https://dajanichronicles.com 2026-10-07T16:39:45+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O3169068951967954394045969893896/DC00.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E3169068951949507649972260342280/DC0.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N3169542808719986376182419720712/Dajani-Chronicles-logo.png https://dajanichronicles.com/main-set 2026-10-07T10:26:04+00:00 always 0.5 https://dajanichronicles.com/menu 2026-09-28T17:28:28+00:00 always 0.5 https://dajanichronicles.com/mobile-menu-icon 2026-07-15T13:53:37+00:00 always 0.5 https://dajanichronicles.com/mobile-menu-1 2026-10-07T10:26:04+00:00 always 0.5 https://dajanichronicles.com/1943 2026-10-07T16:41:40+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2533343986060622534447341013512/1001.jpg Dajani family photo: the widow of Daoud Taher Dajani with her nine sons and their wives and children. Jerusalem, 1943. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. <hr /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2533344130535522119740549270024/1003.jpg The groom and bride with the groom’s sister and cousin. From left to right: Hind Mohammed Taher Dajani, Suleiman Mohammed Taher Dajani, Abla Awaida and Adila Mahmoud Taher Dajani. Jerusalem, 1943. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/the-family 2026-10-07T16:40:58+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2554196304727510527757770852872/Khadijeh-and-nine-sons.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2864896746627338743384660806152/Nine-boys-no-girls.mp4 Mahmoud Daoud Taher Dajani: ‘We are nine boys, nine boys, no girls.’ A clip from the documentary House (1980). With permission from Amos Gitai. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2868405399456616172183238248968/DC1.jpg Greeting card from the establishment of Daoud Taher Daoudi & Sons. Jerusalem, date unknown. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2868405452786153289277551970824/DC2.jpg Message on the back. Jerusalem, date unknown. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2877876123700287878631761676808/DC.jpg Studio portrait of Daoud Taher Ibrahim Dajani. Jerusalem, date unknown. Photographer: Jawhariyyeh. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G3139306932116964455799169780232/La-Palestine-16-May-1925-p3.jpg A note published by the sons of Daoud Taher Dajani following the death of their father thanking all those who attended the funeral or sent messages of condolence.La Palestine, 9(23–780), 16 May 1925, p.3. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J3139307137816607621734379850248/DC396.jpg The death announcement of Khadijeh Kotb, mother of alumni Mahmoud, Subhi and Ali, appears in the American University of Beirut publication. al-Kulliyah, 29(3), March 1954, p.28. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/family-tree-1 2026-10-07T10:26:04+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K3158328291918081922547526699528/Daoud-Dajani-family-tree-mobile.png https://dajanichronicles.com/nabi-daoud 2026-10-07T16:42:18+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2864806884549515520242503420424/DC3.jpg From left to right: <a href="9-ali" rel="history">Ali Daoud Taher Dajani</a>, <a href="1-fayek" rel="history">Fayek Daoud Taher Dajani</a>, <a href="8-subhi" rel="history">Subhi Daoud Taher Dajani</a>, <a href="6-ahmad" rel="history">Ahmad Daoud Taher Dajani</a>, <a href="5-abdel-mohsen" rel="history">Abdel Mohsen Daoud Taher Dajani</a> and on the far right their father <a href="the-family" rel="history">Daoud Taher Ibrahim Dajani</a>. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2864806884567962264316212972040/DC4.jpg Dajani family photo at Nabi Daoud. Jerusalem, 1919. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2871372038743665749752279239176/DC149.jpg Dajani family photo at Nabi Daoud. Jerusalem, mid 1920s. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2871372038835899470120826997256/DC150.jpg From left to right: <a href="5-abdel-mohsen" rel="history">Abdel Mohsen Daoud Taher Dajani</a> and <a href="2-aref" rel="history">Aref Daoud Taher Dajani</a>. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2871372333467295815409785408008/DC151.jpg Dajani family photo at Nabi Daoud. Jerusalem, 1932. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2871372333559529535778333166088/DC152.jpg From left to right: <a href="hussein's-family" rel="history">Inaam Mohammed Hussein Dajani</a>, <a href="hussein's-family" rel="history">Mohammed Hussein Taher Dajani</a>, <a href="5-abdel-mohsen" rel="history">Abdel Mohsen Daoud Taher Dajani</a>, <a href="3-saeed" rel="history">Saeed Daoud Taher Dajani</a>, <a href="hussein's-family" rel="history">Maqbuleh Mohammed Hussein Dajani</a>, <a href="1-fayek" rel="history">Daoud Fayek Daoud Dajani</a>, <a href="hussein's-family" rel="history">Itaf Mohammed Hussein Dajani</a>, <a href="2-aref" rel="history">Aref Daoud Taher Dajani</a>, <a href="hussein's-family" rel="history">Hussein Mohammed Hussein Dajani</a>, <a href="4-mohammed" rel="history">Suleiman Mohammed Daoud Dajani</a> and <a href="4-mohammed" rel="history">Mohammed Daoud Taher Dajani</a>. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2871372888769632666288417704456/DC155.jpg Dajani family photo at Nabi Daoud. Jerusalem, 1942. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2871372888861866386656965462536/DC156.jpg From left to right: <a href="hussein's-family" rel="history">Mohammed Hussein Taher Dajani</a>, <a href="hussein's-family" rel="history">Musa Mohammed Hussein Dajani</a>, <a href="4-mohammed" rel="history">Suleiman Mohammed Daoud Dajani</a>, <a href="4-mohammed" rel="history">Mohammed Daoud Taher Dajani</a>, <a href="6-ahmad" rel="history">Ahmad Daoud Taher Dajani</a>, <a href="5-abdel-mohsen" rel="history">Abdel Mohsen Daoud Taher Dajani</a>, <a href="1-fayek" rel="history">Daoud Fayek Daoud Dajani</a>, <a href="1-fayek" rel="history">Fayek Daoud Taher Dajani</a>, <a href="2-aref" rel="history">Aref Daoud Taher Dajani</a>, <a href="7-mahmoud" rel="history">Rajai Mahmoud Daoud Dajani</a>, <a href="9-ali" rel="history">Ali Daoud Taher Dajani</a>, <a href="hussein's-family" rel="history">Hussein Mohammed Hussein Dajani</a> and <a href="7-mahmoud" rel="history">Mahmoud Daoud Taher Dajani</a>. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2871377094977769609466667633160/DC153.jpg Dajani family photo at Nabi Daoud. Jerusalem, early 1940s. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2871377095254470770572310907400/DC154.jpg From left to right: <a href="hussein's-family" rel="history">Mohammed Hussein Taher Dajani</a>, <a href="6-ahmad" rel="history">Ahmad Daoud Taher Dajani</a>, <a href="1-fayek" rel="history">Daoud Fayek Daoud Dajani</a>, <a href="1-fayek" rel="history">Fayek Daoud Taher Dajani</a>, <a href="5-abdel-mohsen" rel="history">Abdel Mohsen Daoud Taher Dajani</a>, <a href="hussein's-family" rel="history">Hussein Mohammed Hussein Dajani</a> and <a href="4-mohammed" rel="history">Suleiman Mohammed Daoud Dajani</a>. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2888858115253306271226143214088/DC260.jpg Nabi Daoud. A view from one of the Dajani Cemeteries. Photographer: Frank Scholten. Source: Frank Scholten Photographic Collection, Leiden University Library Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z3035663734204536027405646858760/DC316.jpg A series of photographs by Dutch artist and photographer Frank Scholten of Nabi Daoud entrance. Jerusalem, between 1921 and 1923. Photographer: Frank Scholten. Source: Frank Scholten Photographic Collection, Leiden University Library Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q3035663863608445704478151445000/DC314.jpg Entrance of Nabi Daoud with children around (most probably Dajani children who lived there). Jerusalem, between 1921 and 1923. Photographer: Frank Scholten. Source: Frank Scholten Photographic Collection, Leiden University Library Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U3035663980154974762175098554888/DC313.jpg Entrance of Nabi Daoud with silhouettes of people in the courtyard inside the compound. Jerusalem, between 1921 and 1923. Photographer: Frank Scholten. Source: Frank Scholten Photographic Collection, Leiden University Library Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S3035664082368383674599724059144/DC311.jpg Entrance of Nabi Daoud with nuns seen exiting the compound. Jerusalem, between 1921 and 1923. Photographer: Frank Scholten. Source: Frank Scholten Photographic Collection, Leiden University Library Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y3035664168717592683634135173640/DC312.jpg The internal open courtyard of Nabi Daoud with an unidentified man in the middle. Jerusalem, between 1921 and 1923. Photographer: Frank Scholten. Source: Frank Scholten Photographic Collection, Leiden University Library Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K3035680750016225195233634454024/DC321.jpg The attack on Nabi Daoud’s Islamic architectural features. Jerusalem, 2012–2013 Source: Mohammed Suleiman Mohammed Dajani. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E3035680749757970778201700731400/DC319.jpg The attack on Nabi Daoud’s Islamic architectural features. Jerusalem, 2012–2013 Source: Mohammed Suleiman Mohammed Dajani. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H3035680749997778451159924902408/DC320.jpg The attack on Nabi Daoud’s Islamic architectural features. Jerusalem, 2012–2013 Source: Mohammed Suleiman Mohammed Dajani. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G3035680750034671939307344005640/DC322.jpg The attack on Nabi Daoud’s Islamic architectural features. Jerusalem, 2012–2013 Source: Mohammed Suleiman Mohammed Dajani. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q3036658663053947110887675693576/DC324.jpg The interior of David's tomb. Jerusalem, between 1900 and 1920. Photographer: American Colony Photography Department. Source: Library of Congress.<ul> </ul> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O3036658663072393854961385245192/DC325.jpg From behind an iron gate, the interior of David's tomb. Jerusalem, between 1898 and 1946. Photographer: American Colony Photography Department. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I3036675740717569157863789857288/DC327.jpg The exterior of Nabi Daoud compound with the top of the entrance arch visible behind the wall. Jerusalem, between late 1800s and early 1900s. Source: Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, the Penn Libraries’ Holy Land Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K3036675740957376830822014028296/DC329.jpg The entrance of Nabi Daoud with scores of people going through. Jerusalem, between late 1800s and early 1900s. Source: Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, the Penn Libraries’ Holy Land Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L3036817346853303084057417255432/DC333.jpg A member of a Zionist militia called Reuven Aflalo (son of David and Rejina), posing with his elbow resting on the tomb of King David. Jerusalem, 1948. Source: National Library of Israel. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B3036915848242352300183559375368/DC342.jpg A photo of the mosque and minaret of Nabi Daoud taken from the bell tower of the Dormition Abbey, with the Dead Sea seen in the far distance. Jerusalem, between 1934 and 1939. Photographer: American Colony Photography Department. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F3036929608627987571971006433800/DC331.jpg When the site of Nabi Daoud was seized by Israel following the 1967 war, the site was completely changed, with the tomb’s Islamic shroud being replaced by a Jewish one. No Islamic prayers have been permitted on site since then. Jerusalem, 1967. Source: National Library of Israel. <ul> </ul> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y3036984674280423163459178629640/DC348.jpg An interior of the Chamber of the Last Supper (the Cenacle): columns with Gothic capitals and six-step staircase. Jerusalem, between 1900 and 1920. Photographer: American Colony Photography Department. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A3037142960497104115966954211848/DC359.jpg Nabi Daoud, between 1898 and 1914. Photographer: American Colony Photography Department. