A thorough historical study based on meticulous archival research debunks founding myths. A book review.
How the first mixed district to develop outside the Old City was emptied, divided, and used to warehouse Mizrahi immigrants
The author attempts to reclaim her family’s history in the Mamilla area of Jerusalem before the Nakba scattered them.
One Jerusalem family’s story: The Nakba and its aftermath
A Palestinian who remained in West Jerusalem in 1948 recalls life there before and after the war. A book review.
The author recalls her happy years attending Schmidt’s School, before the Nakba, her brief visit years later, and what it meant to her.
Mounir Kleibo, former ILO Special Representative, tells the story of his mother’s family home in Lower Baq‘a in today’s West Jerusalem.
Huda Imam is banned from entering the home her father built in Qatamon before 1948, but that does not stop her from standing outside it weekly.
Ibrahim Matar has made it his mission to record the history of the Palestinian properties in West Jerusalem, as he recently shared with friends on a walk there.