Video
Villa Harun al-Rashid—Talbiyya, Jerusalem
The American resident of a cherished Palestinian family villa called Villa Harun al-Rashid gives his glossy version of the house’s history, completely erasing its real story.
Blog Post
“I Wasn’t Born There; I Never Lived There, but I Was from There”
A Palestinian woman returns to Jerusalem to rediscover and reclaim her mother’s city for her.
Short Take
Musrara: The New City Neighborhood That Became No Man’s Land
Musrara, a formerly New City neighborhood founded by Palestinians, had a unique fate in 1948.
Backgrounder
The West Side Story, Part 1: Jerusalem before “East” and “West”
Before 1948, Jerusalem was not split between an “East” and a “West.” Rather, a cosmopolitan, multiethnic New City grew organically out of the Old City.
Personal Story
The Baq‘a Zone Ghetto: A Memoir of a Palestinian Jerusalemite Who Remained in West Jerusalem after the War
Jacob Nammar, whose family established the al-Nammamreh neighborhood in al-Baq‘a, shares the trauma his family went through as one of the few Palestinian families who remained.