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This Palestinian dish gets its Arabic name from the fact that it must be flipped upside-down as the last step before being served.
What is maqluba?
This town in the north of Palestine is described as the childhood home of Jesus, and as such is a center of Christian pilgrimage, with many shrines commemorating biblical events.
What is Nazareth?
_______ is a Palestinian-American journalist and founder of The Electronic Intifada.
Who is Ali Abunimah?
This fruit, often associated with Palestinian cuisine and culture, is commonly used in dishes like muhammara and as a topping for salads.
What is pomegranate?
This is the name of the agency that is primarily responsible for overseeing refugee camps for Palestinians and their descendants displaced from 1948 and 1967.
What is the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)?
_______ is a dish consisting of minced raw beef mixed with fine bulgur and spices. It is often served with mint leaves, olive oil, and green onions.
What is kibbeh nayyeh?
This is the biggest city in the West Bank. It has a local reputation for its grapes, figs, limestone, pottery workshops and glassblowing factories, and is the location of the major dairy-product manufacturer, al-Juneidi.
What is al-Khalil?
This Palestinian scholar is best known in the academic world for his book Orientalism.
Who is Edward Said?
This famous youtuber, believe it or not, is actually Noura Erekat's brother.
Who is Fouseytube?
This treaty in 1916 divided the region that later became Palestine into four political units. It also assigned different European powers to be mandate authorities for Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan.
What is the Sykes-Picot Treaty?
This public university in Ramallah is the largest university in Palestine, with over 14,000 students enrolled as of 2018.
What is Birzeit University?
Name the three territories besides Palestine that Israel has illegally occupied at one time or another since 1948.
What are the Golan Heights, the Sinai, and Lebanon?
This traditional soap, made from olive oil and lye, has been produced for centuries and is renowned for its natural ingredients and artisanal methods.
The name of the Palestinian villager whose cameras were broken five times by the Occupation Forces, as featured in the award-winning film Five Broken Cameras, was ________. (first name alone is acceptable)
Who is Emad Burnat?
_______ is the Sunni Muslim cleric in charge of Jerusalem's Islamic holy places, including the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Who is the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem AND/OR Who is Muhammad Ahmad Hussein?
The name of this city in Arabic roughly translates to "fragrant." The road between Jerusalem and this town is featured heavily in the Bible, and is the setting for the Parable of the Good Samaritan.
What is Jericho?
Palestinian mountains are heavily layered with this type of rock, which serves as a conduit through which water flows from the west flank of Palestine to the east.
What is limestone?
______ is a Palestinian political figure, currently imprisoned by Israel, who is regarded as a leader of the First and Second Intifadas. Before imprisonment, he was the head in command of Tanzim, the paramilitary branch of Fatah.
Who is Marwan Barghouti?
What colors are featured on Palestinian flag, and which color fits into which of the following shapes: the triangle, the top stripe, the middle stripe, and the bottom stripe? (Must correctly match all four). 400 extra points if you can name what each color represents
What are red (triangle), black (top stripe), white (middle stripe), green (bottom stripe)? Red represents the struggle for freedom, green symbolizes the land and hope, white stands for peace and purity, and black signifies the historical hardships and the struggle for liberation
The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is on what day of the year?
What is November 29?
The Arabic name of this Palestinian city in the West Bank translates to "the long (place) of the vineyard."
What is Tulkarem?
Before 1948, this river ran through the Palestinian district of Jaffa. Its Arabic name means "the meandering one" and it flows directly into the Mediterranean.
What is Nahr Al-Auja? (Also acceptable: Auja River, Nahr Abu Futrus, Abu Futrus River)
This man was a prominent leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) who, along with Yasser Arafat, co-founded the Fatah Movement in Palestinian politics.
Who is Khalil Al-Wazir?
This Syrian was a key figure in the early 20th-century struggle against British and Zionist forces in Palestine.
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam