Narrating the Self Biographies II Yusuf al-‘Isa: A Founder of Modern Journalism Emanuel Beška The Taufiq Canaan Memoirs Taufiq Canaan The Books in My Life: A Memoir Summer 2018 Tarif Khalidi Ali Za‘rur: Early Palestinian Photojournalism Rona Sela Sir Charles Tegart: The “Counterterrorism Expert” in Palestine Richard Cahill Haile Selassie in Jerusalem Vicken V. Kalbian Summer On the Wings of Memory: Schmidt’s Girls School Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout Adele Azar - Public Charity and Early Feminism Salim Tamari 2018 POLICY REPOER: The East Jerusalem Municipality Walid Salem POLICY BREIF: Empowering Jerusalem’s Most Marginalized Palestinian Women Juzoor for Health & Social Development www.palestine-studies.org INSTITUTE OF JERUSALEM STUDIES Editors: Salim Tamari and Issam Nassar Associate Editors: Penny Johnson and Alex Winder Managing Editor: Carol Khoury Communication & Outreach Officer: Ulla Mundinger Advisory Board Yazid Anani, A. M. Qattan Foundation, Ramallah Rochelle Davis, Georgetown University, USA Beshara Doumani, Brown University, USA Michael Dumper, University of Exeter, UK Rema Hammami, Birzeit University, Birzeit George Hintlian, Christian Heritage Institute, Jerusalem Huda al-Imam, Palestine Accueil, Jerusalem Omar Imseeh Tesdell, Birzeit University, Birzeit Nazmi al-Jubeh, Birzeit University, Birzeit Hasan Khader, al-Karmel Magazine, Ramallah Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University, USA Roberto Mazza, University of Limerick, Ireland Yusuf Natsheh, al-Quds University, Jerusalem Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Mada al-Carmel, Haifa Tina Sherwell, International Academy of Art Palestine, Ramallah The Jerusalem Quarterly (JQ) is published by the Institute of Jerusalem Studies (IJS), an affiliate of the Institute for Palestine Studies. The journal is dedicated to providing scholarly articles on Jerusalem’s history and on the dynamics and trends currently shaping the city. The Quarterly is known both for its pioneering social history and for its contemporary analyses of Jerusalem from writers on the ground, covering Palestinian lived experiences in the city, analyses of land appropriation and settlements and formal and informal negotiating strategies on, and visions for, the future of Jerusalem. Ranging from Ottoman and Mandate times to the complexities and dangers of the present, we offer incisive articles that analyze the role of culture, media, religion and politics in the struggles to claim the city. This journal is produced with the financial assistance of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Palestine/Jordan. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do therefore not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung, nor those of the editors or the Institute of Jerusalem Studies. www.palestine-studies.org ISSN 1565-2254 Design and Printing: Al Nasher Jerusalem Quarterly 74 [ 1 ] Summer 2018 — Issue 74 formerly the Jerusalem Quarterly File For local subscriptions to JQ, contact: The Institute of Jerusalem Studies P.O. Box 21649, Jerusalem 91457 Tel: 972 2 298 9108, Fax: 972 2 295 0767 E-mail: [email protected] For international or US subscriptions, contact: The Institute for Palestine Studies 3501 M Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20007 Or subscribe at the IPS website: www.palestine-studies.org INSTITUTE OF JERUSALEM STUDIES Summer 2018 — Issue 74 formerly the Jerusalem Quarterly File Table of Contents Editorial .................................................................................................................................... 3 Yusuf al-‘Isa: A Founder of Modern Journalism in Palestine .............................................. 7 Emanuel Beška The Taufiq Canaan Memoirs ................................................................................................. 14 Part 1: The Formative Years, 1882–1918 Taufiq Canaan The Books in My Life: A Memoir (Part 2) ............................................................................. 30 Tarif Khalidi Ali Za'rur: Early Palestinian Photojournalism .................................................................. 48 The Archive of Occupation and the Return of Palestinian Material to Its Owners Rona Sela Sir Charles Tergart: The “Counterterrorism Expert” in Palestine (Part 1) ...................... 57 Richard Cahill Haile Selassie in Jerusalem .................................................................................................... 67 Sanctuary for the Lion of Judah in the Holy City Vicken V. Kalbian On Wings of Memory: Schmidt's Girls School .................................................................... 86 Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout Adele Azar: Public Charity and Early Feminism .............................................................. 