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3136012559286284895618920122888/DC394.jpg Nabi Daoud from the east, with the Dajani family Cemetery in the foreground. Jerusalem, between 1898 and 1946. Photographer: either the American Colony Photography Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O3137659327652287105266331453960/DC338.jpg Desecrated Dajani Cemeteries at Nabi Daoud. Jerusalem, 2011. Source: Mohammed Suleiman Mohammed Dajani. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P3137659512045940866067009407496/DC339.jpg Desecrated Dajani Cemeteries at Nabi Daoud. Jerusalem, 1998. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O3137659589798967136752769468936/DC340.jpg Desecrated Dajani Cemeteries at Nabi Daoud. Jerusalem, 2011. Source: Mohammed Suleiman Mohammed Dajani. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U3137659723076693069304279894536/DC395.jpg Dajani Cemeteries at Nabi Daoud. Jerusalem, 2011. Source: Mohammed Suleiman Mohammed Dajani. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G3137664467118100225558216739336/DC352.jpg An interior of the Chamber of the Last Supper (the Cenacle): columns with Gothic capitals and six-step staircase. Jerusalem, between 1900 and 1920. Photographer: American Colony Photography Department. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U3138981343874330013387685399048/DC343.jpg Between 1948 and 1967, Nabi Daoud site fell partly in the no-man zone and partly under Israeli control. As Jews couldn’t reach al-Buraq Wall (the Wailing Wall), they used to get on the roof of Nabi Daoud (as seen in this photo) and pray facing the Wailing Wall. Jerusalem, circa 1948. Source: unknown, via Musab Raed Jawad Dajani. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S3138981459830563260725926857224/DC344.jpg Nabi Daoud mosque minaret (far left) partially destroyed, with the Dormition Abbey and its bell tower. Jerusalem, circa 1948. Source: unknown, via Musab Raed Jawad Dajani. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F3138981538026311389180716157448/DC345.jpg Nabi Daoud mosque minaret (left) was targeted by Zionists militias in 1948 and was partially destroyed. The bell tower of the Dormition Abbey is a short distance behind. Jerusalem, circa 1948. Source: unknown, via Musab Raed Jawad Dajani. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W3138981647692204907384000514568/DC346.jpg After decades of neglect, the minaret was restored in recent years. Jerusalem, circa 2020. Source: Musab Raed Jawad Dajani. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R3156494297566787090783897160200/DC398.jpg Dajani family photo at Nabi Daoud. Jerusalem, 2022. Source: Samer AbulWalid Mohammed Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X3156496813425977583661094308360/DC397.jpg Nabi Daoud today: aerial view of the site. Source: Musab Raed Jawad Dajani. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/map-of-jerusalem 2026-10-07T10:26:04+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F3163024738106090347374445890056/Map-of-Jerusalem-1945-V5.2-desktop.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y3163173076879136063859093441032/Jerusalem-Map-1945-base.jpg https://dajanichronicles.com/1-fayek 2026-10-07T16:49:42+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2512605472718176140770941372936/1-Fayek.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2864909605926419502607930526216/DC5.jpg Fayek, wearing a kalpak, a cap made of felted wool usually worn in winter. Jerusalem, date unknown. Source: Fouad Daoud Fayek Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2864936302589398553208606198280/DC15.jpg Wafaa’s fifth birthday at home in the Souq al-Bizaar house. Left to right: standing is Daoud’s wife Fatmeh Mohammed Hussein Dajani whose hands are placed on the shoulders of her son Fouad, next to Fatmeh sitting is her sister Amineh and standing next to her is her husband Abdel Mohsen, their daughter Ibtisam and next to her is her cousin Faihaa. Blowing out the candles is birthday girl Wafaa and sitting next to her is her sister Fatina. There are two unidentified children behind Fatina (probably neighbours) and next to them is Maqbouleh and her father Mohammed Hussein Taher Dajani, Khaddouj (in profile) and her father Fayek. Squatting in front of the table from left to right are Fouad, his grandmother Zohra Hussein Taher Dajani, Riad Abdel Mohsen Dajani, his aunt Itaf Mohammed Hussein Dajani, Daoud Fayek Daoud Dajani and sitting is Daoudieh Hussein Taher Dajani. Jerusalem, circa 1963. Source: Fouad Daoud Fayek Dajani family photo collection. <media-item class="zoomable" hash="O2864909605926419502607930526216" limit-by="width" scale="100%"><figcaption class="caption" slot="caption">Fayek, wearing a kalpak, a cap made of felted wool usually worn in winter. Jerusalem, date unknown. Source: Fouad Daoud Fayek Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2865198859229870333767696288264/DC32.jpg Children of the Catastrophe: Fatmeh and her children, from left to right: Fadia, Fouad, Faihaa and Fayek. Circa 1948, Cairo. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2865204238890738037831653165576/DC20.jpg From left to right: siblings Salwa and Daoud. Amman, 1977. Source: Fouad Daoud Fayek Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2888724430333945036651075242504/DC256.jpg From left to right: Salwa, her twin babies Ahmad Thaer and Mohammed Thamer and her sister Khaddouj. Amman, 1972. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N3078379282720575535758893681160/Daoud-and-Kahddouj.mp4 Siblings Khaddouj and Daoud. Amman, Jordan, circa 1981. Source: Fouad Daoud Fayek Dajani family film collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/souq-al-bizaar-1 2026-10-07T16:49:43+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2902993144022772138757721459208/DC6.jpg Entrance to the Souq al-Bizaar house which, after Fayek and his family moved to Shu’fat, was rented out and converted into the Swedish Hostel. Jerusalem, 1998. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2938006621253659665105884056072/DC277.jpg The interior of Souq al-Bizaar house, where many gatherings like this one took place. The occasion here was Wafaa’s fourth birthday. From left to right around the table: Ibtisam Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani, Amineh Mohammed Hussein Dajani, Fatmeh Mohammed Hussein Dajani, Muna Hussein Mohammed Dajani, Itaf Mohammed Hussein Dajani and her brother Hussein, at the back Bassam Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani and Fouad Daoud Fayek Dajani. The boy in the middle is Mohammed Hussein Mohammed Dajani and to his left is his grandfather Mohammed Hussein Taher Dajani. Wafaa Daoud Fayek Dajani is standing and close to her, Rihab Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani. Behind them is Faihaa Daoud Fayek Dajani. Next is Fayek Daoud Taher Dajani and his daughter Khaddouj and Fayek Daoud Fayek Dajani (cropped). In front of the table from left to right: Fatina Daoud Fayek Dajani and Fadia Daoud Fayek Dajani. Jerusalem, circa 1962. Source: Fouad Daoud Fayek Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/hussein's-family 2026-10-07T16:49:43+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2887212497429178682917175724552/DC230.jpg An intimate gathering at the Souq al-Bizaar house. Back row from left to right: Khaddouj Fayek Daoud Dajani (cropped), Tarafandah (this is the only photo that we have of her), Inaam Mohammed Hussein Dajani, Musa Mohammed Hussein Dajani and on his lap Wafaa Daoud Fayek Dajani, Bassam Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani, Fatmeh Mohammed Hussein Dajani and her husband Daoud Fayek Daoud Dajani. Front row from left to right: Fatina Daoud Fayek Dajani, Faihaa Daoud Fayek Dajani and her cousin Ziad Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani, Fayek Daoud Fayek Dajani and his siblings Fadia and Fouad. Jerusalem, circa 1962–3. Source: Fouad Daoud Fayek Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2887214303586784427966793550344/DC226.jpg Inaam Mohammed Hussein Dajani was a trailblazer: the first of her sisters to complete higher education, Inaam worked as a teacher following her graduation, and she later left to Kuwait and became a distinguished school headteacher. Photo: Birzeit College graduation day. Inaam seated on the far left, along with her female classmates and college headmistress Nabiha Nasir. Birzeit, 1944. Photographer: Khalil Raad. Source: Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2887214383534973243423990254088/DC225.jpg Birzeit College graduation day. Inaam seated to the right of college headmistress Nabiha Nasir. Birzeit, 1944. Photographer: Khalil Raad. Source: Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2887217239791932128463543372296/DC223.jpg A studio portrait of the siblings (missing Amineh and Hussein). Standing from left to right: Maqbouleh and Inaam. Sitting from left to right: Musa, Fatmeh and Itaf. Jerusalem, circa 1935–6. Photographer: David Abdo. Source: Wassim Musa Mohammed Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2925421311127671671668739443208/DC267.jpg A written note at the back of the photograph with the names of the cousins, the occasion and the year. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2925421310980097719079063030280/DC266.jpg The grandchildren of Mohammed Hussein Taher Dajani celebrating Eid (a major Islamic holiday) at their grandfather’s house in Shu’fat. The eldest cousin in this photo Bassam Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani, the youngest cousin in this photo Anis Hussein Mohammed Dajani who is on the shoulders of his big brother Mohammed Hussein Mohammed Dajani, on the right is Mona Hussein Mohammed Dajani and at the front is Wafaa Daoud Fayek Dajani. Jerusalem, 1964. Source: Mohammed Hussein Mohammed Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C3032099049094986800664682990088/DC14.jpg An intimate gathering at the Souq al-Bizaar house. Back row from left to right: Khaddouj Fayek Daoud Dajani (cropped), Tarafandah (this is the only photo that we have of her), Inaam Mohammed Hussein Dajani, Musa Mohammed Hussein Dajani and on his lap Wafaa Daoud Fayek Dajani, Bassam Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani, Fatmeh Mohammed Hussein Dajani and her husband Daoud Fayek Daoud Dajani. Front row from left to right: Fatina Daoud Fayek Dajani, Faihaa Daoud Fayek Dajani and her cousin Ziad Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani, Fayek Daoud Fayek Dajani and his siblings Fadia and Fouad. Jerusalem, circa 1962–3. Source: Fouad Daoud Fayek Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/2-aref 2026-10-07T16:49:43+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2554187802881421372057364761096/2-Aref.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2820333355106698738780132903432/02-01.jpg Studio portrait of Aref Daoud Taher Dajani. Jerusalem, date unknown. Source: Rabiha Aref Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2820333698345265718293759822344/02-02.jpg Aref, Rifqa and their six daughters from left to right: Zuleikha, Fadileh, Wafiqah, Inaam, Fatmeh and Rabiha. Place and date unknown. Jerusalem, date unknown. Source: Rabiha Aref Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2820334612916390148739619392008/02-04.jpeg This photo of the daughters of Aref Daoud Taher Dajani and some of their children is believed to have been taken by an Armenian photographer. Decades later it will be made famous after it becomes part of the Arab Image Foundation collection, and will be printed into postcards and included in exhibitions and publications celebrating early photographers of the Arab world. From left to right: Zuleikha, Wafiqah, Rabiha, Fadileh, Samir Yahya Lababidi (Rabiha’s son), Wafa AbulWafa Dajani (Wafiqah’s son) and Rafiq Mohammed Murad (Zuleikha’s son). Zahlé, Lebanon, circa 1946. Source: Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. <audio-player browser-default="false" loop="false" src="https://freight.cargo.site/m/M2911168049962760466800419572232/Arefs-daughters-and-grandsons-in-Zahleh.mp3"></audio-player> The story behind the famous plane photo: my mother Wafiqah with her sisters and their sons posed for this photo in Zahlé, Lebanon, while holidaying there. - Maha AbulWafa Wafa Dajani https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2866245539700357190522111298056/DC33.jpg Zuleikha with her son Nabil Murad and in the background is Samir Mahmoud Ibrahim Dajani and an unidentified cousin. Jerash, Jordan, circa 1959. Source: Samir Mahmoud Ibrahim Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2866248310825592175392083708424/DC35.jpg Aref’s daughter Wafiqah sits proudly with her husband AbulWafa Dajani, surrounded by her children. From left to right: Wael, Hanan, Wafiqah, Mohammed, AbulWafa, Maha and Wafa. Amman, Jordan, circa 1960. Source: Samir Mahmoud Ibrahim Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2866265306345862862139564526088/DC37.jpg At a party. From left to right: AbulWafa Dajani (Wafiqah’s husband), Margot ‘Samira’ Dajani (Mahmoud Ibrahim Dajani‘s wife) and Fadileh. Place unknown, late 1950s. Source: Samir Mahmoud Ibrahim Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/the-abu-saoud-sisters 2026-10-07T16:49:43+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2866275084337707037066751412744/DC39.jpg Um Zihni with her grandchildren. 