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Palestinian women entering the political arena for the first time, organizing their first 1929 congress and establishing a 14 women Executive Committee. The Committee is primarily from notable Jerusalem families such as the Husseinis, Alamis, Nashashibis, Khouris, and Budeiris.
The photo shows the visit of the delegation to the High Commissioner for Palestine, Sir John Chancellor and his wife at the Government House in Oct. 1929.

1 Mrs. Musa Qassem Al-Husseini
2 Miss Elizabeth Nasser
3 Mrs. Tarab Awni Abdul-Hadi
4 Mrs. Matiel Moghannam

Source: PASSIA archives

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Legend for external sources and captions:

  • BTD: Before Their Diaspora, Institute for Palestine Studies, 1984.
  • PTS: Palestinians and their Society, Quartet, 1980.
  • PD-FK: Palestine Diary, Victor Gollancz, 1938.
  • COS: City of Stone, University of California Press, 1996
  • GM-ZE: The Grand Mufti, Cass, 1993.
  • J-TI: Jerusalem, Ivan R. Dee, 1991.

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