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Bayan Nuwayhed
Bayan Nuwayhed (; 1937 – 12 July 2025) was a Palestinian journalist, academic, historian and a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). She was one of the leading historians of Palestine and was the author of the book entitled ''Sabra and Shatila: September 1982''. Early life and education Nuwayhed was born in Jerusalem in 1937. Her mother, Jalal Salim, was a poet. Her father, Ajaj Nuwayhed, was a Lebanese-origin Lebanese Druze, Druze and one of the cofounders of the Independence Party (Mandatory Palestine), Arab Independence Party. She had three sisters and a brother. They lived in the Upper Baq'a neighbourhood of the city. The family had to leave Jerusalem on 26 April 1948, and she, her mother and her siblings went to Lebanon shortly after the Nakba. Later they settled in Amman, Jordan. Nuwayhed attended the Schmidt's Girls College, Schmidt's Girls School in Jerusalem, but she could not complete her education there because of the Israeli occupation of the regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and is considered Holy city, holy to the three major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Both Israel and Palestine claim Jerusalem as their capital city; Israel maintains its primary governmental institutions there, while Palestine ultimately foresees it as its seat of power. Neither claim is widely Status of Jerusalem, recognized internationally. Throughout History of Jerusalem, its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed at least twice, Siege of Jerusalem (other), besieged 23 times, captured and recaptured 44 times, and attacked 52 times. According to Eric H. Cline's tally in Jerusalem Besieged. The part of Jerusalem called the City of David (historic), City of David shows first signs of settlement in the 4th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
