Nakba

it is said that Nakba is the Catastrophe, the catastrophe that fell upon the Palestinian people in 1948 when 531 villages were completely destroyed and about 800 thousand became refugees in neighboring countries.

But is it?

let me divulge my own definition of Nakba:

it is the fact that you have to study in Hebrew to get an academic degree

 Arabic Druze young men serve in the IDF

The siren you hear on every independence day, which is followed bylater in the day with endless fireworks.

you can’t find public transportation on Jewish holidays, and every Saturday

it is being rebuked for wearing the Palestinian Hata on shopping passing a Jewish town

the religious strife

the long procedure an Arab goes through everytime he passes the airport

Nakba didn’t end, Nakba persists to this day. 

 

 

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Writing is my key to free spaces. I write to let things out and to chronicle some, and you're more than welcome to read them.

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