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The oldest family-run business in the Old City
Bilal Abu Khalaf sells exceptional fabrics and shares intricate details about their importance throughout history.
Sharing legends and paranormal activities may be crucial for preserving the collective memory of Jerusalem.
A Jerusalem artist and art historian in exile whose work explored the beauty and pain of the Jerusalem he remembered
Kamal Boullata’s art reflects his exile and longing for the light of Jerusalem.
A quick reference for the patchwork of types of schools that serve Palestinian students in East Jerusalem
How could Israel’s harsh new education law affect Palestinian school in Jerusalem? We asked Hassan Jabareen, a lawyer who is general director of the human rights organization Adalah.
Educating Palestinians in East Jerusalem is an effort facing pressures from the authorities on multiple fronts.
Palestinian Jerusalemites view the history of their city through a different lens. A conversation with Palestinian historian Nazmi Jubeh.
How a local religious tradition became a cornerstone of Palestinian cultural and political life
An interactive map of the checkpoints around Jerusalem that control Palestinian access to the city
What’s it like to live behind a military checkpoint in your own city?
What’s up with water in Kufr ‘Aqab? A conversation with Adalah’s legal director, Suhad Bishara, on the case they filed on residents’ behalf.
Your portal into recent research and publications related to Palestinians of Jerusalem
A newlywed couple face challenges when they try to find an apartment to buy in the Palestinian neighborhood of Kufr ‘Aqab, which lies behind the Separation Wall.
A Palestinian human rights activist in Jerusalem describes the dangerous spike in Israeli violations of Palestinian rights there since Israel declared war on Gaza on October 7.
As business dwindles and the municipality levies gratuitous fines for “violations,” shop owners on Salah al-Din Street pay a price for the war on Gaza.
An academic and prolific author who believed that poetry was a way to bring about change, give a voice to Palestinians, and promote peace
A new Jewish settlement in the heart of Palestinian Ras al-Amud hurtles rapid-fire toward approval.
Yet another newly passed “emergency” law allows Israeli police to search Palestinians’ phones and arrest them on charges of hate speech or incitement.
While Israel bombs Gaza, Palestinian Jerusalemites find that travel within the city is unpredictable and risky, and their social media can be used to detain them.
Palestinian Jerusalemites are being targeted by Israeli authorities and settlers as Israel continues to flatten Gaza.
How Israel razed an 800-year-old historic Muslim neighborhood in the dead of night within hours of occupying East Jerusalem
A quick guide to the often-confusing gates to the Old City of Jerusalem
Jerusalem’s New City was violently transformed and severed from the rest of Jerusalem, its Palestinian inhabitants exiled and banned from returning to this day.
A quick reference for the patchwork of types of schools that serve Palestinian students in East Jerusalem
A founder of the Palestinian nationalist movement; a devout, diplomatic, and popular leader who spent much of his career in exile
One Jerusalem family’s story: The Nakba and its aftermath
Khalil Raad’s photographs captured Palestinian tradition, resilience, and history before and after the Nakba.
The go-to place for halaweh in the Old City
Where is Jerusalem? The answer is a lot more complex and unclear than you might think.
How many millions of Palestinians in historic Palestine and beyond are unable to enter Jerusalem without Israeli permission?
An interactive map of Jerusalem in the period between the 1948 and 1967 Wars
The author recalls her happy years attending Schmidt’s School, before the Nakba, her brief visit years later, and what it meant to her.