Geography
The body of water forming Palestine’s western border.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Before modern colonization, Palestine was part of this large Islamic empire for over 400 years.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
A popular breakfast dish of cooked fava beans mixed with olive oil, lemon, and cumin.
What is ful?
True or False — Palestinians are an Arab people indigenous to the land of Palestine.
What is True? (this one's toooooo easy)
This Palestinian-American supermodel has walked major fashion runways worldwide and often advocates for Palestinian rights on social media.
Who is Bella Hadid?
The body of water forming Palestine’s western border.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
In 1948, this event led to the mass displacement of over 700,000 Palestinians.
What is the Nakba?
This sweet dessert, layered with cheese and syrup, originated where?.
What is Nablus, Palestine?
International law defines these as “territories occupied by Israel since 1967.”
What are the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip?
This Palestinian poet is celebrated for works like “Identity Card” and “On This Land.”
Who is Mahmoud Darwish?
This river, runs along Palestine’s eastern edge.
What is the Jordan River?
This 1917 British declaration supported creating a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
What is the Balfour Declaration?
This olive oil–based spice blend of thyme, sumac, and sesame seeds is a breakfast staple and symbol of Palestinian identity
What is Za'atar?
The claim that “Palestine was an empty land before 1948” ignores the fact that over this many Palestinians lived there.
→ What is over 1 million Palestinians?
This Palestinian-American journalist for Al Jazeera was killed while reporting in Jenin in 2022.
Who is Shireen Abu Akleh?
This Palestinian city is famous for its old soap factories and is nicknamed the “City of Soap.”
What is Nablus?
This 1947 plan proposed partitioning Palestine into separate 2 states
What is the UN Resolution 181 or UN Partition Plan
The national dish of Palestine, made with sumac-seasoned chicken and caramelized onions served on flatbread.
What is musakhan?
This ancient people, mentioned frequently in the Hebrew Bible, lived along the southern coast of Canaan and gave their name to the modern region called Palestine.
What are the Philistines?
This activist became a global symbol of resistance after confronting soldiers in Nabi Saleh as a child.
Who is Ahed Tamimi?
This desert region stretches along the eastern edge of Palestine, known for its rugged terrain and the Dead Sea.
What is the Judean Desert?
The 1987 uprising that marked widespread resistance against Israeli occupation.
What is the First Intifada?
This festive dish means “upside-down” in Arabic, featuring rice, meat, and fried vegetables flipped from the pot.
What is Maqluba?
The right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes is guaranteed by this UN resolution.
What is UN Resolution 194?
This scholar, born in Jerusalem, and author of Orientalism challenged Western depictions of the Arab world.
Who is Edward Said?