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Actress Nadia Dajani

An actress of Palestinian and Irish descent, Nadia Dajani’s Hollywood experiences have ranged from playing Amanda Moyer on

A gifted hockey player since the age of four, Justin Abdelkader scored the game-winning goal to help the Michigan State

As in any society, Palestinian citizens want to be informed about the latest happenings around them. Topics of interest

He was quite possibly the best known political cartoonist in the Arab World at the time of his murder in 1987. Still

A defensive tackle for the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens, the 25-year-old Nader Abdallah credits the strong bond of his Palestinian

One of the top female broadcasters in Italy, Rula Jebreal was born in Haifa but moved to East Jerusalem as a little girl.

Originally from Bethlehem, the multi-cultural poet has lived in Europe, the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America and

An art historian and artist, Ismail Shammout chronicled the dispossession of the Palestinians through art. He painted with

Referred to as the “Princess of Cairo,” Najwa Fouad was one of the most famous belly-dancers in the Arab World. Born to an

Born in Al-Birwa (British Mandate Palestine 1941), Mahmoud Darwish was considered Palestine’s national poet for articulating