Palestine Memories of 1948: Photographs of Jerusalem [None ed.] 1843916568, 9781843916567

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Palestine Memories of 1948: Photographs of Jerusalem [None ed.]
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Photographs trace the political, social, and religious history of the Jewish, Christian, and Arab inhabitants of Palesti

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In 1948, a war broke out that would result in Israeli independence and the erasure of Arab Palestine. Over twenty months

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The memoirs of Wasif Jawhariyyeh are a remarkable treasure trove of writings on the life, culture, music, and history of

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Members of Palestine’s Muslim community have long honored al-Nabi Musa, or the Prophet Moses. Since the thirteenth centu

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The Palestine War has been by far the most important military encounter in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Thi

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Prior to the twentieth century, Arab society in Palestine was predominantly illiterate, with most social and political a

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Modeled after the BBC, the Palestine Broadcasting Service was launched in 1936 to serve as the national radio station of

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In 1947, Arabs made up two-thirds of the population of Palestine, and they owned most of its cultivable land. Why then,

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The features of this guide include background history, from the birth of civilisation to the new millennium and sections

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When World War I broke out in Europe in the autumn of 1914, a young diplomat was sent to Jerusalem to take charge of the

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