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Faces of Palestinian Liberation
The people behind the history.
Palestinian history is shaped by people whose lives intersect with displacement, political struggle, culture and the pursuit of self-determination. This series examines their lives through historical research, archival material and the debates surrounding their choices.
Eddie Adams / AP, November 1970. Archive and public-domain documentation.
001 / Historical profile
Leila Khaled
Exile, politics and a contested legacy.
From displacement in Haifa to aircraft hijackings and later political organizing: a history read alongside the testimony of those affected.
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Photographer unknown, 1960s. Archive and public-domain information.
002 / Literary history
Ghassan Kanafani
The writer who made exile impossible to ignore.
From Acre to exile: the teacher, novelist and journalist whose work continues to ask what it means to lose a home, and to imagine a return.
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Workers Press, 1970. Archive and public-domain information.
003 / Revolutionary leadership
George Habash
The doctor who built a movement from exile.
From Lydda and medicine to the Arab Nationalist Movement, the PFLP, armed struggle and opposition to Oslo: a life examined with its ideals, authority and human consequences in the same frame.
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