1946, Helwan, Egypt. Source: Samir Mahmoud Ibrahim Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2866276508518583247812683926024/DC40.jpg Um Zihni, date and place unknown. Source: Nabil Mohammed Murad family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2912569211608210232426210036232/DC263.jpg Is’haq Abu Saoud. Late 1800s. Source: Rabiha Aref Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X3139284293221172787235982182920/DC265.jpg Rifqa Abu Saoud. Place and date unknown. Source: Rabiha Aref Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K3139284481580876523884213733896/DC50.jpg Samia Abu Saoud. Place unknown, late 1950s or early 1960s. Source: Samir Mahmoud Ibrahim Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/rabiha 2026-10-07T16:49:43+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2560704097719499145215352277512/Rabiha1.png Rabiha with her daughter Salwa on the rooftop of their home wearing traditional Kuwaiti attire. Kuwait City, 8 December 1950. Source: Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2560704097737945889289061829128/Rabiha2.png Rabiha with her sister Fadileh and daughter Salwa on the rooftop of Rabiha’s home wearing traditional Kuwaiti attire which Rabiha refers to as ‘saree’. Rabiha sent this photograph to her uncle <a href="6-ahmad" rel="history">Ahmad</a> and his wife <a href="the-alami-sisters" rel="history">Balqis</a> in Cairo. Kuwait City, 12 December 1950. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2560704097756392633362771380744/Rabiha3.png During one of Rabiha’s visits to Jerusalem (by then, Rabiha had settled in Kuwait), an intimate get-together of three good friends, from left to right: Elisabeth ‘Lizzie’ Naser, Rabiha and Mariam Zaarur. Rabiha made a copy of this photo which she sent to Lizzie, with a sweet message commenting on how beautiful and glorious Lizzie looked in this photo. Jerusalem, 1965. Source: Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2914281293291043069207874144776/DC45.jpg Rabiha with flowers adorning her head, her signature style. Place and date unknown. Source: Nabil Mohammed Murad. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U3069241536024045597925493213704/DC360.jpeg An official portrait of Rabiha wearing a sash of the Kuwaiti flag. Kuwait was Rabiha’s home for decades. She was awarded the Kuwaiti nationality in recognition of her significant contributions to the educational sector in Kuwait. Place and date unknown. Source: Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U3123101883865011334623931959816/Majallat-rawdat-al-maarif-volume-7-issue-1-19-December-1934-.jpg Majallat Rawdat al-Maʿarif, 7(1), 19 December 1934, p.40. Source: National Library of Israel. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q3161328115495767553997998950920/DC43.jpg Rabiha. Place unknown, late 1950s–early 1960s. Source: Rabiha Aref Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/yahya-lababidi 2026-10-07T16:49:44+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2844220902408533963167966202376/Al-Difaa-18-January-1944-p2-001-1.jpg Rabiha and Yahya Lababidi married on 16 June 1937. Here is a newspaper report of the wedding, detailing the attendees which included Lababidi’s close friend the poet Ibrahim Tuqan. al-Difa’, 4(898), 17 June 1937, p.2. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2844232503510541686883848849928/Al-Muntada-29-March-1946-p9-11-002.jpeg In this issue, two remarkable women, Rabiha, Yahya Lababidi’s widow and Fadwa Tuqan, the late poet Ibrahim Tuqan’s sister, paid tribute to Yahya Lababidi and Ibrahim Tuqan, the two men who worked at PBS from its inception and helped shape its services and content. al-Muntada, 1(8), 29 March 1946, p.10. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2844232578773257507618819443208/Al-Muntada-29-March-1946-p9-11-003.jpeg Continuation of the article. al-Muntada, 1(8), 29 March 1946, p.11. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2888539008108181430002233149960/DC252.jpg Yahya Lababidi (left) and Ibrahim Tuqan enjoy a chat during a horse and camel racing event in Beer as-Sab’e (Beersheba) which was attended by around 4000 people including dignitaries amongst them the British High Commissioner Harold Alfred MacMichael. Both men are wearing headgear traditionally worn in this bedouin city. Beersheba, 4 May 1940. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T3026089830938686613931430283784/DC289.jpg Yahya Lababidi stands in the middle, looking at Sabri Khalaf, chair of Jericho’s local council, delivering a welcome address. Jericho, 6 March 1940. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A3026089830994026846152558938632/DC292.jpg Yahya Lababidi on the far right, while Aref ‘bek’ Salim, Arab Legion Army’s representative, is reading out his speech. Jericho, 6 March 1940. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O3026089830957133358005139835400/DC290.jpg Yahya Lababidi stands to the right of the band, overseeing the event while the band plays. Jericho, 6 March 1940. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N3032102684339501174384891300360/DC304.png Rabiha and Yahya’s wedding photo with the groom cut out and reintroduced. The backstory: after the death of Lababidi, Rabiha remarried Darwish Miqdadi with whom she had two children: Salwa and Salem. Rabiha recounted in her autobiography that Salem cut out Lababidi from the photo because he did not want to see his mother with another man but his father (albeit in a photo and the real man deceased). Wedding photo Jerusalem, 16 June 1937. Lababidi’s photo: place unknown, late 1930s. Source of both photos: Rabiha Aref Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O3078340741292546291812868065800/DC362.jpg <table><tbody><tr><td>Left to right: Ibrahim Tuqan and Yahya Lababidi sitting amongst the rest of PBS staff. Palace Hotel, Jerusalem, October 1936. Photographer: Miltiades (M.) Savvides. Source: National Library of Israel.</td></tr></tbody></table> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A3078340741274099547739158514184/DC361.jpg <table><tbody><tr><td>A photograph of the employees of Palestine Broadcasting Service (PBS) taken seven months after PBS’s first radio broadcasts. Photo taken at the Palace Hotel, the building from where ‘Jerusalem Calling’ radio programmes were initially broadcast before moving to new broadcasting studios on Queen Milisande's Way in 1939. Jerusalem, October 1936. Photographer: Miltiades (M.) Savvides. Source: National Library of Israel.</td></tr></tbody></table> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R3078488837251099766058687695368/Falastin-newspaper-28-July-1943-page-3.jpg The announcement of the passing of Yahya Lababidi. Filastin, 27(126-5473), 28 July 1943, p.3. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X3078489060382916081649424042504/Al-Difaa-newspaper-12-August-1943-page-3.jpg A message of appreciation published by Yahya Lababidi’s father-in-law Aref Daoud Taher Dajani in which he thanks all those who attended the funeral or sent messages of condolence. al-Difa', 10(2519), 12 August 1943 p.3. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R3078489175158557708270254197256/Al-Difaa-newspaper-9-August-1943-page-4.jpg Continuation of the eulogy. al-Difa', 10(2516), 8 August 1943, p.4. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3078489175140110964196544645640/Al-Difaa-newspaper-9-August-1943-page-1.jpg Following his death, the famed Palestinian poet Abu Salma published a moving eulogy for Yahya Lababidi. al-Difa', 10(2516), 8 August 1943, p.1. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q3078710065769255319590918195720/Al-Muntada-29-March-1946-p10-12-004.jpg Continuation of the article. al-Muntada, 1(8), 29 March 1946, p.12. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M3078711746525894851563004135944/Al-Muntada-29-March-1946-p10-12-001.jpeg In 1946, Palestine Broadcasting Service (PBS) celebrated its tenth anniversary. And on this occasion, a commemorative issue of al-Muntada was published by the Public Information Office. al-Muntada, 1(8), 29 March 1946, cover page. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W3139452104580176896334120651272/DC250.jpg These photos were taken during a reception hosted by Crawford McNair, Palestine Broadcasting Service (PBS) Director of Programmes, at his house in Qatamon. In this photo Yahya Lababidi and Ibrahim Tuqan are having a congenial exchange. Jerusalem, 20 April 1940. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J3139452283199999762063708949000/DC288.jpg From left to right: Ibrahim Tuqan, Egyptian Vice Consul and Yahya Lababidi. Jerusalem, 20 April 1940. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M3139452394968822104669882190344/DC291.jpg Yahya Lababidi and Ibrahim Tuqan standing at the far left. Jerusalem, 20 April 1940. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q3161333548393938654787721792008/DC399.jpg Yahya Lababidi, place unknown, early 1930s. Source: Rabiha Aref Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/3-saeed 2026-10-07T16:49:44+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2554188078936946435120804694536/3-Saeed.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2866338818834605883547900480008/DC47.jpg Also in 1977, Faihaa Daoud Fayek Dajani married Fouad Fakhri Dajani (a distant relative from another Dajani branch), and again, her great uncle was there at the wedding. From left to right: Khaddouj, her uncle Saeed, partially covered by the groom Fouad Fakhri Dajani, Faihaa and Saeed’s wife Samia Abu Saoud. Amman, 1977. Source: Faihaa Daoud Fayek Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2866339195148184987222753446408/DC48.jpg Anbara Mohammed Daoud Dajani married in the summer of 1961 at her <a href="4-mohammed" rel="history">father</a>’s Imperial Hotel. In attendance was her uncle Saeed who drove from Amman to Jerusalem to attend the happy occasion. From left to right: <a href="6-ahmad" rel="history">Ahmad</a>, Saeed, Munther Suleiman Mohammed Dajani and behind him his grandmother <a href="the-alami-sisters" rel="history">Amneh Alami</a>, the bride Anbara, the groom Khalil Zaki Dajani (a distant relative from another Dajani branch) and his mother Jamileh Nammari. Jerusalem, 1961. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2922106994710317284849017457160/DC49.jpg At Fouad Daoud Fayek Dajani’s engagement, his great uncle Saeed was in attendance. From left to right: Fouad, Saeed and his nephew Daoud Fayek Daoud Dajani. Amman, 1977. Source: Fouad Daoud Fayek Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/4-mohammed 2026-10-07T16:49:44+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2554190470870910240817234086408/4-Mohammed.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2866352152602390962654547315208/DC51.jpg Mohammed and his children. From eldest to youngest: Suleiman, Hind, Abla, Jawad, Laila, Salah and Anbara. AbulWalid was not born at the time. And the two boys Laila is standing between will die in their early adulthood. Jerusalem, circa 1940. Source: Mohammed Suleiman Mohammed Dajani. