Edited volume by Salim Tamari features leading historians and experts examining the destruction and transformation of West Jerusalem's Arab neighborhoods during the 1948 war. Draws on contemporary documents, demographic records, and survivor testimonies to reconstruct the fate of areas including Talbiyeh, al-Baq'a, Qatamon, and the German Colony. The volume provides a neighborhood-by-neighborhood account of how Palestinian communities were expelled and their homes and institutions taken over in the period of fighting and its immediate aftermath. An essential reference for researchers studying the Nakba in Jerusalem specifically, providing granular neighborhood-level documentation of the expulsion of Palestinians from West Jerusalem that complements the broader national histories of 1948.
