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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