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2866384786017908743347638667784/DC56.jpg Mohammed accompanied by his eldest son Suleiman, possibly on a business trip. Beirut, early 1950s. Photographer: Studio Artis. Source: Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2866389698699450221454296386056/DC57.jpg Mohammed in his hospital bed, smoking and posing with a nurse whom he clearly was fond of, while his son Suleiman is sitting by his side deep in thought. Jerusalem, mid 1960s. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2887096205907911060930907376136/DC220.jpg Mohammed (middle row, fourth from left) with Palestinian merchants and British officials or merchants. Also in the photo is Mohammed’s brother <a href="9-ali" rel="history">Ali</a> (top row, second from left) who was then the Arab Chamber of Commerce’s Secretary General. Jerusalem, circa 1944. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2926804509887144781144452794888/DC270.jpg These four photographs of Mohammed’s house in the German Colony were taken around 1945. The house was dispossessed following the Catastrophe of 1948 but it still stands, albeit with new ‘occupants’, at the intersection of HaZefira street and Ruth street, house number 14B HaZefira street. Entrance of the house. Jerusalem, circa 1945. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2926805916469827145571473066504/DC274.jpg Whilst Abla loved her new camera, Adel was obsessed with his new bike. The story goes that Adel told Abla: if you take a photograph of me riding my bike I will let you ride my bike around the neighbourhood. And she did. Adel in front of his uncle Mohammed’s house. Jerusalem, circa 1945. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2926805916340699937055506205192/DC273.jpg Whilst Abla loved her new camera, Adel was obsessed with his new bike. The story goes that Adel told Abla: if you take a photograph of me riding my bike I will let you ride my bike around the neighbourhood. And she did. Adel in front of his uncle Mohammed’s house. Jerusalem, circa 1945. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2926805983837336502758755568136/DC272.jpg Abla posing with Adel’s bike in front of her house. Jerusalem, circa 1945. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2926805983671315806095369603592/DC271.jpg Abla posing with Adel’s bike in front of her house. Jerusalem, circa 1945. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2926824181292110800199491029512/DC275.jpg Mohammed’s third child Abla was fond of photography, and her father had just bought her a camera. Excitedly, Abla asks her cousin Adel (<a href="6-ahmad" rel="history">Ahmad</a>’s son) to take a photo of her in the garden of her house. And he did. Those two cousins were particularly close: both were born in 1930, and their fathers (Mohammed and Ahmad) were brothers and their mothers (Amneh and Balqis) were half-sisters. Abla in her garden. Jerusalem, circa 1945. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2926824288670608053262790986248/DC269.jpg Mohammed’s third child Abla was fond of photography, and her father had just bought her a camera. Excitedly, Abla asks her cousin Adel (<a href="6-ahmad" rel="history">Ahmad</a>’s son) to take a photo of her in the garden of her house. And he did. Those two cousins were particularly close: both were born in 1930, and their fathers (Mohammed and Ahmad) were brothers and their mothers (Amneh and Balqis) were half-sisters. Abla in her garden. Jerusalem, circa 1945. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R3079845422228814948110740785672/Al-Muntada-vol-1-issue-5-1-August-1943-p9.jpg As a prominent merchant, Mohammed was occasionally interviewed in magazines and newspapers. al-Muntada, 1(5), 1 August 1943, p.9. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q3079857534822142347645070641672/Al-Muntada-1-March-1944-vol--issue-12--page-7.jpg al-Muntada, 1(12), 1 March 1944, p.7. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q3139461526070245102750513007112/DC268.jpg Amneh Alami and her daughter-in-law Abla Awaida, possibly at their home in Beit Hanina. Jerusalem, mid 1950s. Source: Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K3139461693492894315738403473928/DC54.jpg Amneh Alami, possibly at the new house in Beit Hanina. Jerusalem, mid 1950s. Source: Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/the-alami-sisters 2026-10-07T16:49:44+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P3139286903583033169727212259848/DC69.jpg Amneh Alami. Jerusalem, mid 1940s. Source: Mohammed Suleiman Mohammed Dajani. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G3139287070987235638641393175048/DC70.jpg Balqis Alami. Jerusalem, circa 1942. Photographer: David Abdo. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N3139290930009202370532172139016/DC127.jpg Abdallah Alami. Place and date unknown. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G3139291060353895995363863857672/DC287.jpg Abdallah Alami: a decorated official of the Ottoman Empire. Source: Nawal Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/5-abdel-mohsen 2026-10-07T16:49:45+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2554191124070117890872456808968/5-Abdel-Mohsen.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2836655059627390051400603175432/Abdel-Mohsen-in-Souq-Al-Attarin.png Imagining Abdel Mohsen in Souq al-Attarin. Background: a deserted Souq al-Attarin during a general strike with black flags marking the day of the fateful Balfour Declaration and protesting against British policies in Palestine which facilitated Jewish immigration to Palestine and favoured the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. Jerusalem, 1929. Photographer: American Colony Photo Department. Source: Library of Congress. Foreground: Abdel Mohsen. Place unknown, circa 1967. Source: Ibtisam Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2866567062704872901043739200008/DC72.jpg Amineh and Abdel Mohsen. Jerusalem, 1930s. Source: Ibtisam Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2866581778207576077290640280072/DC75.jpg From left to right: Riad, Essam, Ziad, Hisham, Ibtisam and Rihab. Jerusalem, 1944. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2866582490768406156543200102920/DC74.jpg From left to right: Ibtisam, Riad, Hisham, Rihab and Essam. Jerusalem, 1942. Source: Ibtisam Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2866601605782677424370742495752/DC78.jpg Essam Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani looked up to his charming older cousin Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani. And both cousins reunited decades later in London where they settled with their families. From left to right: Essam and Adel, possibly in their neighbourhood, the German Colony. Jerusalem, circa 1947. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2866601703974696128726685747720/DC77.jpg A particular closeness: Ziad Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani and Fayek Daoud Fayek Dajani were double cousins (their mothers Amineh and Fatmeh are sisters and Ziad’s father is Fayek’s father’s uncle). Ziad and Fayek were close in age and were in the same class at the Collège des Frères in Jerusalem, and later lived in Cairo whilst they studied for their degrees. From left to right: Fayek and Ziad. Place unknown, 1961. Source: Ziad Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2866601779569453342788428270088/DC76.jpg Cousins Riad Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani and Jarir Subhi Daoud Dajani(both born in 1940) were particularly fond of each other. They studied in Beirut in the late 1950s to early 1960s. And their closeness was further cemented when Jarir married Riad’s younger sister Rihab. From left to right: Joumana (Jarir and Rihab’s first child) sitting on Riad’s lap, Jarir in the middle, Ibtisam Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani with her newborn daughter Rawya Daqqaq. Jerusalem, 1968. Source: Ziad Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B3166439181642495910416803465736/DC401.jpg Top row (left to right): Hisham (AUB School of Engineering, 1953 yearbook), Hisham (AUB School of Engineering, 1955 yearbook), Essam (Cairo University, year unknown), Essam (AUB School of Arts and Sciences, 1957 yearbook). Bottom row (left to right): Ibtisam (AUB School of Arts and Sciences, 1960 yearbook), Ibtisam (AUB School of Arts and Sciences, 1961 yearbook), Rihab (Beirut College for Women, 1964 yearbook), and Riad (AUB Campus, 1963 yearbook). Sources: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections, Lebanese American University Special Collections and Dajani family photo collection. https://dajanichronicles.com/thursday-nights 2026-10-07T16:49:45+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2934968385817875163445276740104/DC79.jpg Amman-Jerusalem-Amman: What now seems to be a wildly unimaginable trip, Hussein and his family, who lived in Amman between 1957 and 1967, used to drive to Jerusalem (a drive of a mere 88 km) on weekends to visit family, including of course, spending Thursday nights at the house of Abdel Mohsen and Amineh. Hussein Mohammed Hussein Dajani, his wife Abla Houri and their children Muna, Mohammed and baby Hania. Jordan, 1962. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/a-boy-called-riad 2026-10-07T16:52:22+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E3016530022663963225262217529864/DC82.jpg The one photo of (the first) Riad with his baby brother and two cousins. From left to right: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani, Hisham Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani, Taher Ahmad Daoud Dajani and on the far right sits Riad Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani. Jerusalem, 1934. Photographer: David Abdo. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C3016530280660125840164006431240/DC83.jpg The revelatory note on the back of the photograph: <a href="the-alami-sisters" rel="history">Balqis Alami</a> writes ‘I present this keepsake of the children to the sister Sitt Um Hussein, a photo of Taher, Adel, Riad and Hisham Dajani. We hope that you will present us with a photograph of your dear children. 30 July 1934’. Balqis is Taher and Adel’s mother. And the intended recipient of this photograph, Um Hussein, is Riad and Hisham’s maternal grandmother. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/6-ahmad 2026-10-07T16:49:45+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2554192639433250057964702960136/6-Ahmad.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2869483375806101513098576038408/DC84.jpg Ahmad’s children continued visiting their house and neighbourhood whenever they were in Jerusalem. From left to right: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani visits his house at 13 Tsvi Graetz street, German Colony, accompanied by his cousin Suleiman Mohammed Daoud Dajani. Jerusalem, 1993. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. <audio-player browser-default="false" loop="false" src="https://freight.cargo.site/m/W2936917028786516924475088603656/Abu-Taher-s-house-and-the-family-house-adjacent.mp3"></audio-player> My grandfather built a house adjacent to the big family home in the German Colony. Whilst my grandfather’s house survived, the family home was demolished and all that’s left is the exterior wall facing the street. - Lubna Adel Ahmad Dajani https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2869484131809013885937129916936/DC86.jpg An affirmation: on the back of the frame Nawal wrote the address of her house in Jerusalem, she also listed the names of her parents and siblings, that they left their house in 1948 and went to Cairo, and that the house had been sold to three different Jewish families since it was seized by Israel. Jerusalem, 1994. Source: Samar Afif Najia. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2869484131661439933347453504008/DC85.jpg Nawal was 14 years old when she and her family were forced to leave their home at 13 Tsvi Graetz street, German Colony. On her 60th birthday, Nawal visited Jerusalem and took a photo of her home. She enlarged and framed the photo. And she hung the frame on the wall of her bedroom. It was the first thing she looked at when she opened her eyes and the last thing she looked at before she closed her eyes. Jerusalem, 1994. Source: Samar Afif Najia. