Wasif Jawhariyyeh
A Jerusalem musician and memoirist who left a vivid witness to life in Jerusalem in the late Ottoman and Mandate periods.
Wasif Jawhariyyeh’s memoirs are a rich source for understanding daily, musical, and social life in Jerusalem in the first half of the twentieth century. They are treated as a rich personal witness—not as an official archive substituting for documents.
Closing
The memoirs are read alongside the diaries of his contemporaries. The image is symbolic: an oud and light from a stone window.