PALESTINIAN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
This upside-down rice dish—often with eggplant or cauliflower—literally means “flipped.”
What is Maqluba?
Ottoman-era Khan al-Umdan and sea-facing fortifications define this walled port city, also known as Acre.
What is Akka?
Cartographers use this term for the 1949 Armistice lines separating areas held after the first Arab–Israeli war.
What is the Green Line?
This four-color banner—black, white, green, red—draws from a broader Pan-Arab palette.
What is the Palestinian flag?
Responsible for the coordination and execution of club events, this PCC role supports the club’s operations.
What is the Events Portfolio?
More concept than slogan, this Arabic term for steadfast perseverance under dispossession is a pillar of Palestinian discourse.
What is ṣumūd (sumud)?
Glassblowing workshops and the Ibrahimi Mosque (al-Haram al-Ibrahimi) anchor the old city of this southern West Bank hub.
What is Hebron/Al-Khalil?
Adopted in Beirut (2002), this Arab League plan offered normalization in exchange for withdrawal and a just refugee solution.
What is the Arab Peace Initiative?
The Top-Level Domain used for Palestinian web addresses.
What is .ps?
These positions collectively make up the leadership of PCC and are responsible for guiding, organizing, and overseeing the council’s work.
What are the executive roles?
Wedding processions often feature this Levantine entrance rite with drums, chanting, and line dancing.
What is the Zaffeh?
Dating claims of being among the world’s oldest towns, this Jordan Valley city is famed for sweet dates and spring water.
What is Jericho/Ariha?
This June 1967 war redrew realities by bringing the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem under military occupation.
What is the Six-Day War?
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
PCC’s account for vlogs and behind the scenes goes by this Instagram handle.
What is pcc3almashi?
Before 1948, shop signs priced goods in this sterling-pegged currency, abbreviated P£.
What is the Palestine pound (līra filasṭīnīya)?
Bordering the Green Line northwest of Nablus, this West Bank city’s farmers saw access to olive and citrus groves restricted when the separation barrier was rerouted in the 2000s.
What is Tulkarm?
These are the five largest and most significant cities in the Gaza Strip, known for their population size, economic activity, and historical importance
What are Gaza City, Khan Younis, Jabalia, Rafah, and Deir al-Balah?
This chemical symbol stands for gold.
What is Au?
Revived “back again,” PCC Western’s Your Future at a Glance networking series ran editions for these three faculties.
What are Ivey (Business), Law, and Medicine/Dentistry?
The neighborhood olive press—central to communal harvests—goes by this Arabic name.
What is a maʿṣara (olive press)?
Cafés and ministries crowd this hill city that became the de facto administrative center of the Palestinian Authority.
What is Ramallah?
Opening December 1949, this UN agency still administers schools and clinics for registered Palestinian refugees.
What is UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency)?
This iridescent national bird became an emblem after debates over its naming and protection status
What is the Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea)?
Working closely with executive roles, these positions help manage tasks and responsibilities within PCC.
What are PCC managers?