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2869554930837043896891551812104/DC93.jpg And years later, Ahmad would pose in the same manner in the same spot while yet another employee looks on. Cairo, date unknown. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2869554930800150408744132708872/DC91.jpg Ahmad positions himself in the middle of an impressive display of goods. He would often send photos of himself in the store to family in Jerusalem and to his children abroad. Cairo, date unknown. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2869554930855490640965261363720/DC94.jpg Ahmad at the entrance of his store, posing (rather proudly) next to a Coca-Cola cooler chest stand while his employees look on. Cairo, date unknown. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2869795911003502190115370076680/DC96.jpg Nawal (now a new mother) with her newborn son Samer Afif Najia and a newly added birdcage. Cairo, 1965. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2869795911040395678262789179912/DC98.jpg Ahmad. Cairo, late 1970s. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2869795911095735910483917834760/DC101.jpg Ahmad. Cairo, 1970s. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2869795911021948934189079628296/DC97.jpg Ahmad. Cairo, 1960s. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2869795911077289166410208283144/DC100.jpg Ahmad. Cairo, 1960s. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2869795910745247773083436354056/DC95.jpg Nawal. Cairo, late 1950s. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2869795911114182654557627386376/DC102.jpg Balqis and her (then unmarried) daughter Nawal enjoying their cigarettes. Cairo, early 1960s. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2869795911058842422336498731528/DC99.jpg A photo taken from the balcony looking into the sitting room, Balqis lights up another cigarette, with Nawal’s shadow visible. Cairo, early 1960s. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2869795911132629398631336937992/DC103.jpg Balqis and her son Adel. Cairo, 1960s. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H3032091478532772206190990232072/DC303.jpg A postcard with a note written by Ahmad, presenting the photo as a ‘keepsake from Taher, Adel Nawal and Nabil to uncle Abu Suleiman and aunt Umm Suleiman’. From left to right: Nabil, Nawal (wearing the same dress she wears in the <a href="1943" rel="history">1943</a> photo and holding a stylish purse), Adel and Taher in matching suits. Jerusalem, circa 1942. Photographer: David Abdo. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F3032091478477431973969861577224/DC300.jpg From left to right: Adel and Taher, in matching clothes. Jerusalem, 1932. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z3032091478495878718043571128840/DC301.jpg An exquisite example of studio photography. Balqis elegantly posing with her two eldest children, again in matching clothes. The postcard was intended to be sent to Balqis’ parents in Aleppo, with a message written by Balqis ‘I present this keepsake to my dear father and mother, and to all my brothers and sisters. 30 July 1934, your daughter, Balqis Alami’. From left to right: Adel, Balqis and Taher holding a branch of flowers. Jerusalem, 1934. Photographer: David Abdo. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G3032091478514325462117280680456/DC302.jpg A studio photograph of Ahmad and Balqis’ children dated 28 September 1945, around the time their youngest brother Suheil was born. From left to right: Nawal, Nabil sitting on a stool, Taher and Adel. Jerusalem, 1945. Photographer: M. S. Abdo. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U3032095319735184162878342334984/DC299.jpg The children in the previous photograph are joined by their parents in this one. Back row left to right: Adel, Ahmad and Taher. Front row left to right: Nabil, Balqis and Nawal. Jerusalem, circa 1942. Photographer: David Abdo. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/7-mahmoud 2026-10-07T16:49:46+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2554192932736480829946573654536/7-Mahmoud.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2869814934540369596417246005768/DC105.jpg Photo: Mahmoud’s niece Abla Mohammed Daoud Dajani sitting on the stairs leading up to the house’s verandah. Jerusalem, circa 1944. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2869814934392795643827569592840/DC104.jpg During the events of 1948, Mahmoud and his family fled their home and took shelter at the <a href="the-arab-national-hospital" rel="history">Arab National Hospital</a>. Their home was subsequently seized by the State of Israel and was sold to Jewish immigrants. The house still stands to date at 22a HaZefira street, although two more floors were built and it was converted into an apartment building. Photo: possibly Adila, Mahmoud and Nahil’s eldest child, standing on the verandah of her house. The photograph was possibly taken by her cousin Abla Mohammed Daoud Dajani. Jerusalem, circa 1944. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2869815124172898674151436618248/DC106.jpg A look at Mahmoud and Nahil’s house: the couple decided to build their dream home on a quiet cul-de-sac off the main street in the German Colony, the neighbourhood where Mahmoud grew up, and where all his brothers built their individual homes once they got married and left the family home. The couple built the house in the late 1930s, an imposing single-storey building with a tiled roof, an iconic verandah with a curved canopy supported by two columns, and this is where the family gathered to have the <a href="1943" rel="history">1943</a> photo taken. Photo: Rajai, Mahmoud and Nahil’s youngest child, stands outside the house with the verandah in the background. Jerusalem, circa 1944. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2877788820905290697879085943304/DC163.jpg A rare photo of the couple laughing together. This was the day of Adila’s engagement to Dr. Abdel Rahman Labban at the couple’s home. Bethlehem, 1956. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L3034037329420677714616779049480/DC305.jpg In 1962, Dr. Mahmoud’s nephew Taher <a href="6-ahmad" rel="history">Ahmad</a> Daoud Dajani, then a practising surgeon, was hoping to start a career in medicine in his native Jerusalem, so he moved there accompanied by his sister Nawal, who was desperate to leave Cairo and was longing to go back to Jerusalem. Taher and Nawal lived in Beit Hanina near their uncle’s house and spent a lot of time with Mahmoud and Nahil. Sadly, it did not work out for Taher, and after a year in Jerusalem he decided to leave for the States, where he would live and work for the rest of his life. As for Nawal, she went back to Cairo and just over a year later, she married Afif Najia and started her married life in Beirut. Photo: the trio enjoying the autumnal sun shining on the balcony of Dr. Mahmoud and Dr. Nahil’s home in Beit Hanina. From left to right: Taher Ahmad Daoud Dajani, Nahil Habboub and Nawal Ahmad Daoud Dajani. Jerusalem, November 1962. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V3083208289129959021089518815752/Al-Muntada-1-August-1943-page-16.jpg Dr. Mahmoud and Dr. Nahil were regular contributors to newspapers and journals in Palestine, writing about topics related to medicine and public health and raising awareness of the importance of hygiene in fighting prevalent infectious diseases. al-Muntada, 1(5), 1 August 1943, p.16. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S3083208289148405765163228367368/Al-Muntada-1-August-1943-page-17.jpg Dr Nahil Habboub was a champion of maternal and newborn health, she worked tirelessly and wrote extensively to raise awareness of pre and postnatal care. al-Muntada, 1(5), 1 August 1943, p.17. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3088107531425169435169374112264/La-Palestine--vol.-XVI-no.-1592117--4-September-1932-page-2.jpg A newspaper announcing the opening of Dr. Mahmoud and Dr. Nahil’s clinics in Jerusalem. La Palestine, 16(159–2117), 4 September 1932, p.2. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A3088115949965762353997445106184/Al-Difa---vol.-XIV-no.-3844--31-December-1947--page-1.jpg Dr. Mahmoud tending to a victim of a Zionist militia terrorist car bombing near Bab al-Amud (Damascus Gate) in Old Jerusalem. al-Difa', 14(3844), 31 December 1947, p.1. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R3126356574982176734502222858760/DC370.jpg Nahil and Mahmoud at their home, with their son Rajai’s graduation photo placed over the radio record player. Bethlehem, circa 1965. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/the-habboub-sisters 2026-10-07T16:49:46+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2870914356668686662435682421256/DC129.jpg Nahil Habboub, a dentistry student at AUB, is at the forefront of the photograph, checking a child’s teeth while being observed by a teaching nurse. Beirut, 1928. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2878191198811433320643008170504/DC172.jpg A photograph of the School of Dentistry faculty and students, from the American University of Beirut 1928 yearbook. Beirut, 1928. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2878191198682306112127041309192/DC171.jpg Nahil Habboub, at the end of her first year at the School of Dentistry. Beirut, 1928. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2887420027155377426778152012296/DC241.jpg The first graduates from the American Junior College for Women. From left to right: Armanouhi Mugrditchian, Saniyeh Habboub and Munira Barbir. The three sophomores were awarded the first AJCW diplomas on 18 June 1926. Beirut, 1926. Source: Presbyterian Historical Society, the National Archives of the Presbyterian Church (USA). https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2887420287402042818672506210824/DC242.jpg The first graduates from the American Junior College for Women with the college’s principal Frances Pryor Irwin. The three graduates standing from left to right: Armanouhi Mugrditchian, Saniyeh Habboub and Munira Barbir. Beirut, 1926. Source: Lebanese American University Special Collections. Note: The American Junior College for Women (AJCW) continued its expansion. In 1948 it was renamed as Beirut College for Women (BCW). The college turned into a co-educational institution called Beirut University College (BUC) in 1973 which became a university in 1992 and finally was renamed as the Lebanese American University (LAU) in 1994. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2887421305533188478923788552712/DC243.jpg Students from the first cohort of students of AJCW with the college’s principal Frances Pryor Irwin. The five students standing from left to right: Armanouhi Mugrditchian, unidentified student, Saniyeh Habboub and two unidentified students. Beirut, 1925. Source: Lebanese American University Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2887421755301702484110076054024/DC244.jpg The 17 women who constituted the female student body at AUB for the academic year 1925-1926. Saniyeh Habboub stands at the far right of the second row. Beirut, 1925. al-Kulliyyah, 12(3), January 1926, pp.72–73. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2887447550361618188082706942472/DC232.jpg Saniyeh Habboub (far right, back row), interned at the Woman's Medical College Hospital of Pennsylvania after her graduation. The Womecho, published by the class of 1932 of the Woman's Medical College Hospital of Pennsylvania, p.12. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1932. Source: Drexel University College of Medicine Legacy Center, Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2887447753810758577025351715336/DC236.jpg Saniyeh Habboub (second row, fourth from left) on her graduation day. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1931 Source: Drexel University Legacy Center Archives & Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2887447753718524856656803957256/DC235.jpg The back of the photo with names of graduates. