Jerusalem Story - The City Retold

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Who Are the Palestinians of Jerusalem?

Palestinians comprise nearly half the population of Jerusalem and have built, and shaped, the city for centuries, yet their stories are rarely told.

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Land

In Jerusalem as in the rest of the country, land is the locus of the struggle for control. Here we explore the status of land in Jerusalem and its environs.

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Closure and Access to Jerusalem

Jerusalem is known as an open, international, “city of peace.” For millions of Palestinians, however, it is a closed, virtually unreachable, city.

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The Separation Wall

Israel's Separation Wall, called al-jidar by Palestinians, has drastically reshaped the geopolitical fabric of Jerusalem.

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Blog Post A Symbol of Palestinian Identity, Palestinian Heritage Museum Faces Difficulties Reopening

After facing various challenges, Jerusalem’s renowned Palestinian Heritage Museum is trying to reopen its doors.

Bio Suhail Khoury

A musician with a passion for Mozart and Palestine

Blog Post Entranced by Dance, a Jerusalem Teen Founded a Professional Dance Troupe to Empower Others

A Jerusalem teen who was intoxicated with dance and its transformative capacities made it his mission to help Palestinian children soar; today they are Douban Professional Dance.

Video Hagop Karakashian on How the Art of Armenian Ceramics—Unique to Jerusalem—Came to Be

Hagop Karakashian’s grandfather was one of a trio of artists who originated the art of Armenian ceramics in the city of Jerusalem over a century ago. How did this come about?

Blog Post The Origins of an Iconic Jerusalem Art Form: Armenian Ceramics

Feast of Ashes by Sato Moughalian chronicles the origins of the Armenian ceramic tradition in Jerusalem, first introduced there by the author’s grandfather, a refugee from the Armenian genocide. A book review.

Personal Story A War without Chocolate

Betty Majaj, a nurse in Jerusalem, lived through the demise of the New City and its reincarnation into West Jerusalem. This is her story. 

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.

Personal Story The End of Arab Qatamon—A Memoir

A vivid memoir attesting to what it was like to live through the violent transformation of the New City of Jerusalem into West Jerusalem in 1947–48

Journal Article Musrara, the Center of the World

How the first mixed district to develop outside the Old City was emptied, divided, and used to warehouse Mizrahi immigrants

Photo Essay From Pilgrimage to Festival to Uprising: The Evolution of the Nabi Musa Tradition

How a local religious tradition became a cornerstone of Palestinian cultural and political life

Graphic East Jerusalem Schools

A quick reference for the patchwork of types of schools that serve Palestinian students in East Jerusalem

Audio Hassan Jabareen: “This Law Targets the [Palestinian] Schools in 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.

Blog Post In an Emergency, Palestinian Jerusalemites Call Iman

She saw a need—inadequate emergency services for Palestinians—and in addressing it found her mission in life.

Video Kamal Boullata on Painting, Exile, and Jerusalem

Kamal Boullata’s art reflects his exile and longing for the light of Jerusalem.

Graphic East Jerusalem Hospitals

A bird’s eye view of hospitals that serve the Palestinian community

Bio Subhi Taher Dajani

A blind educator from Jerusalem who made substantial contributions to the education and vocational training of blind people in the Arab world