This Week in Palestine May 2011

"Amid this time of great change, there is opportunity, so let us be optimistic and creative in our outlooks. To that end, let us celebrate Palestinian identity and culture-and what better place to begin than with the city which means so much to so many. " The TWIP Collective Theme: Al Quds: A Living History

Cover: Ancient map with Jerusalem at the centre of the world.
Photo from Palestine Image Bank.

The Ancient History of Jerusalem: Between Fact and Fiction By Dr. Nazmi Joubeh A Portrait of Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Jerusalem: The Legendary al-Sheikh Mohammed ben Mohammad al-Khalyly By Dr. Ali Qleibo Jerusalem and the Era of “Quiet Diplomacy” By Sufian Mushasha Jerusalem: A Key to Peace in the Middle East By Hind Khoury Within Are Precious Books By Sami Tabar Making Discrimination Legal: How the Law Attacks Palestinians in Al Quds By Mousa Qous Ethnic Identity in Al Quds Interview with Dr. Albert Aghazarian

Artist of the Month

• Sliman Mansour


• Book of the Month
  Jerusalem in History


• CD of the Month
  In Jerusalem


• Exhibition of the Month
  Sliman Mansour: Terrains of Belonging Retrospective Exhibition May – June 2011


• Personality of the Month
  Aref el-Aref (1891-1972)


• Picturesque Palestine
  Picturesque Palestine
  

The Dome of the Rock with the Russian Church.Photo from Palestine Image Bank.