README.md

metadata

license: unknown
language:
  - en
tags:
  - Palestine
  - dataset
pretty_name: Palestine
size_categories:
  - 10M<n<100M
configs:
  - config_name: default
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: combined/combined_with_metadata.jsonl

Palestine Dataset 🇵🇸

A curated dataset focused on authentic Palestinian history, narratives and reporting.

Data Sources 📊

• decolonizepalestine.com - Educational content and historical documentation
• electronicintifada.net - Hundreds of articles - news, analysis, and more
• palianswers.com - A crowdsourced database of short responses to Zionist claims
• english.khamenei.ir - Articles related to Palestine
• mondoweiss.net - Hundreds of articles - news, analysis, and more
• stand-with-palestine.org - Interviews and articles
• bdsmovement.net - Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement

Purpose

This dataset aims to preserve and provide access to information about Palestine by collecting content from selected sources that represent Palestinian perspectives and history.

Note on Sources

While this dataset strives to provide quality information from carefully selected sources, users are encouraged to:

• Cross-reference information
• Form their own informed conclusions
• Understand that historical events can have multiple perspectives

Dataset Structure 📁

The repository is organized as follows:

• combined directory:

  • Combined data from all sources in multiple formats:
    • combined.csv and combined.jsonl - Basic combined data
    • combined_with_metadata.csv and combined_with_metadata.jsonl - Combined data with additional metadata
  • texts directory - Individual numbered text files
  • texts_with_metadata directory - Text files with metadata information

• decolonizepalestine, electronicintifada, mondoweiss, palianswers, stand-with-palestine, khamenei-ir-free-palestine-tag, khamenei-ir-palestine-special-page, bdsmovement are the directories for each source:

  • Includes raw texts, CSV and JSONL formats
  • Original website content preserved

Direct download link to combined_with_metadata.jsonl file: combined_with_metadata.jsonl

Contributing 🤝

1. Add New Sources 📚

• Submit trustworthy sources about Palestine through pull requests
• Sources can include news outlets, academic papers, historical archives
• Ensure sources provide authentic Palestinian perspectives
• Include source validation and credibility information

2. Model Training 🤖

• Use this dataset to fine-tune Language Models
• Create specialized models focused on Palestinian history and culture
• Help improve AI understanding of Palestinian narratives
• Share your training results and model performance metrics

3. Custom AI Applications 💡

• Develop custom GPTs using this dataset
• Create educational tools and chatbots
• Build applications that help spread awareness
• Share your applications and use cases with the community

Feel free to start contributing in any of these areas. Together we can help preserve and share Palestinian knowledge and history. 🌟

Contact 📧

• m.gh@linuxmail.org
• mlibrego@gmail.com
• https://github.com/mlibre

How to regenerate the dataset

The dataset is generated using the Clean-Web-Scraper library.

git clone https://github.com/mlibre/Clean-Web-Scraper
cd Clean-Web-Scraper
npm install --ignore-scripts
node example-usage.js

License ⚖️

• unlicense
• Content from source websites remains under their respective original licenses.