Al-Nakba Awareness Week

The first episode of the Chronicles of a Refugee series, “The Nakba Dailies,” recounts the events of 1947-48 in Palestine as experienced by those who lived them.

Gaza activist/reporter Ken O'Keefe and Wael Elasady from SUPER. Salem-News.com photo by Dexter Phoenix.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Every year Palestinians commemorate the Nakba ("the catastrophe"): the expulsion and dispossession of hundreds of thousands Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948.

In 1948 more than 60 percent of the total Palestinian population was expelled.

More than 530 Palestinian villages were depopulated and completely destroyed.

In violation of International Law, Israel continues to prevent the return of those Palestinian refugees to their homes or villages.

HIP HOP AND POETRY FOR PALESTINE
Thursday, May 19 at 12pm in the Park Blocks

CHRONICLES OF A REFUGEE: THE NAKBA DAILIES
Film screening and discussion with Palestinians from the
Portland community. Friday, May 20 at 5pm in SMSU Room 298
Food and Beverages before movie

The first episode of the Chronicles of a Refugee series is called “The Nakba Dailies.”

It recounts the events of 1947-48 in Palestine as experienced by those who lived them.

From Palestinians who were adults with children to those who were young children at the time; from rural peasants to urban elites; and from the politically engaged to the average citizen, this film explores how the Nakba was experienced throughout Palestine and how the Palestinian refugee issue was created.

The Third Intifada is now underway in Palestine. It is time to support those most oppressed and denied their basic freedoms, as defined by the UN Declaration of Human Rights

SPONSORED BY:
STUDENTS UNITED FOR PALESTINIAN EQUAL RIGHTS