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Many Palestinians
still carry around their neck the key to their homes in Palestine
- homes that they were forced to leave and cannot return to.
Al Nakba is the name Palestinians give to 15th May, 1948 when
the State of Israel established itself on the lands, homes
and lives of the Palestinian people.
Al Nakba translates to "The Catastrophe".
Al Nakba was the moment when the Palestinian people became
a nation of refugees. 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from
their homes and forced to live in refugee camps. Many who
were unable to flee were massacred.
Al Nakba remains in the Palestinian consciousness as the time
when their freedom was stolen and to this day it is yet to
be returned.
Al Nakba is the soil in which many Palestinian stories are
buried, and it is the aspiration of this project 1948 to bring
some of these stories to the surface.
What has kept the Palestinians alive since Al Nakba is the
dream of return to their land. It is their survival and determination
that we also wish to celebrate.
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