History and Politics
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?
_______ was a Palestinian author and leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This man was murdered in 1972 in Beirut by a bomb planted in his car by Israel's Mossad spy agency.
Who is Ghassan Kanafani?
What fruit symbolizes the Palestinian resistance?
What is watermelon?
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)?
It is common in Palestine and the Middle East to serve mughli - a pudding made of semolina flour, sugar, cinnamon, and topped with fresh nuts - to celebrate what occasion?
What is the birth of a baby?
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 Hebron?
This Palestinian scholar is best known in the academic world for his book Orientalism.
Who is Edward Said?
What is the name of the Palestinian journalist that was targeted & killed by occupation forces?
Who is Shireen Abu Akleh
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 southern Lebanon?
This model of Palestinian descent previously dated Zayn Malik. Her last name means "iron" in Arabic.
Who is Gigi Hadid?
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?
What is the destruction of the Palestinian society and homeland in 1948 and the permanent displacement of a majority of the Palestinian Arabs called? This term also describes the ongoing persecution, displacement, and occupation of the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza strip.
What is Nakba?
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?
Palestine’s most severe earthquake in the 20th century, that damaged the dome of Masjid Al-Aqsa and killed between 250 and 500, was located in what 5 cities?
What are the cities of Jerusalem, Jericho, Ramla, Tiberias, and Nablus?
______ is a Palestinian politician and activist that was the official spokesperson of the Palestinian delegation at the Madrid Peace Conference of 1991. She was also elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council as a representative of Jerusalem in 1996.
Who is Hanan Ashrawi?
Masjid Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem was built how many years after Masjid Al Haram in Makkah was built?
What is 40 years?
How long did the war in 1967 that led to the Israeli occupation of new Palestinian territories last?
What is six days?
This city in Palestine is best known for its Knafeh, which consists of mild white cheese, a shredded wheat surface, and a coating of sugar syrup.
What is Nablus?
Where is Al-Haram Al-Ibrahimi, also known as the Cave of Patriarchs, located in Palestine?
What is the Old City of Hebron?
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?
The olive tree and its products contribute to roughly what percentage of Palestine's economy?
What is 14%?