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From our Digital Projects | Biography | On this day 80 years ago, Boulos Shehadeh passed away. He was a writer and a poet. As the owner of the Mirʾat al-Sharq newspaper [Mirror of the East], he stood out for his boldness in criticizing the mistakes made by the leaders of the Palestinian national movement's and in calling upon them to adopt a gradualist strategy on the basis of
From our Digital Projects | Highlight | It is one of Israel’s most discriminatory laws against Palestinian Arabs, citizens of the state. It not only failed to mention their political rights, it also ignored their civil rights, whether individual or communal. It dropped Arabic as an official language, and restricted the right to self-determination to the Jewish people. Read
From our Digital Projects | Place | Khirbat al-Lawz is a village that was located 11 kilometers west of Jerusalem. Its lands were used for cultivating vineyards, olive and almond trees, vegetables, and grain. Khirbat al-Lawz was occupied on 13−14 July, along with a string of nearby villages. Its inhabitants who remained in the area or attempted to return were forcibly
From our Digital Projects | Biography | On this day in 1972, Ghassan Kanafani was assassinated by the Israeli Mossad. He was one of the most prominent novelists and modernist playwrights who enriched Palestinian culture with their creativity. He also left behind analytical studies and a number of paintings. Learn more about Ghassan Kanafani by reading her biography in The
From our Digital Projects | Biography | Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout is an academic and university professor who, through her life, thought and experience, brought together Palestine and Lebanon. She is one of the most prominent authors who contributed to the field of Palestinian history, as evidenced by her works on Palestinian political leaderships during the British Mandate and