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1931 Source: Drexel University Legacy Center Archives & Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2887452444559522104332393941512/DC237.jpg Newspaper clipping of Saniyeh Habboub (centre) with two other students at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1928. Source: Drexel University Archival Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2887452523898968365357175441928/DC238.jpg Newspaper clipping of Saniyeh Habboub (centre) with two other students at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1928. Source: Drexel University Archival Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2887453215633424385391651490312/DC239.jpg Saniyeh Habboub (left) with a fellow student, attending a meeting of the State Federation of Pennsylvania Women. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1928. Source: Drexel University Archival Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T3035338679109698803347623283208/DC306.jpg al-Kulliyyah, 19(1), November 1932, p.32. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E3035338964812871016961158711816/DC307.jpg al-Kulliyyah, 19(2), 15 December 1932, p.68. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3035339120650964951659450763784/DC308.jpg al-Kulliyyah, 19(6), 1 July 1933, p.207. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U3035339250460702998353565485576/DC309.jpg al-Kulliyyah, 19(6), 1 July 1933, p.208. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y3123284405893671672657068984840/DC363.jpg Medical students with Dr. William Thomson Van Dyck in front of Jessup Hall, American University of Beirut, 1925. Source: British Mandate Jerusalemites Facebook page. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R3123284405912118416730778536456/DC364.jpg Saniyeh Habboub and <a href="7-mahmoud" rel="history">Mahmoud</a>, her future brother-in-law. Beirut, 1925. Source: British Mandate Jerusalemites Facebook page. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K3124458160911227694242439924232/DC365.jpg Newspaper clipping of Saniyeh Habboub (on the far left) with two other graduates from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1931. Source: Drexel University Archival Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V3126364190111725011058192321032/DC372.jpg Nahil (standing third from right) on her graduation day. Beirut, 1931. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z3139295449443053685298608507400/DC258.jpg Nahil Habboub. Alumnae Bulletin, 4(3), May 1953, p.3. Source: Lebanese American University Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K3139295541270945684224756451848/DC257.jpg Saniyeh Habboub. al-Raida, 5(22), 1 November 1982, p.2. Source: Lebanese American University Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/mahmoud-studies-medicine-1 2026-10-07T16:49:46+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2870908449929000540268707219976/DC128.jpg Mahmoud (far left) with his fellow AUB medical students. Standing next to Mahmoud is George Farah, a fellow Jerusalemite who graduated with Mahmoud in 1932. They practised in Jerusalem and remained close colleagues. Both men were instrumental in establishing <a href="pama-1" rel="history">PAMA</a>. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2871107820365147577215650925064/DC142.jpeg Mahmoud and Nahil maintained a lifelong connection with their alma mater, regularly writing to AUB about their latest news and visiting the student union’s office during their frequent travels to Beirut. This is an article about the couple published by al-Kulliyyah, the AUB alumni association periodical. al-Kulliyyah, 28(12), December 1953, p.38. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2938018909902712504124174535176/DC278.jpg Mahmoud, at the end of his first year at the School of Medicine. Beirut, 1928. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2938018909939605992271593638408/DC279.jpg A photograph of Medical School faculty and students, from the American University of Beirut 1928 yearbook. Beirut, 1928. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/pama-1 2026-10-07T16:49:46+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2877763660874539731357769435656/DC159.jpg <div style="text-align: left">From left to right: Dr. Mahmoud Daoud Taher Dajani, Dr. George Farah, Dr. Nahil Habboub, Dr. Tawfiq Canaan, Dr. Akram Nouri and Dr. Yusuf Hajjar. Jerusalem, 1945. Source: British Mandate Jerusalemites Facebook page. </div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2877763661022113683947445848584/DC160.jpg <div style="text-align: left">One of the early PAMA achievements is holding its first medical conference in Jerusalem on 6–7 July 1945 at the YMCA. It was a great success with over 400 practitioners in attendance. Jerusalem, 1945. Source: British Mandate Jerusalemites Facebook page.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M3124840112626977033977600444936/DC366.jpg Believed to be the last issue before the Catastrophe, front cover of the Journal of the Palestine Arab Medical Association Journal (JPAMA), 3(1), November 1947. Source: National Library of Israel. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N3124840112811444474714695961096/DC368.jpg Continuation, the editor’s letter by Dr. Mahmoud. The Journal of the Palestine Arab Medical Association Journal (JPAMA), 3(1), November 1947. Source: National Library of Israel. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G3124840112792997730640986409480/DC367.jpg The editor’s letter by Dr. Mahmoud. The Journal of the Palestine Arab Medical Association Journal (JPAMA), 3(1), November 1947. Source: National Library of Israel. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/the-arab-national-hospital 2026-10-07T16:49:47+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2838197911691747415998962371080/0850d69f-fabe-4757-af28-ea15d0b6e226.JPG Dr. Nahil Habboub and Dr. Mahmoud Dajani standing with their medal decorations on. Beit Hanina, 1956. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2844461029800460472872922810888/Falastin-21-February-1948-p2-001.jpg Doctors in the face of the Catastrophe. From left to right: Dr. Yusuf Hajjar, Dr. Nahil Habboub Dajani, Dr. Mahmoud Dajani and Dr. Akram Nouri standing outside Beit Safafa Hospital. Beit Safafa, circa 1948. Source: Dr. Akram Nouri family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2871092106543101875881525938696/DC134.png al-Kulliyyah, the AUB alumni association periodical, announces the news that the three alumni were decorated with the orders of merits for their work at the Arab National Hospital. al-Kulliyyah, 31(12), December 1956, p.12. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2871320828792782956887166716424/DC131.jpg A group photo of staff at the Arab National Hospital. Beit Jala, 1948. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2871320828921910165403133577736/DC132.jpg From left to right, Dr. Mahmoud, Dr. Yusuf Hajjar and Dr. Nahil Habboub Dajani. Beit Jala, 1948. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2871320988025077801148016265736/DC134.jpg Dr. Mahmoud and a fellow surgeon operating on a patient while Dr. Nahil administers the anaesthetic. Beit Jala, 1948. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2879170776188192542667634412040/DC174.jpg Photograph of the Government Isolation Hospital near the village of Beit Safafa when the construction was near completion. Beit Safafa, 22 June 1939. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2879170846746988624606669343240/DC173.jpg Another view of the Government Isolation Hospital buildings. Beit Safafa, 22 June 1939. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2880660185729125361481268103688/DC178.jpg Palestinian doctors take over the Government Isolation Hospital in Beit Safafa in the presence of the International Committee of the Red Cross delegation in Jerusalem. Dr. Tawfiq Canaan (<a href="pama-1" rel="history">PAMA</a> president) dropping to one knee, Dr. Mahmoud (PAMA secretary general) crouching, to his left are Dr. Nahil and Dr. Yusuf Hajjar. Beit Safafa, 30 January 1948. Source: ICRC Archives. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2880660185710678617407558552072/DC177.jpg Dr. Mahmoud (PAMA secretary general) stands on the far left and Dr. Nahil second from right. Also in the photograph are: Dr. Tawfiq Canaan (<a href="pama-1" rel="history">PAMA</a> president), Dr. Yusuf Hajjar and Jacques de Reynier, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross delegation in Jerusalem. Beit Safafa, 30 January 1948. Source: ICRC Archives. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2880660185655338385186429897224/DC175.jpg At the end of the handover, Dr. Mahmoud is seen assisting Jacques de Reynier with his jacket while cross-armed Dr. Nahil watches on. Beit Safafa, 30 January 1948. Source: ICRC Archives. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X2880692454415619316789104904712/DC180.jpg The ICRC delegation assists in moving some of the equipment from Beit Safafa hospital to Beit Jala. Beit Safafa, 20 April 1950. Source: ICRC Archives. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2880692454268045364199428491784/DC179.jpg The ICRC offers assistance and protection when the equipment and goods are moved from Beit Safafa hospital. Beit Safafa, 20 April 1950. Source: ICRC Archives. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2880721287193115358882148157960/DC182.jpg After the British withdrawal from Palestine and the Zionists’ control over the surrounding areas, the Arab National Hospital in Beit Safafa became completely cut off from the village of Beit Safafa and the neighbouring Bethlehem. Zionist snipers targeted the hospital buildings to drive doctors and patients out. Image: snipers’ bullets damage the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) car. Image: Dr. Mahmoud’s youngest brother <a href="9-ali" rel="history">Ali</a>, (third from left), Dr. Akram Nouri (crouching), Dr. Nahil (third from right) and Dr. Mahmoud (second from right). Source: Dr. Akram Nouri family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2936393928414286686543180761608/Alumnae-Bulletin--Vol.-6--No.-1.jpg American Junior College for Women (AJCW) alumna Dr. Nahil Habboub was the first Jordanian woman to receive a royal decoration (by living in the Jordanian-annexed Palestine, Nahil became a Jordanian citizen). Alumnae Bulletin, 6(1), December 1956, p.6. Source: Lebanese American University Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O3126267365734626279941097163272/DC374.jpg al-Kulliyyah, 24(5), April-May 1949, p.9. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K3126267512976537476290738162184/DC375.jpg al-Kulliyyah, 24(5), April-May 1949, p.30. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M3134150484231249906900666714632/DC392.jpg From left to right: Dr. Akram Nouri, Dr. Nahil Habboub, Dr. Mahmoud Dajani and two unidentified members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). January, 1948. Source: Dr. Akram Nouri family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q3145104589343189982775712451080/DC181.jpg Doctors in the face of the Catastrophe. From left to right: Dr. Yusuf Hajjar, Dr. Nahil Habboub Dajani, Dr. Mahmoud Dajani and Dr. Akram Nouri standing outside Beit Safafa Hospital. Beit Safafa, circa 1948. Source: Dr. Akram Nouri family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y3145119179149779040765728819720/DC183.jpg Mahmoud’s youngest brother <a href="9-ali" rel="history">Ali</a> (right) and Dr. Akram Nouri. Ali travelled to Basra, Iraq in early 1949 to take delivery of two ambulances that were donated to PAMA. Source: Dr. Akram Nouri family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/abdel-rahman-labban 2026-10-07T16:49:47+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X2877798767334355009848188635656/DC164.jpg Adila and Abdel Rahman Labban’s engagement in the winter of 1956. The Dajani family gathered at Dr. Mahmoud’s house to celebrate this occasion. Amongst those in the photograph: Dr. <a href="7-mahmoud" rel="history">Mahmoud</a> and Dr. <a href="the-habboub-sisters" rel="history">Nahil</a>, <a href="5-abdel-mohsen" rel="history">Abdel Mohsen</a>, his wife Amineh and his daughters Ibtisam and Rihab, <a href="4-mohammed" rel="history">Mohammed</a>, his daughter Laila, his son Suleiman and his daughter-in-law Abla Awaida, <a href="1-fayek" rel="history">Fayek</a> and his children Khadijeh and Daoud, <a href="8-subhi" rel="history">Subhi</a> and his wife <a href="lisa-störi" rel="history">Lisa</a>. Bethlehem, 1956. