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Nakba Day

The Nakba Day Triumph: How the UN Is Correcting a Historical Wrong

December 14, 2022

The next Nakba Day will be officially commemorated by the United Nations General Assembly on May 15, 2023. The decision by the world’s largest democratic institution is significant, if not a game changer. For nearly […]

UN General Assembly Adopts Resolution Commemorating Nakba Day

December 2, 2022

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Wednesday to mark Nakba Day, which commemorates the forced expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their lands in 1948, The New Arab reported. 90 states […]

Right of Return: Nakba is Back on Palestinian Agenda

May 25, 2022

The Nakba is back on the Palestinian agenda. For nearly three decades, Palestinians were told that the Nakba – or Catastrophe – is a thing of the past. That real peace requires compromises and sacrifices, […]

The Nakba Doesn’t Disappear Down Under

May 20, 2022

New Zealand reminds me of Canada. And I regret I don’t mean that as a compliment. The two countries have a dearth of Palestinian voices in mainstream media. I started thinking more of this unadmirable […]

In Photos: Palestinians Rally for the Right of Return in Gaza

May 16, 2022

Thousands of Palestinians throughout the besieged Gaza Strip continued to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba.  Palestinians mark May 15 of every year as Nakba Day, a reference to the destruction of historic […]

Dozens of Palestinians Wounded in Israeli Crackdown on Nakba Demonstrations

May 16, 2022

Israeli occupation forces on Sunday cracked down on demonstrations that commemorated the 74th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, wounding scores of protesters, Arab48 reported. According to the news […]

Thousands of Palestinians Mark 74th Anniversary of the Nakba

May 15, 2022

Thousands of Palestinians marked today the 74thanniversary of the Nakba of 1948 when approximately 800,000 Palestinians were ethnically cleansed from their homes in historic Palestine by invading Zionist militias. In Ramallah, in the center of the […]

This is Palestine: Gazans Commemorate Right of Return by Celebrating Their History, Culture (PHOTOS)

May 14, 2022

Palestinians in Gaza are commemorating the 74th anniversary of the Nakba, the ‘Catastrophic’ destruction of the Palestinian homeland, which led to the creation of the State of Israel.  The National Festival is one of many […]

‘Our Nakba and Their Independence’: On the Problem with the Zionists’ Version of Two Narratives

May 5, 2022

“Israelis celebrate their Independence Day,” Dareen Tatour explains, “but it comes with celebrating the suffering of our ancestors, the displacement of our people and the memory of massacres perpetrated against us over the years.” A […]

On Memory, Resistance, and Nakba Day 2021

May 10, 2021

In “Invention, Memory, and Place,” the late Edward Said reflects on the question of collective memory: what is remembered, how, and in what form? On Nakba Day, May 15, 2021, it is fitting to contemplate […]

Why Israel Fears the Nakba: How Memory Became Palestine’s Greatest Weapon

May 20, 2020

On May 15, thousands of Palestinians in Occupied Palestine and throughout the ‘shatat’, or diaspora, participated in the commemoration of Nakba Day, the one event that unites all Palestinians, regardless of their political differences or backgrounds. […]

How We Became Refugees: The Day My Grandfather Lost His Village in Palestine

May 15, 2020

Starting on March 27, 1948, a beautiful, small Palestinian village called Beit Daras, came under Zionist militias attacks. With little means – a few old rifles and kitchen knives – the Badrasawis fought back, repelling […]

Palestinians Take to Social Media, Digital Initiatives to Mark Nakba Day (VIDEO)

May 15, 2020

Demonstrations across Palestinian cities and towns to commemorate the Nakba have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic this year. Instead, Palestinian activists took to social media to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the Nakba, […]

My Beit Daras, My Nakba: Two Palestinian Intellectuals Reminiscing about Their Destroyed Village (VIDEO)

May 15, 2020

Dr. Ghada Ageel and Dr. Ramzy Baroud have more in common than their scholarly research on Palestinian history and politics. They are both refugees, and the direct descendants of Palestinian refugees who have been expelled […]

Pilgrimage to Palestine: A New Form of Resistance

May 14, 2020

Last August, the voice came loud through the phone line, “We made it, mom. We are home. We are in Gaza.”  It was one of the most pleasant pieces of news I have heard in […]

From Turtle Island to Palestine al-Nakba al-Mustamera is Ongoing

May 14, 2020

In Louise Erdrich’s latest novel, a fictionalized version of her Chippewa grandfather’s struggle for his people, the night watchman, of the title’s name (The Night Watchman 2020), battles against House Concurrent Resolution 108 (HCCR), a […]

Arabs, UN Must Move to Swiftly Protect the Status of Palestinian Refugees

May 13, 2020

‘Heinous racism,’ is how the Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor described a recent decision by Lebanese authorities to bar Palestinian refugee expats from returning to Lebanon. Lebanon’s restrictions on its ever-diminishing population of Palestinian refugees is nothing […]

The PA’s Disengagement Rhetoric is Farcical

November 8, 2019

The Palestinian Authority’s promotion of its disengagement from Israel’s military occupation is mostly diplomatic jargon tied yet again to the two-state compromise. Whatever inference to resistance Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh may impart, the underlying reality […]

Stories from the Homeland – A Palestinian Film by Zarefah Baroud (VIDEO)

May 15, 2019

Palestinian-American young filmmaker, Zarefah Baroud talks to her aunt in Gaza, Dr. Suma Baroud and her father, Palestinian author and journalist, Dr. Ramzy Baroud about the Nakba, growing up in a refugee camp and their […]

50 Palestinians Injured as Protesters in Gaza Mark Nakba Day

May 15, 2019

Nearly 50 Palestinians in Gaza were injured by Israeli gunfire while taking part in peaceful protests to commemorate 71 years since the Nakba. The spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf Al-Qudra, […]

On Nakba Day, Global Coalition Launches Campaign to Deactivate Airbnb (VIDEO)

May 15, 2019

A global coalition launched today a campaign against the international home-renting company, Airbnb, for reversing its decision to delist properties in illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, according to a press […]

Nakba Day: Clashes Erupt as Palestinians Mark 71st Anniversary of ‘Catastrophe’ (VIDEO)

May 15, 2019

Clashes have erupted as Palestinians marked the 71st anniversary of Nakba Day with demonstrations and marches across the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, putting Israel on edge amid Eurovision song contest festivities.  The […]

Amnesty International Slams Israel’s Refusal to Grant Palestinian Return

May 15, 2019

Israel’s refusal to grant Palestinian refugees the right to return has fuelled seven decades of suffering, international rights group Amnesty International said in a statement released today. Marking Nakba Day, when Palestinians remember the ethnic cleansing conducted by […]

Gaza Artists Recreate Palestinian Memories on the Beach (PHOTOS)

May 9, 2019

Every day at the Gaza Corniche, many refugees come from all over the besieged Gaza Strip to sit on chairs that carry the names of towns and villages from which they were expelled in 1947-48. […]

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