From our Digital Projects | Biography | Kulthum Odeh, a native of Nazareth, was one of the first female Palestinian academics. Through her work at the Orientalism Institute in Leningrad and Moscow, translating Soviet literature into Arabic and Arabic literature into Russian, she made a significant contribution to building a cultural bridge between Russians and Arabs. Learn
From our Digital Projects | Event | On 4 April 1948, battles had started between the Arab Liberation Army, led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji, and Haganah forces for the control of the city of Haifa. On 21 April, British forces suddenly evacuated the city, enabling the Haganah to occupy it the next day, causing the displacement of its residents. Read more about The Battle for Haifa and
From our Digital Projects | Highlight | Marka Camp is the second largest camp in Jordan, with more than 40,000 refugees, and one of the six emergency camps established by UNRWA in 1968 to house Palestinians who fled the West Bank and the Gaza Strip during and after the June 1967 war. The camp is in Russeifa, Zarqa Governorate. Read more about Marka Refugee Camp, Jordan in The
From our Digital Projects | Biography | On this day eighty years ago, Leila Khaled was born in Haifa. She accompanied the Palestinian revolution since its inception in Lebanon where her family had taken refuge, and struggled as a fighter in the field, a leftist political leader, and social activist in the service of Palestinian women's rights. Learn more about Leila Khaled by
From our Digital Projects | Biography | Nayef Hawatmeh, founder and secretary-general of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), is one of the first generation of prominent leaders of the modern Palestinian revolution and in the PLO. Hawatmeh's personality combines the qualities of a diligent national leader with those of a committed leftist intellectual,