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2944343606655791257117696231944/DC165.jpg Cousins out for dinner in Beirut. From left to right: Adila, her husband Abdel Rahman Labban, her cousin Adel and an unidentified woman. Beirut, early 1960s. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2944344514733661773617793632776/DC112.jpg Adila and Abdel Rahman Labban’s engagement. From left to right: Adila, her uncles <a href="1-fayek" rel="history">Fayek</a> and <a href="4-mohammed" rel="history">Mohammed</a>, Abdel Rahman Labban and his brother (cropped). Bethlehem, 1956. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F3126730338317358963083387898376/DC377.jpg As-Safir, 11(3779), 22 November 1984, p.5. Source: as-Safir Archives. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T3126730490152509433786707249672/DC376.jpg Dr. Abdel Rahman Labban remembered by his faithful friend Karim Mroueh as a painter and art lover. As-Safir, 23(3779), 1 February 1997, p.16. Source: as-Safir Archives. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A3126731614112625844909687212552/DC378.jpg As-Safir, 11(3778), 21 November 1984, p.4. Source: as-Safir Archives. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I3127689430160549216955624884744/DC381.jpg A literary article by Abdel Rahman Labban. al-Adaab, 11(6), June 1963, p.13. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A3127689430474143866208687262216/DC383.jpg The continuation of the article. al-Adaab, 11(6), June 1963, p.76. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T3127689430492590610282396813832/DC384.jpg The continuation of the article. al-Adaab, 11(6), June 1963, p.77. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3127689430455697122134977710600/DC382.jpg The continuation of the article. al-Adaab, 11(6), June 1963, p.75. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L3127732179364688650345212316168/DC386.jpg Continuation of the article. al-Adaab, 2(1), February 1953, p.69. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F3127732179235561441829245454856/DC385.jpg ‘In the company of Omar Onsi’, an article by Abdel Rahman Labban on the Lebanese artist Omar Onsi on the occasion of the opening of Onsi’s exhibition. al-Adaab, 2(1), February 1953, p.68. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X3127793425211344512670752868872/DC387.jpg ‘Musings on art and the Catastrophe’, an article by Abdel Rahman Labban on art as a critical social and political commentary of the time. al-Adaab, 12(3), March 1964, p.102. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X3127793628974079550866460019208/DC388.jpg Continuation of the article. al-Adaab, 12(3), March 1964, p.103. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L3127793806062822658478155532808/DC389.jpg Continuation of the article. al Adaab, 12(3), March 1964, p.104. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W3127793938030829761796287793672/DC390.jpg Continuation of the article. al-Adaab, 12(3), March 1964, p.105. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/doctors-in-bethlehem 2026-10-07T16:49:47+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2869860491744785418022199527944/DC107.jpg A Happy New Year card addressed to Laila (presumably Adila’s cousin). From left to right: Mahmoud, Adila, Nahil, Rajai and Nazih, and the cross-legged girl is said to be an orphan adopted by the Dajanis. Bethlehem, 1955. Source: Samar Abdel Rahman Labban family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2869891207086301158469823400456/DC109.jpg Lovers in Bethlehem. From left to right: Adila Mahmoud Daoud Dajani, Abdel Rahman Labban, Yahya Wahbeh and Laila Mohammed Daoud Dajani. Bethlehem, circa 1957. Source: Yahya Zaki Yahya Wahbeh family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2869910571094723933228893506056/DC110.jpg King Hussein of Jordan (seated far left) with Dr. Nahil Habboub (middle) and Dr. Yahya Wahbeh (far right), most probably during the King’s visit to the <a href="the-arab-national-hospital" rel="history">Arab National Hospital</a>. Late 1950s, Bethlehem. Source: Yahya Zaki Yahya Wahbeh family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2944339509597038998078863215112/DC280.jpg Dr. Yahya Wahbeh and Dr. Abdel Rahman Labban (second and third from left) on an official visit to a local school. Bethlehem, 1958. Source: Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2944365075493053074357734377992/DC115.jpg Dr. Yahya Wahbeh and Dr. Abdel Rahman Labban (second and third from left) on an official visit to a local school. Bethlehem, 1958. Source: Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2944414328318176622934258649608/DC117.jpg Dr. Abdel Rahman Labban (middle) receiving visitors, including Mohammed Salem Thweib (second from the right), in the gardens of Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital. Bethlehem, 1958. Source: Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2944414443776347780282342214152/DC118.jpg Dr. Abdel Rahman Labban (far left) receiving visitors, including Mohammed Salem Thweib (second from the right), at Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital. Bethlehem, 1958. Source: Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2944418531703961722834947181064/DC113.jpg Dr. Abdel Rahman Labban (second from the right) wearing a scarf on a cold January day during a tree-planting ceremony to commemorate Arbor Day at Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital. Bethlehem, 1957. Source: Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2944421540497047353378782611976/DC120.jpg Dr. Abdel Rahman Labban (standing behind the speaker) during a tree-planting ceremony to commemorate Arbor Day at Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital. Bethlehem, 1957. Source: Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2944441359586646426552491084296/DC121.jpg Dr. Yahya Wahbeh (second from the right) with officials, including Mohammed Salem Thweib (far right), on a visit to Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital. The group stopped to take this photo at Solomon’s Pools, an ancient site of reservoirs located close to the hospital. Bethlehem, 1957. Source: Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2944441470654492494357701364232/DC122.jpg Another photo at Solomon’s Pools of Dr. Yahya Wahbeh (far right) with officials, including Mohammed Salem Thweib (far left). Bethlehem, 1957. Source: Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/8-subhi 2026-10-07T16:49:47+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2554193523899288160116574292488/8-Subhi.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2845679011495675767540708313608/Subhi-Dajani-Moray-House-record-p1.jpg Subhi’s student record card from Edinburgh Provincial Training Centre. Source: Edinburgh University Archives. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2845894898943552219209363917320/The-blind-in-Palestine-002.jpg ‘The blind in Palestine’, ...And there was light, 2(7), June 1933, p.34. Source: American Foundation for the Blind. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2845894898980445707356783020552/The-blind-in-Palestine-004.jpg Continuation of the article. ...And there was light, 2(7), June 1933, p.36. Source: American Foundation for the Blind. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2845894898961998963283073468936/The-blind-in-Palestine-003.jpg Continuation of the article. ...And there was light, 2(7), June 1933, p.35. Source: American Foundation for the Blind. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2880938700094492985962174646792/DC189.jpg Subhi and Lisa surrounded by their children and grandchildren. From left to right: Zuheir Amad (Naela’s husband), Janan Zuheir Amad, Naela Subhi Daoud Dajani, Joumana Jarir Subhi Dajani, Subhi, Rihab Abdel Mohsen Daoud Dajani (Jarir’s wife), Lisa, Ureib Zuheir Amad and Jarir Subhi Daoud Dajani. Ramallah, 1968. Source: Naela Subhi Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2949003115341720902970393266696/The-Palestine-Post-21-October-1937.jpg The announcement of the opening of the ‘Ala-iya School for the Blind in Hebron. The Palestine Post, 8(3475), 21 October 1937, p.3. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2949003469002698284129916848648/DC284.jpg Blindenheim (home for the blind) was a boarding school for blind children at Schneller School, also called Das Syrische Waisenhaus (the Syrian Orphanage House). This was where Subhi received his primary education. Image: a group of students in front of Blindenheim building. Jerusalem, 1918. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E3126366511081064365193976646152/DC371.jpg Subhi reading a book in braille, either at home or at the ‘Ala-iya School for the Blind. Al Bireh, mid 1960s. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G3132628693220429866118997641736/7.jpg Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind (now Royal National College for the Blind) annual report 1935–1936, report of the board of governors, pp.10–11. Source: the Perkins Archives, Perkins School for the Blind, via Internet Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L3132628784476472798760149486088/3.jpg Principal’s report which mentions the arrival of Subhi at the college in September 1934. The Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind (now Royal National College for the Blind) annual report 1934–1935, pp.18–19. Source: the Perkins Archives, Perkins School for the Blind, via Internet Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C3166370871559856788797342910984/DC400.jpg Subhi, Lisa, Jarir, and Naela among date palm trees, possibly in Jericho. The children are dressed in winter attire; Naela cradles her doll, and Subhi wears traditional headgear, which he occasionally wore while off duty, particularly during the winter season. Place unknown, circa 1949. Source: Naela Subhi Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://dajanichronicles.com/lisa-störi 2026-10-07T16:49:48+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2880937688659515424467459541512/DC188.jpg Subhi and Lisa, arm in arm, perhaps on their wedding day. Thun, Switzerland, circa 1938. Source: Naela Subhi Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/first-blind-student-in-aub 2026-10-07T16:49:48+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2845756056499015416180759628296/0047.jpg Continuation of the article. The student union gazette, mid-year number, 10 February 1931, p.45. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2845756056369888207664792766984/0045.jpg ‘Braille type and its advantages’, an article by Subhi when he was a student at AUB. The student union gazette, mid-year number, 10 February 1931, p.43. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2845756056535908904328178731528/0049.jpg Continuation of the article. The student union gazette, mid-year number, 10 February 1931, p.47. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2845756056517462160254469179912/0048.jpg Continuation of the article. The student union gazette, mid-year number, 10 February 1931, p.46. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2845756056480568672107050076680/0046.jpg Continuation of the article. The student union gazette, mid-year number, 10 February 1931, p.44. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2845756056554355648401888283144/0050.jpg Continuation of the article. The student union gazette, mid-year number, 10 February 1931, p.48. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2880868043954942569961939569160/DC186.jpg Subhi reading a book in braille. Place and date unknown. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K3132791737350469518310292883976/Al-Kulliyah-Vol.-XXVIII-N-9-SEPTEMBER-1953-page-25.jpg Subhi continued to write to AUB’s alumni association periodical, al-Kulliyyah, including this article about his journey and achievements. al-Kulliyyah, 28(9), September 1953, p.25. