Children

Blog Post Emleson School: Championing Community through Education

This women-initiated community project evolved into a facility that nurtures children from nursery school through grade 8.

Bio Elizabeth Nasir

An educator and social worker who founded a school for destitute girls and was fondly recalled as the “patron of us poor people”

Blog Post The Young Women’s Christian Association of Palestine—A Haven for Life

A welcoming space for women of all ages in Sheikh Jarrah, cherished for more than a century.

Blog Post One Man’s Tragedy, Dissected, Exposes the Brutalities of Israel’s Rule over Palestinians

The story behind a tragic accident offers a window into a brutal settler-colonial landscape. A book review.

Blog Post The Arab Counseling Center for Education: Supporting Jerusalem’s Palestinian Community through Challenging Times

A local organization meets a critical need by healing the hearts and souls of a traumatized community.

Journal Article Iron Caging the Palestinian Home: Child Home Arrest in Occupied East Jerusalem as Lawfare

A study of how children and their families experience home arrest

Feature Story Road Closures, Arrests, Army Raids, Anxiety: How Israel’s War on Gaza Is Affecting East Jerusalem Education

The war’s heavy toll on Palestinian schoolchildren

Blog Post AlNayzak, the Jerusalem-Based Incubator of Innovation and Creativity

Empowering innovation and entrepreneurship 

Feature Story The Walk to School

A glimpse of some of the myriad risks and hazards Palestinian schoolchildren in Jerusalem face on their daily walk to school. A Photo Story.