The Palestinian Museum permanent collection

"Arab Summit Conference and The Palestine Problem," written by Leila S. Kadi and published by The Research Centre of The Palestine Liberation Organisation in Beirut in 1966. The book is 221 pages long.

A Ghabani thobe (dress) from Lifta and Jerusalem villages. It is made of Syrian cotton fabric of golden silk threads adorned in the shapes of roses and embroidered with primarily red silk threads and gilded qasab (metallic couching cord) with a Tahriri stitch. The chest panel of the thobe is embroidered with geometric and plant shapes like roses, while the collar is embroidered with manajil (sickles) motif. The shoulders and the back of the chest panel (the upper back neckline) bear no embroidery.

"Degrees of Reading," by Khalil Baydas was published in 1925 by the Greek Orthodox Monastery Press in Jerusalem and is 96 pages long.

The Official Statistics Bulletin for Population Numbers, Births, Deaths, and Census Data for the Gaza Strip. It was issued by the Statistics Administration and printed in separate issues by Al-Alami Press in Gaza. The 14th issue was printed in the year 1953 while issues numbered 30 to 39 were printed in the year 1954. All of them were compiled into a single bulletin. The bulletin is 134 pages long.

A dress (thobe) from the area of Sarafand, Ramla District. It is made of off-white linen and embroidered with primarily blue and maroon silk threads. The chest panel of the thobe is embroidered with multi-colored plant shapes as roses mostly in indigo blue, while its collar is embroidered with manajil (sickles) motifs. As for the shoulders, there is no embroidery, whereas embroidery in the shapes of two trees and a triangle appears on the back of the chest panel (the upper back neckline).

"Of Life and Manners," written by Salemeh Moussa, the owner and the editor of "Al Jadeeda Magazine". The book was published by the magazine in 1930 and is a compilation of short essays that Moussa had earlier published in a weekly magazine issued in Cairo. The book is 190 pages long.

You can view the book through this link

A poster entitled '1st Anniversary of the Palestinian State Proclamation' issued by the Unified Information Office of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in 1989. The Museum collection has one duplicate available of this poster.

This poster by the artist Jawad Ibrahim was part of the 'Down with the Occupation' exhibition held in 1987 by the Association of Artists for Freedom of Expression in the El-Hakawati Theatre in Jerusalem to mark 20 years since the 1967 occupation of the West Bank. The exhibition included posters by Palestinian and Israeli artists.

A poster entitled '"Self Rule" = Continued Occupation for West Bank & Gaza' issued by the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)'s Foreign Information Department in 1983.

A promotional poster for the 'Down with the Occupation' exhibition with the names of the artists in 3 languages: Arabic, Hebrew, and English and photos of the exhibition posters. The 'Down with the Occupation' exhibition was held in 1987 by the Association of Artists for Freedom of Expression in the El-Hakawati Theatre in Jerusalem to mark 20 years since the 1967 occupation of the West Bank. The exhibition included posters by Palestinian and Israeli artists.