104 Salim Tamari POLICY REPORT The East Jerusalem Municipality ........................................................................................ 120 Walid Salem POLICY BRIEF Empowering Jerusalem’s Most Marginalized Palestinian Women ...................................137 Juzoor for Health and Social Development Markings of a Jerusalemite Life ............................................................................................144 Reviewed by Saliba Sarsar Cover photo: St. Paulus Hospiz, ca. 1898, opposite Damascus Gate. The Schmidt's Girls School moved here from west Jerusalem after the Naqba of 1948, and later became known as Schmidt's College for Girls. Source: G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection. (broken glass negative, cropped for detail). Editorial At the time of the writing of this editorial, it seems likely that Jerusalem is not going to figure in the Trump administration’s so-called “deal of the century.” All evidence suggests that Jerusalem – including the Old City and the eastern part of the city annexed by Israel after the 1967 occupation – will remain under full Israeli sovereignty. Jerusalem has for millennia had an enchanting hold on imaginations as an eternal sacred city, inspiring people in the old world and, with colonialism’s spread, the new. During its long history, with brief exceptions (most notably the Crusader period), Jerusalem was an open city to the followers of the three Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), all of which have important holy sites in it. Under Israel’s occupation, however, access for Muslims and Christians from many countries, and since 1992 for Palestinians in the occupied territories, has been restricted. Settlement activities within and around Jerusalem, coupled with severe restrictions on Palestinian life in it, continue to change its face and landscape. And although the city has been subject to political debate and negotiations since the Madrid Peace Conference in 1991, the Trump administration’s latest steps, including the relocation of the U.S. embassy and the long-sought recognition of the city as Israel’s capital, have undermined all such efforts. Donald Trump himself and, even more notably, his vice president Mike Pence gave the embassy move a biblical significance that contributed to the strong sense among the Christian right in the United States that the announcement was a step toward Armageddon and the coming of the Messiah. Not only will such steps lead to even greater restriction of access to Jerusalem for Palestinians, but they will accelerate Israeli plans to empty the city of its native inhabitants. Jerusalem Quarterly 74 [ 3 ] Attempts to strangle the Palestinian presence – through revoking residency rights, denying building permits, and confiscating land and houses – and Judaize the city through various policies that only benefit Israeli settlers continue on a pace faster than ever before. These developments raise serious concerns about access to the city for non-Jews generally and in particular for Palestinians, who view the city as their own and declare it as their future capital. When Israel seized and occupied the West Bank from Jordan in June of 1967, the world community viewed the occupation as an illegal act and took no position that would exclude Jerusalem from being a part of the occupied territories, as evident by numerous UN General Assembly and Security Council resolutions, including the pivotal Resolution 242 passed in November 1967. Moreover, in accordance with UN General Assembly Resolution 181 of 29 November 1947, the city and its environs were designated a corpus separatum, conferring on it a special status due to its shared religious importance and recommending that it be placed under an international regime. The concept of corpus separatum remains the basis of the international community’s perception of its relationship to the city. The Trump move to “remove Jerusalem from the table,” as he put it, violates these two resolutions as well as the U.S. position maintained since the occupation of Jerusalem’s eastern part in 1967. Consistent with Jerusalem Quarterly’s goal of highlighting the city’s past and present, and considering its future, this issue includes a number of forward-looking studies and documents. In our documentary section, we are publishing recommendations for empowering women of East Jerusalem as proposed by Juzoor for Health and Social Development. The document highlights the necessity of addressing issues of gender equality in terms of education and work, as well as the need for greater coordination among civil society organizations in Jerusalem. Walid Salem, meanwhile, suggests reviving the idea of a Palestinian municipality for Jerusalem as a step toward empowering the people of the city. In light of the Israeli municipality’s supremacist