Sophie Halaby

After graduating, she worked for the British Mandate government and participated in Jerusalem's thriving arts and literary scene with friends including George Aleef.

During this period she taught at a girl's college and published political cartoons critiquing British policies including the Balfour Declaration, and the premise that Palestine was a land without an existing population.

Eventually, she and her sister Asia found a permanent home on Nur Eddein Street in Wadi al-Joz, where they lived together until their deaths.

"[5] Halaby's watercolours depict the landscape surrounding Jerusalem without the usual focus on religious sites or orientalist panoramas of the city.

"[1] Tania Tamari Nasser, a writer and singer, has described how “Halaby's glowing color and her treatment of the wild flowers of Palestine inspired" her and her friends in their youth.