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"The 1st of May Exhibit", a Booklet, the League of Palestinian Artists, May 1986

Issued in Arabic on 1 May 1986, this document shows a booklet published on the International Workers' Day by the League of Palestinian Artists in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Entitled "The 1st of May Exhibit", the booklet features articles about the 1st of May and workers' struggles in Palestine and around the world listed as follows, an article by ʿĀdel Ghanem, Secretary-General of the General Federation of Trade Unions at the time, which deals with the transformations that the mass movement in general and workers in particular in Palestine went through. An article by George Hazbun, Deputy Secretary-General, entitled "The General Federation of Trade Unions, the Problem and the Solution". An article entitled "The History of the First of May" on the historical events that were linked to the consideration of May 1 as the International Workers' Day. An article entitled "The International Trade Union Confederation Stands in Solidarity with Palestinians and Other Struggling Nations". An article entitled "The 1st of May Centenary Celebration: Workers' in Solidarity Leads to Victory". A comic by Ibrahim Rashid about the 1st of May and a collection of paintings expressing the struggles of workers and the struggle of oppressed people, namely, paintings by Ibrahim Mazen, Usama Khaled, ʾAyman Bardawil, Hussam Naṣer, Khaled al-Hurany, Khalil Ghandur Fuʾad Naṣṣar, the shaheed Ahmad ash-Sheikh Dahdul, the shaheed Khalil Salem, Lenin, Soʿad Naṣr, Samir Ẓaher, Adnan az-Zubaydy, Iṣam Hals, Fathi Fahjan, Fathi Ghabin, Qassem Manṣur, Karim Dabbah, Muhammad al-ʿĀwar, Nader al-Hadweh and Walid Hammuda. The booklet is concluded with the news of arresting Khalil abu Arafeh and Muhammad abu Zaid by the Israeli Occupation Forces.

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May 1 1986

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Ozrail, Samar, "The Adnan Zubaidy Collection", 12 December 2018 - 22 January 2019, the Palestinian Museum Digital Archive.

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0135.02.0095
"The 1st of May Exhibit", a Booklet, the League of Palestinian Artists, May 1986