Sabra and Shatila

The Nakba

Apr 16, 2026

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in Live-screened genocide, Mandate Palestine, Sabra and Shatila, The Nakba

I spoke to Palestinians who still hold the keys to homes they fled decades ago

Apr 4, 2026

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in Lebanon, Mandate Palestine, Right of Return, Sabra and Shatila

Most of them were convinced – or thought they knew – that they would come back after a week or two and re-open those front doors, and walk back into the houses many had owned for generations Robert Fisk Thursday 28 June 2018 Keys must always be the symbol of the Palestinian “Nakba” – the…

Hanthala

Apr 4, 2026

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in 1980s, Lebanon, Right of Return, Sabra and Shatila

Naji al-Ali 1936–1987 Naji al-Ali, creator of “Hanthala’ in c. 1969, was born in al-Jalil (Galilee), Palestine, in the village of al-Shajara. When the Nakba (catastrophe) struck in 1948, al-Ali became a refugee, along with the vast majority of Palestinians, growing up in the south Lebanese refugee camp of Ain al-Helweh. In 1961, Palestinian writer and political…