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Ali Fouda: The Poet Who Read His Own Obituary, Beirut 1982 Portraits
Ali Fouda: The Poet Who Read His Own Obituary, Beirut 1982

Ali Fouda (1946–1982) was a Palestinian poet and novelist from the village of Qannir in the Haifa district, a poet of the resistance in exil...

Portraits
Naji al-Ali: The Son of al-Shajara Who Drew Palestine Through Handala Portraits
Naji al-Ali: The Son of al-Shajara Who Drew Palestine Through Handala

“I am accused of bias, a charge I do not deny: I am biased toward those who are ‘below.’” With these words Naji al-Ali, a son of the depopul...

Portraits
The 1949 Armistice Agreements and the Establishment of the Green Line in Palestine Events and dates
The 1949 Armistice Agreements and the Establishment of the Green Line in Palestine

The 1949 Armistice Agreements and the Establishment of the Green Line in PalestineBetween February and July 1949, in the aftermath of the Na...

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Abdel Rahim Mahmoud: The Martyr Poet of al-Shajara, 1948 Portraits
Abdel Rahim Mahmoud: The Martyr Poet of al-Shajara, 1948

Abdel Rahim Mahmoud (1913–1948) was a Palestinian poet and fighter from Anabta in the Tulkarm district, one of the foremost Palestinian poet...

Portraits
The Lydda Death March 1948: 70,000 Expelled on Foot Under the Sun Events and dates
The Lydda Death March 1948: 70,000 Expelled on Foot Under the Sun

On 13 July 1948 occupation forces compelled some 70,000 people of Lydda, Ramla and neighbouring towns to leave their homes within half an ho...

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Ghassan Kanafani: Life, Novels and Assassination Events and dates
Ghassan Kanafani: Life, Novels and Assassination

Ghassan Kanafani (1936–1972) was a Palestinian novelist, short-story writer, journalist and fighter, a son of Acre and Jaffa uprooted as a b...

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The Battle of Bani Na’im in 1938: The Siege of Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni and Reinforcements from Abd al-Halim al-Jawlani Battles of the revolution
The Battle of Bani Na’im in 1938: The Siege of Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni and Reinforcements from Abd al-Halim al-Jawlani

In 1938, Bani Na’im, east of Hebron, witnessed a battle during the Great Palestinian Revolt against British Mandate rule. British forces sur...

Battles of the revolution
Artillery War: The Day Israel Pleaded for a Ceasefire Battles of the revolution
Artillery War: The Day Israel Pleaded for a Ceasefire

On July 10, 1981, the Zionist Occupation forces carried out intense aerial and artillery bombardments, targeting hundreds of civilian locati...

Battles of the revolution
Battle of Wadi ‘valley’ Sabas 1938 Battles of the revolution
Battle of Wadi ‘valley’ Sabas 1938

Wadi ‘valley’ Sabas is located between the villages of Qasr and Jalood to the southwest of the town of Aqraba. The valley gained prominence...

Battles of the revolution
The Battle of al-Yamun in 1938: Palestinian Rebels Confront British Forces Battles of the revolution
The Battle of al-Yamun in 1938: Palestinian Rebels Confront British Forces

On March 3, 1938, according to the Palestinian Encyclopedia, the al-Yamun area near Jenin witnessed a battle between Palestinian rebels led...

Battles of the revolution
The al-Buraq Uprising of 1929: Jerusalem and Palestinian Resistance Under the British Mandate Events and dates
The al-Buraq Uprising of 1929: Jerusalem and Palestinian Resistance Under the British Mandate

The al-Buraq Uprising of 1929: Jerusalem and Palestinian Resistance Under the British MandateThe al-Buraq Uprising of 1929 was one of the ea...

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Nabi Musa Uprising 1920: Causes, Events and Aftermath Events and dates
Nabi Musa Uprising 1920: Causes, Events and Aftermath

The Nabi Musa Uprising of 1920: Causes, Events and AftermathThe events surrounding the Nabi Musa festival in April 1920 marked an important...

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The fedayeen 'Guirella Fighters' operation in Beisan, "Crossing the Palestinian Brigade" Battles of the revolution
The fedayeen 'Guirella Fighters' operation in Beisan, "Crossing the Palestinian Brigade"

One of the heroic operations inside the occupied territories, where the fedayeen demonstrated their noble goal and the justice of their caus...

Battles of the revolution
The Martyrs of Red Tuesday: Muhammad Jamjoum, Fuad Hijazi, and Atta al-Zir Events and dates
The Martyrs of Red Tuesday: Muhammad Jamjoum, Fuad Hijazi, and Atta al-Zir

The Martyrs of Red Tuesday: Muhammad Jamjoum, Fuad Hijazi, and Atta al-ZirOn Tuesday, June 17, 1930, the British Mandate authorities execute...

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The setback of 1955, we will not forget, and we will not forgive Events and dates
The setback of 1955, we will not forget, and we will not forgive

Today marks the 55th anniversary of "Al-Naksa" or "The Setback," also known as the "Six-Day War," during which the Israeli occupation army o...

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The Lod Airport operation, carried out by the Japanese Red Army militants Battles of the revolution
The Lod Airport operation, carried out by the Japanese Red Army militants

On May 31, 1972, fighters from the Japanese Red Army, in collaboration with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, carried out a...

Battles of the revolution
The last Eid al-Fitr known to Palestinians before the Nakba Miscellany
The last Eid al-Fitr known to Palestinians before the Nakba

Muslims and Arabs across all their regions celebrate the blessed day of Eid-Al-Fitr (a sacred holy fiest)This one, was the last Eid al-Fitr...

Miscellany
Occupation of the city of Haifa Events and dates
Occupation of the city of Haifa

On April 22, 1948, Zionist Hagana militias seized the city of #Haifa, beginning the killing and displacement of its Arab residents.In the vi...

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