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q3132791737368916262384002435592/Al-Kulliyah-Vol.-XXVIII-N-9-SEPTEMBER-1953-page-30.jpg Continuation of the article. al-Kulliyyah, 28(9), September 1953, p.30. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/lisa-driving-subhi 2026-10-07T16:49:48+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2881026168098530090857594653192/DC192.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/‘ala-iya-school-for-the-blind-1 2026-10-07T17:06:04+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2882769387516424467888195537416/DC203.jpg Subhi Dajani, founder and principal of the ‘Ala-iya School for the Blind with a group of blind students at the entrance of the school building. Hebron, 1944. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2882770177535132912647162595848/DC197.jpg Subhi Dajani teaches a student how to cane a chair seat. Hebron, circa 1940. Source: unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2882770258092064282536774502920/DC198.jpg Reja-e Busailah weaving a basket. Hebron, 3 July 1940. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2882770725311198181452297832968/DC199.jpg Mr. Shafiq (a sighted teacher) at the entrance of the school building with two older students using the globe in relief. Hebron, July 1940. Source: unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2882771499557940443189598259720/DC200.jpg Subhi Dajani (second from left) stands at the entrance of the school building with a group of students including Reja-e Busailah (far right of the second row from top) and the school’s caretaker (top left) and a sighted school teacher who was identified as Mr. Shafiq in Reja-e Busailah‘s memoir (far left). Hebron, July 1940. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2882771617358848097898794879496/DC202.jpg Subhi Dajani in the classroom with older students teaching them how to read braille. Hebron, July 1940. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2882771916749504414204817607176/DC205.jpg In 1944 the first cohort of students graduated from the ‘Ala-iya School for the Blind, including Reja-e Busailah. Whole school picture, with Subhi (seated, fifth from left) and Reja-e Busailah (seated, third from left). Hebron, July 1944. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2882771978804351478163749243400/DC204.jpg The first four graduates of the ‘Ala-iya School for the Blind. Reja-e Busailah (first from left) with three unidentified students. Hebron, July 1944. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2882772461647877607511262792200/DC201.jpg Subhi invited the press and many government officials to the school’s first graduation ceremony, where the choir of the ‘Ala-iya School for the Blind sang during the ceremony. Hebron. July 1944. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2882773944341826020063893031432/DC210.jpg Subhi addressing the attendees of the graduation ceremony. Hebron. July 1944. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. Remembering that moment, Reja-e Busailah wrote: ‘At the end of the graduation celebration, Mr. Dajani addressed the audience with a little speech. All I remember (or all I understood) was its ending: ‘This is the first class of blind children to graduate. Please, treat them with kindness, with sympathy, but not with pity.’’ Busailah, R. (2017) In the Land of My Birth: A Palestinian Boyhood. Washington, DC: Institute for Palestine Studies, p.210. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2882774816208737919872140610056/DC207.jpg Taken outdoors at the 'Ala-iya School for the Blind. Helen Keller, Polly Thomson and Subhi stand around a student who is assembling a book using bookbinding equipment. On the far left, young Jarir (Subhi and Lisa’s son) is excitedly looking over. Ramallah, 14 May 1952. Photographer: Ali Za’arur. Source: Helen Keller Archive at the American Foundation for the Blind. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2882774816079610711356173748744/DC206.jpg Taken in a classroom at the 'Ala-iya School for the Blind, Helen Keller is standing with Polly Thomson, and next to them stand Lisa Störi and her husband Subhi. Keller and Thomson communicate using manual sign language while Keller is addressing about 50 blind boys and staff. On the far left of the photo stands young Naela (Subhi and Lisa’s daughter). Ramallah, 14 May 1952. Photographer: Ali Za’arur. Source: Helen Keller Archive at the American Foundation for the Blind. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2882774816227184663945850161672/DC208.jpg A visit to the Arab Blind Organisation. From left to right Subhi, Helen Keller, Polly Thomson and an unidentified person who may be the secretary of the Arab Blind Organisation. Keller is addressing a group of people using manual sign language and Thomson is communicating that. Jerusalem, 16 May 1952. Photographer: Ali Za’arur. Source: Helen Keller Archive at the American Foundation for the Blind. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2949308766454040944540748384776/PerkinsArchives-AG62_8_37.jpg Polly Thomson guides Helen Keller's hand over a Philips relief globe during their visit to the ‘Ala-iya School for the Blind in Ramallah, Palestine. They are accompanied by Subhi Dajani and a student from the school obscured by the globe. Al-Bireh, Ramallah. 1952. Photographer: Karl Meyer. Source: Perkins School for the Blind Archives. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H3021438712293130293025546996232/Filastin-----18-July-1944.jpg ⁨⁨Newspaper reporting on the graduation of the first four students from the ‘Ala-iya School for the Blind. Filastin, 28(1185769), 18 July 1944, p.3⁩. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/in-the-service-of-the-blind 2026-10-07T16:49:49+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2845922548177948492097575488008/Article-001.jpg A translation by Subhi of an article ‘Did Jesus Live 100 Years BC?’ which originally appeared in Braille Star Theosophist, a magazine published in braille for blind readers. al-’Ulum, volume and issue unknown, p.49. Source: the Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2845922622333859668409972984328/Article-002.jpg Continuation of the translation. al-’Ulum, volume and issue unknown, p.50. Source: the Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2845922676733307941779440699912/Article-003.jpg Continuation of the translation. al-’Ulum, volume and issue unknown, p.51. Source: the Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G3021042935923289328698861586952/DC286.jpg An article by Subhi Dajani: ‘How does a blind child learn’. al-Muntada, 2(10), 1 January 1945, pp.16–17. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/9-ali 2026-10-07T16:49:49+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2554193831203597684043994663432/9-Ali.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2767674894988400724408914971144/Ali-books.jpg Four publications by Ali. Clockwise from top left: (1) ‘Challenges, reflections and future vision’, a compilation of Prince Hassan Bin Talal of Jordan’s speeches written by Ali and Bassam Saket, both of whom were economic advisors to Prince Hassan in the 1980s; (2) ‘The diaries of al-Mu’taz’, national, intellectual, economic and social thoughts and opinions on current affairs, 1987; (3) ‘Fifty years in the service of Chambers of Commerce and Industries’, memories and visions of their inception, development and responsibilities, 2002; (4) ‘Lectures in Jordan’s economics’, a compilation of lectures delivered by Ali to the students of the Department of Economic and Social Studies at the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Cairo, 1954. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2881035758745241453190575327752/DC193.jpg Soumaiyah and her younger brother Marwan. Place unknown, circa 1952. Source: Ali Daoud Taher Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2881035758892815405780251740680/DC195.jpg Mai Habboub with her children Soumaiyah and Marwan. Place unknown, circa 1951. Source: Ali Daoud Taher Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2881035758874368661706542189064/DC194.jpg Soumaiyah and her younger brother Marwan. Beirut, circa 1949. Source: Ali Daoud Taher Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2887036355336083445848431954440/DC212.jpg Haj Ali and Mai Habboub in front of their house. Amman, early 2000s. Source: Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2887084569093006810513332800008/DC217.jpg Haj Ali (standing, second from left) with colleagues from Palestine Broadcasting Service. Jerusalem, September 1941. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2887084651863547469248090901000/DC216.jpg Haj Ali (top row, fourth from right) with colleagues from Palestine Broadcasting Service. Jerusalem, September 1941. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2887095247839364104677925095944/DC218.jpg Ali (second from right) with a group of men including Ali’s older brother <a href="4-mohammed" rel="history">Mohammed</a>. Jerusalem, mid 1950s. Source: Adel Ahmad Daoud Dajani family photo collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S3014636683808817696563951602184/DC285.jpg Haj Ali co-founded a short-lived bi-monthly progressive social, cultural and political magazine called al-Hadaf, The Goal, in 1945, which targeted Arab Palestinian youth with a progressive nationalist agenda. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W3126369036034499686409982741000/DC369.jpg Ali in his office. Amman, mid 1960s. Source: American University of Beirut Archives and Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M3133995011290614147689188985352/DC391.jpg Haj Ali (middle) with colleagues from Palestine Broadcasting Service: Kashif Murad (far left) and an unidentified colleague (far right). Jerusalem, September 1941. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Source: Library of Congress. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/haj-ali 2026-10-07T16:49:49+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2767847785695279017579510008328/Ali-in-Haj.jpg Haj Ali on Mount Arafat in Mecca while performing pilgrimage. Saudi Arabia, 1944. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2844196163258695782403779365384/Al-Muntada-1-February-1944-p12-16-and-18-001.jpeg al-Muntada, 1(11), 1 February 1944, cover page. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2844196289083937109176630938120/Al-Muntada-1-February-1944-p12-16-and-18-002.jpg ‘Observations in pilgrimage’ photo essay. al-Muntada, 1(11), 1 February 1944, p.10. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2844196365951519664324332521992/Al-Muntada-1-February-1944-p12-16-and-18-003.jpg Continuation of the photo essay. al-Muntada, 1(11), 1 February 1944, p.11. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2844196490411701929642677275144/Al-Muntada-1-February-1944-p12-16-and-18-004.jpeg Continuation of the photo essay. al-Muntada, 1(11), 1 February 1944, pp.12–13. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2844196593012492467615203363336/Al-Muntada-1-February-1944-p12-16-and-18-005.jpeg Continuation of the photo essay. al-Muntada, 1(11), 1 February 1944, p.14. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2844196675211184060064965364232/Al-Muntada-1-February-1944-p12-16-and-18-006.jpeg Continuation of the photo essay. al-Muntada, 1(11), 1 February 1944, p.15. Source: National Library of Israel Newspaper Collection. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W3027542590875875412155813890568/DC298.jpg Haj Ali later wrote a book about his experience of going to Mecca for pilgrimage. Dajani, A.T. (1944) Mushahadat fi al-Hajj. Jerusalem: Matba’at al-Arab. Photographer: Ola Dajani. Source: British Library. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/info 2026-10-07T17:03:44+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png https://dajanichronicles.com/contact-1 2026-10-07T17:03:44+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2888859881178563191515228965384/DC259.jpg A cat in Palestine. Photographer: Frank Scholten. Source: Frank Scholten Photographic Collection, Leiden University Library Special Collections. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3163192165182521912955205093896/Crown-dingbat.png