This art form requires stitching symbolic patterns onto cloth or clothing, telling a story of where the wearer is from, their family, personal preferences, and more
What is Tatreez
This child became a popular international symbol of Palestinian resistance after attempting to intervene in arrests of her mother and brothers, attending protests, speaking about her life as a child under constant occupation, and eventually being imprisoned by the occupation
Who is Ahed Tamimi
This book by Mohammed El Kurd firmly rejects compromising Palestinian resistance, experiences, and narratives for Western/zionist consumption
What is Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal
This morale-boosting activity has long been used to express resilience and connection, share Palestinian/Shami culture, and keep important cultural practices alive through physical expression and memory
What is dabke
"To dance is to perform freedom. As the feet take off the ground, all limitations are transcended...it forms a crack around the walls of the refugee camps." - Mahmoud Swaitti, director of program in Beit Lahm refugee camp
"in the face of isnotreali encroachment and the erasure of Palestinian space, time, and presence, the preservation of indigenous practices such as dabke forcefully resists dispossession. Folklore is resistance." - David MacDonald, author of My Voice is My Weapon
This iconic structure sitting atop the highest point of Al-Quds - Haram al Sharif, The Noble Sanctuary - is the oldest surviving Islamic building and a beautiful example of mastery in stonework, bronzework, glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, and architecture
What is Qubbat al-Sakhra (Dome of the Rock)
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The Yemeni militant group showing concrete solidarity with Palestine by blocking passage of any occupation ships in the Red Sea in support of Gaza since November 2023
What are Ansar Allah (Houthis)
This book of poems published posthumously is well represented by a kite flying high over a setting (or rising) sun
If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose by Refaat Alareer
The occupation banned what items in Gaza on Monday, August 25 2026, directly threatening individuals who display these items and promising to level entire neighborhoods when they are seen
What are kites and balloons
"We will treat the kites [that children play with] in Gaza as an act of war...a balloon is no different from a kite, and a kite is no different from a drone." - The zionist "ministry of defense"
The announcement led to a children's protest at the Gaza Port
This archival website project hosts thousands of posters documenting the history of Palestinian resistance
What is www.palestineposterproject.org/
They host a collection of over 26,000 posters from over 6,000 artists in 96 countries
This black-and-white traditional garment has become one of the most well-known icons of Palestinian identity and resistance, and expressing solidarity with Palestine
What is a keffiyeh
They were first banned under the British occupation, and the variations in colors and patterns provide personal details about the wearer like their identity, background, political affiliation, and more
This "party of God" formed in Beirut in 1982 in response to violent invasion and occupation from the zionist forces
What is Hezbollah
BDS: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights was written by the movement founder, this man
Who is Omar Barghouti
The July 2024 ruling by the International Court of Justice stating all zionist settlements, violence, and destruction/exploitation of natural resources are illegal under international law and required these 3 actions from the occupation
What are:
1. Remove their unlawful presence from the West Bank and Gaza "as rapidly as possible"
2. Immediately cease all new settlement activity
3. Pay full reparations to the Palestinian people for the damage caused by their occupation
"I am an academic, the toughest thing I have at home is an expo marker. But if the Israelis invade, if they charge at us, open door to door to massacre us, I'm going to use that marker to throw at the Israelis, even if it's the last thing that I will be able to do."
Who is Refaat Alareer
He was a massively influential and beloved academic, author, teacher, and resistance figure
Murals designed by Palestinian artists and painted by solidarity activists and Palestinian community took over this wall in January 2024, and is now titled "the Palestinian Wall"

What is Belfast's International Wall?
International artists painted images that were sent to them by Palestinian artists in solidarity with Gaza, honored political prisoners and martyrs, Irish solidarity and shared struggle, and the contemporary and historic Palestinian resistance


This iconic resistance leader served as the immediately recognizable, trusted official spokesman of the Izz al-Din al-Qassim Brigades for nearly 20 years, giving updates on military achievements, official announcements and heartfelt speeches
Who is Abu Obeida
His real name was revealed after his martyrdom last year as Huthaifa Samir al-Kahlout
Rashid Khalidi wrote this definitive history of six "declarations of war" on the Palestinian people; distinctly not a traditional war, but a colonial war
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 by Rashid Khalidi
37 of these were banned in Gaza by the occupation on December 31, 2025, leading to immediate drop in medical care, food distribution, and access to other daily necessities
Aid organizations
Including Doctors Without Borders, Medical Aid for Palestine UK, American Friends Service Committee (Quakers), World Vision International, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Mercy Corps, Caritas Internationalis, Oxfam, and more
This common indigenous practice is banned for Palestinians by the occupation, with a punishment of up to three years imprisonment if caught
What is foraging
This practice requires a deep connection and cultural understanding of the land and plant communities; these relationshipts are important for resistance against colonialism
Akkoub (gundelia/wild thistle) and zaatar (wild thyme) are typically foraged, not grown, as well as khobeiza (mallow), miramiya (sage), sabr (cactus), and more
"We will stay on our land as long as there is thyme and olives"
This iconic Palestinian artist denied painting "political art", instead stating he always "painted my reality, reflecting my life"
Who is Sliman Mansour
He is best known for his art conveying strong images and themes of Palestinian identity, home, religion, and daily life under occupation. He died August 24, 2026, and was older than the occupation itself.
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin founded this group in 1987, in the wake of the first Intifada, as both an effective political party and an armed resistance group
What is Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement)
After winning the governing election in 2006, Hamas has been providing social services, managed governmental affairs, and actively resisted zionist re-occupation of Gaza
These titles were written by the famed "Faris Faris" widely considered a founder of the "resistance literature" era
What are The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine and Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation 1948-1968 by Ghassan Kanafani
This beloved "Voice of Gaza" journalist born in Jabalia refugee camp was explicitly threatened by name by the occupation due to his powerful, dignified coverage of Gaza, reporting the truth in the midst of genocide and famine to a wide global audience
Who is Anas Al Sharif
He was assassinated in a marked press tent on Aug 10, 2025 with five other journalists - the occupation has targeted over 267 journalists in the last 2 years
"I entrust you with Palestine...I urge you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be bridges toward the liberation of the land and its people, until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland."
"_____ is the deepest form of love."
What is resistance?