“We have on this land that which makes life worth living: April’s hesitation, the aroma of bread at dawn…” —Mahmoud Darwish
Culture
VIDEO: The Nakba By Numbers
Israel’s creation resulted in the dispossession of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, hundreds of villages destroyed, and millions of refugees today.
Al Majdal: The Jewish National Fund
al-Majdal is a quarterly magazine of BADIL Resource Center that aims to raise public awareness and support for a just solution to Palestinian residency and refugee issues.
Before Their Diaspora: A Photographic History of the Palestinians 1876-1948
Before Their Diaspora is a visual journey into Palestine before 1948. Every important aspect of Palestinian society comes to life in the nearly 500 photographs, carefully selected from thousands available in private and public collections throughout the world. Descriptive, analytical texts introduce each of the five historical periods into which the book is divided. Carefully… Read More
Jewish National Fund – Colonizing Palestine Since 1901
The goal of this JNF eBook is to show how Israeli settler colonialism and apartheid are served by and depend on the environmental racism and destructiveness of the Jewish National Fund (JNF). The struggle for home, land and justice by Palestinians is understood as inherently connected to struggles around the world against historic and contemporary… Read More
The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story
Stretching over decades, encompassing bombing campaigns, ceasefires and mass exoduses, The Last Earth tells the story of modern Palestine through the memories of those who have survived it.
Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory
Nakba brings to light the different ways in which Palestinians experienced and retain in memory the events of 1948. It is the first book to examine in detail how memories of Palestine’s cataclysmic past are shaped by differences of class, gender, generation, and geographical location. In exploring the power of the past, the authors show… Read More
PHOTO: Palestinians fleeing Jaffa
Palestinian refugees fleeing for their lives (Drawn from the Facing the Nakba Curriculum)
PHOTO: Plan Dalet
The goal of Plan Dalet was to reduce the Palestinian population by expelling residents and destroying Palestinian villages. (Drawn from the Facing the Nakba Curriculum)
PHOTO: Defense Minister Moshe Dayan
Defense Minister Moshe Dayan describing construction of Israeli sites in places where Palestinian villages once stood (Drawn from the Facing the Nakba Curriculum)