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BFA is the largest collection of original documents belonging to a single Palestinian family and the living memory of Mahrous Bseiso, chronicling Palestinian life from 1906-1977.

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This archive is a unique repository of important family materials that illuminate important aspects of the history of Palestine. I would recommend it to students, researchers, and historians.

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Rashid Khalidi

Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies

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This archive is a unique repository of important family materials that illuminate important aspects of the history of Palestine. I would recommend it to students, researchers, and historians.

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Rashid Khalidi

Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies

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Archive

Archive

Excerpts around the law, people, and places of historic Palestine contextualize our collection.

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Documents

Explore Mahrous Bseiso's vision through land he owned, worked, and developed for the Beersheba community in Palestine.

Stories

Stories

Read about Palestinian culture, art, and daily life.

October 8th Short Film - Shak Mustafa

This short film tells the story of a painful, raw journey through the war on Gaza, each song like a chapter of grief and resistance. Soulless captures the brutal beginning, the first 30 days of the invasion, where war machines tore through neighborhoods, turning homes to rubble and leaving families with nothing but smoke and silence. Burn Me Alive digs deeper into that pain, showing the shattered families. Depicting parents holding lifeless children, children watching their worlds collapse, and people being burned and tortured while the world looks the other way. The heartbreak and torture continue with Orphans of War, a painful reflection on the children left without parents and the parents left without children: empty beds, dust-covered toys, and silent echoes of lives stolen too soon. Then there's Mass Graves, confronting the grim aftermath of the rising death toll and discovering the bodies hidden beneath hospitals and the families who never got the chance to say goodbye. Finally, Roots is about returning to what's left of home, standing among the ruins but still feeling something alive beneath the surface. It's a reminder that even when everything seems destroyed, the roots of Palestine remain strong. These songs depict the torture and despair that millions of Palestinians are going through. But they also carry hope, the quiet but powerful belief that no matter how much is taken, the spirit of the people and the land will never be erased.

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News

News

Elevating official UN statements and other milestone events for BFA along our journey for justice

Massive Trove of Pre-1948 Palestinian Land Ownership Documents to Be Unveiled at National Press Club

At our launch event in Washington, DC, Ammon News took a closer look at what the Bseiso Family Archive represents — a collection of land records that offers a window into a history often ignored or erased. Through personal stories, legal testimony, and historical context, the article shows how this archive helps reclaim a narrative of belonging, loss, and resilience.

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Media

Media

Listen to interviews, original compositions, and other contributions from the Bseiso family and community

May 15th - From Landowner to Refugee

May 15th - From Landowner to Refugee

Burn Me Alive - Shak Mustafa

Burn Me Alive - Shak Mustafa

Executions and Mass Graves in Tantura

Executions and Mass Graves in Tantura

Shouting at the Wall - Mc Abdul

Shouting at the Wall - Mc Abdul

Khabib Praises Ireland for Supporting Palestine

Khabib Praises Ireland for Supporting Palestine

Deira - Saint Levant

Deira - Saint Levant

Wake Up - Llunr

Wake Up - Llunr

Palestinian Embroidery

Palestinian Embroidery

A Cry For God

A Cry For God

Desert Swan

Desert Swan

A Palestinian Life

A Palestinian Life

The Story of Khalid Ibn Al-Walid: The Sword of Allah

The Story of Khalid Ibn Al-Walid: The Sword of Allah

Palestinian Soap

Palestinian Soap

Ancestry

The Bseiso Family Legacy, Introduction to Ancestry

Learn about the origins of the Bseiso family name, a branch of the noble Kayali family.