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From our Digital Projects | Highlight | The A'ideen Refugee Camp (established in 1949) is one of ten camps in Syria officially recognized by UNRWA. The camp became part of Homs as the city expanded, but lost many of its residents after the eruption of the conflict in Syria. Read more about Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp in The Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question.

From our Digital Projects | Biography | On this day, 60 years ago, Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi passed away. He was among the most prominent Palestinian figures in the economic, banking and political fields. He participated in the founding of the Arab Bank in 1930, and headed the All-Palestine Government that was announced in Gaza in September 1948. In that capacity he attended

From our Digital Projects | Highlight | On this day in 1967, the Knesset adopted a law that, in effect, resulted in the annexation of East Jerusalem to Israel. While Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza have had limited access to Jerusalem, due to Israeli stringent restrictions, especially since the second intifada in 2000, the number of pilgrims from Islamic countries has

From our Digital Projects | Highlight | Balata Refugee Camp was set up in 1950, east of Nablus on land that belongs to the nearby village of Balata. The camp is distinctive for its political activism and spirit of resistance. Read about Balata Refugee Camp, West Bank in The Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question.

From our Digital Projects | Highlight | This year, on 20 June, as every year since 2001 following a resolution of the UN General Assembly, the world celebrates World Refugee Day to honor people who have been forced to flee because of war or persecution. Read more about The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps in The Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine

From our Digital Projects | Event | The First Arab Congress that was held in Paris on 17-24 June 1913, demanded the adoption of a decentralized system in the Arab provinces under Ottoman rule, the participation of Arabs in the central administrative apparatus, and the recognition of Arabic language as an official language. The Congress included representatives of Arab

From our Digital Projects | Place | On this day, 75 years ago, Zionist forces occupied the village of al-Birwa in the Galilee, where the family of Mahmoud Darwish originates from. Several days later, the villagers counter-attacked and forced the occupiers to withdraw. al-Birwa was finally captured by the Zionists on 24 June and a kibbutz was established on its site in January

From our Digital Projects | Highlight | On 6 June 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon in order to debilitate the Palestine Liberation Organization militarily and politically, with the hope of imposing its autonomy plan in the occupied territories and reaching a peace treaty with Lebanon. Read more about Lebanon War, 1982 in The Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question.

From our Digital Projects | Biography | On this day, seven years ago, Ibrahim Dakkak, a leading Jerusalem figure, passed away. He had played a prominent role in defending Arab Jerusalem and in advocating an “economy of steadfastness”. He was known for his principled defense of democratic rights and freedoms. Learn more about Ibrahim Dakkak by reading his biography in The

From our Digital Projects | Highlight | Himmat Zu’bi reviews in this essay, the story of “present absentee” Palestinians who were internally displaced during the Nakba to other locations under Israeli rule, but were prevented from returning to their home villages after the war ended. Read about the Present Absentees in Israel in The Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine