Hind al-Husseini
A Jerusalem educator associated with founding Dar al-Tifl al-Arabi in Jerusalem after the Nakba of 1948 and with caring for children and education.
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Wasif Jawhariyyeh
A Jerusalem musician and memoirist who left a vivid witness to life in Jerusalem in the late Ottoman and Mandate periods.
Khalil al-Sakakini
A Jerusalem educator and man of letters who left a mark on education and language; his diaries are read as a window onto modern…
Mujir al-Din al-Hanbali
A Jerusalem historian whose book Al-Uns al-Jalil bi-Tarikh al-Quds wa-l-Khalil is a classic reference on the city's fabric and institutions.
Al-Maqdisi al-Bashshari
A fourth-century AH geographer and traveler, known for Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim and his field observation.
Issa Daoud al-Issa
A leading Palestinian journalist associated with the newspaper Falastin published in Jaffa; a major figure in Arabic press in the first half of the…