Library + Archive Profiles
Listed below are several places we visited during our 2013 and 2015 delegations. This is not a comprehensive list of libraries and archives in Palestine, nor is the information about each complete. We have briefly described each place as it was presented to us during our brief visit, and in some cases, as noted, taken language directly from the organizations’ websites.
Academic Libraries
- Al Quds University Libraries, Abu Dis
- Birzeit University Libraries, Birzeit
- Carmelit School, Haifa
Cultural Centers/Community Education
- Arab Culture Association, Haifa
- Lajee Center, Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem
- Madaa Silwan Creative Center, East Jerusalem
- Nablus Children’s Centre and Library, Nablus
- Shashat, Ramallah
- Tamer Institute for Community Education, West Bank
- Yafa Cultural Center, Balata Refugee Camp, Nablus
Family Libraries
- Al-Budeiri Library, East Jerusalem
- Issaf Nashashibi Center for Culture and Literature, East Jerusalem
- Khalidi Library, East Jerusalem
Information Centers/Media Documentation
- Tamimi Press, Nabi Saleh
- Wadi Hilweh Information Center, East Jerusalem
Legal Organizations
Museums
- The Abu Jihad Museum for Prisoner Movement Affairs, Abu Dis
- Saffourieh Museum for Heritage and Return, Nazareth
Public Libraries
- Abu Salma Public Library, Nazareth
- Al-Bireh Public Library, Ramallah
- Nablus Public Library, Nablus
Publishers/Booksellers
- Dar al Shorouk, Ramallah
- Educational Bookshop, East Jerusalem
Research Centers/Special Collections
- Institute for Palestine Studies, Ramallah
- Mada al-Carmel, Haifa
- Orient House, East Jerusalem
- PASSIA: The Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs, East Jerusalem
- Prisoners’ Section, Nablus Public Library, Nablus