Legacy
Khalil Sakakini's published work includes educational treatises, poetry collections, literary, philosophical and political essays, and a diary. A street and a school in Jerusalem are named after him, as well as the Jezzar Pasha Mosque's library in Acre and a street in Cairo. His papers are now at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is buried at the Mar Gerges Cemetery in Cairo.
In 2001, the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center successfully petitioned the municipality of Ramallah to rename the main thoroughfare nearest the centre after Khalil Sakakini. The same year, the centre began editing and publishing the diary of Khalil Sakakini, which he kept from 1907 to 1952. The first volume of the projected eight came out in 2003. The same year, Sakakini's heirs bequeathed the centre his valuable papers, books, and personal effects. They are currently displayed in the foyer.
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