
The trauma of losing home and familiar ways of being in the world lingered with author Nina Bazouzi Cullers for decades after her family left Qatamon for the Old City. A book review.