At the first annual Hebron Festival, an event organized by the Hebron Municipality to celebrate the culture and history of Palestinians in Hebron, students from across the West Bank put on a theatrical performance, telling of life and history in Palestine through a play combined with music and dabke.
Read More »Recollection and memory, Al-Nakba continues
15th May 2015 | Karam (Muhannad) | Ofer military prison, Occupied Palestine The following post is written by the medic that was present on the scene on May 15th 2014, during the killing of Mohammad Odeh and Nadeem Nuwwarah as protesters commemorated ...
Read More »Day of Rage: commemorating Nakba day in Ni’lin
15th May 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al Khalil Team | Ni’lin, Occupied Palestine On Friday 15th May 2015, hundreds of Palestinians from all over the West Bank traveled to Ni’lin for a mass protest commemorating the 1948 Nakba (‘catastrophe’). The local villagers were ...
Read More »Hundreds of unarmed demonstrators confront live fire at Kafr Qaddum on Nakba Day
15th May 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Huwarra Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine Today (15th of May), during the Nakba day demonstration in Kafr Qaddum, four young men were shot with live ammunition in their legs. One of the men got a ...
Read More »South African students protest against Woolworths
15th May 2015 | Congress of South African Students | Welkom (Free State), South Africa On Nakba Day more than 10 000 South African School Learners March Against Woolworths over Israel Trade. More than 10 000 South African school learners protested earlier today ...
Read More »Photo story: Palestinians protest the deaths of two martyrs
17th May 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Ofer, Occupied Palestine On the 16th May, Palestinians protest on the road to Ofer prison, following the murder of two Palestinian youths on the same road on the previous day during the Nakba ...
Read More »Nakba Day demonstration in Al Walaja: “Al Walaja is one of the symbols of the past and present displacement”
16th May 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Al Walaja, Occupied Palestine Yesterday 15th May, villages from Al Walaja marched for their right of return, on a day marking the 66th anniversary of the Nakba (catastrophe in Arabic). The ...
Read More »Two more martyrs as the Nakba continues
16th May 2014 | International Women’s Peace Service | Occupied Palestine In commemoration of the 66th annual Nakba day, hundreds of Palestinian youth from the Ramallah district moved against Israeli soldiers outside of Ofer prison in Beitunya. Soldiers retaliated with tear gas, live ...
Read More »Gaza researchers determined to record Nakba generation before time runs out
28th October 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine Tucked into a quiet basement suite in the main building of the immaculate Islamic University of Gaza campus, the Oral History Center could at first be mistaken for a ...
Read More »New women’s center hosts educational Nakba commemoration event
17th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement | Asira Al-Qibliyyah, Occupied Palestine Team Nablus A new women’s center in Asira Al-Qibliyyah hosted an event for women and children in commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the Nakba, or “catastrophe.” Local ...
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