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We pay a visit to a master storyteller in his lifelong Jerusalem home.
Opening minds and spaces for creativity to take seed and grow
Samia Halaby documents key moments in Palestine’s history and landscape through her artwork, with a particular passion for Jerusalem.
A woman recalls her family leaving Lifta in 1948 in search of safety. But there was none to be had.
The trauma of losing home and familiar ways of being in the world lingered with author Nina Bazouzi Cullers for decades after her family left Qatamon for the Old City. A book review.
The city and the settlers forge ahead with land registration in Jerusalem as a means to dispossess Palestinians in areas of interest.
The founder and director of the Israel Land Fund, Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Arieh King, describes the fund’s goals in his own very explicit and unequivocal words.
Ir Amim and Bimkom’s June 2023 report, “The Grand Land Theft,” reveals Israel’s intentions behind undertaking the settlement of land title in East Jerusalem.
What happens when a city walls off a densely populated neighborhood and then abandons it?
What’s up with water in Kufr ‘Aqab? A conversation with Adalah’s legal director, Suhad Bishara, on the case they filed on residents’ behalf.
The neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah has historically been the northern gateway to the Old City and a home to powerful Palestinian families and consulates.
A twin brother and sister offer the viewer a glimpse of life in Sheikh Jarrah, where Jewish settlers are aggressively targeting Palestinian homes for forcible expulsions.
The al-Qasem family home in Sheikh Jarrah, home to three generations, is a target for Jewish settlers.
Health impacts of living “on the frontier”
A labor of love that empowers artisans and preserves heritage
After nearly a year of war, the city is a shadow of its former self.
A subdued edition nonetheless draws large audiences to view films from the Arab world.
Israel plans to sponsor tours of al-Aqsa Mosque for thousands of Jews and tourists.
We pay a visit to a master storyteller in his lifelong Jerusalem home.
What’s up with water in Kufr ‘Aqab? A conversation with Adalah’s legal director, Suhad Bishara, on the case they filed on residents’ behalf.
Educating Palestinians in East Jerusalem is an effort facing pressures from the authorities on multiple fronts.
Opening minds and spaces for creativity to take seed and grow
A founder of the Palestinian nationalist movement; a devout, diplomatic, and popular leader who spent much of his career in exile
How Israel razed an 800-year-old historic Muslim neighborhood in the dead of night within hours of occupying East Jerusalem
A quick guide to the often-confusing gates to the Old City of Jerusalem
Israel uses the 1950 Absentees’ Property Law and several amendments to it to confiscate Palestinian property across East Jerusalem and give it to Jewish settlers.
Before 1948, Jerusalem was not split between an “East” and a “West.” Rather, a cosmopolitan, multiethnic New City grew organically out of the Old City.
Khalil Raad’s photographs captured Palestinian tradition, resilience, and history before and after the Nakba.
Where is Jerusalem? The answer is a lot more complex and unclear than you might think.
A conversation with the Nusseibehs about their family’s centuries of history in and contributions to Jerusalem
A subdued edition nonetheless draws large audiences to view films from the Arab world.
Religious Jews spit at and stone Christian clergy and institutions; Jerusalem’s Christians condemn the government’s tolerance for these hate crimes.
Health impacts of living “on the frontier”
Israel tried treating Palestinian Americans like other US tourists, and I was finally able to visit my capital city.