Transcribing the vivid details of the account engraved into the fabric of her memory, I am transfixed by all that she’s held onto for 65 years. From paper to pulse, I write the story buried deep in her consciousness to affirm her truth. Without her, it never would be written at all.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 09 April 2013 10:05 )
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1. Nakba is the Arabic word for catastrophe. It is used to describe the Palestinian loss of land and property during the depopulation of Palestine from 1947-1949 and does not refer simply to the declaration of a state of Israel.
As Palestinian leaders prepare to seek UN recognition of statehood in September, there is increasing talk in the US, Israel and elsewhere of disbanding the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, the UN Relief and Works Agency, and handing responsibility for Palestinian refugees to the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).
Last Updated ( Monday, 05 March 2012 11:44 )
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A legal Point of View: Compiled and Written by: Mahmoud Hanfi for the Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) and The Palestinian Organization for Human Rights (Shahid). The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was ratified on the 10th of December 1948. December is also the anniversary of UN Resolution 194, calling for and protection the return of Palestinian refugees. The month is also very special for Palestinians as it marks the establishment of UNRWA in 1949.
Last Updated ( Monday, 19 December 2011 15:18 )
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UNRWA is Unique in its long standing commitment to one group of refugees, and its contributions to the welfare and human development
for four generations of Palestine refugees.
