So they said
May 16, 2008 | Category: Palestine, Uncategorized
On Nakba day:
- “I am emotional today; you know it being Nakba and the fact that I am PMS’ing.”
On Nakba news coverage:
- “I was watching the news yesterday…and would you be surprised if I told you that Al-Jazeera’s Nakba report was the fourth? Al-Arabiya was like 3rd or so… Doesn’t it show you how much fucking Arabs care?”
Inspired by a conversation about my upcoming Palestine summer vacation, she said:
“Can I say something not to offend or anything….but maybe Palestinians should just leave that land to end the misery and suffering and to save all the innocent lives…even though the land belongs to them…just for the sake of peace…. But I don’t know where would they go then? Maybe other muslim countries, start fresh. Start a new life with better and safe future for kids. Why care about the land when it will only give you pain and so much blood shed! when we know that there is so much support for Israel from the west, and so little for us. Why go through all the pain….and why make the kids go through it too! Just my thoughts…”
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Saad
on May 16th, 2008I read somewhere that the Israeli Foreign Minister said that she would like Palestinians to stop calling it Nakba… that word apparently hurts Israelis’ feelings.
laila
on May 16th, 2008For the friend who is annoyed by al jazeera reporting al nakaba later on the news, they are doing an amazing daily program and more than once through the day called 7aq ya2abaa el nesyan.
i believe this nakabeh 60th year witnessed good awareness and attention. its way better than the last two years. i think 60 is a huge number
mo
on May 17th, 2008actually aljazeera did a great job reporting on nakba .. probably the best out of all channels
al.
on May 18th, 2008Did you get an urge to smack something/(body) when you heard these words? I know I did.
Muhoudi
on May 18th, 2008AlNakbeh is an intrinsic component of the Palestinian identity. It is interesting that at the time of the AlNakbeh, people did not appreciate its historical significance, or did not even know that it was happening. Over the decades, however the notion of the Palestinian has been molded into rock-hard and immortal identity that bests all other national identities in history.
safeena
on May 22nd, 2008Hi all…interesting thoughts…wondering what the word ‘nakba’ means…
Iman
on May 23rd, 2008Hi Safeena,
It means Catastrophe: the expulsion and dispossession of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948.
jamal83a
on June 13th, 2008I’m looking Iman who work at aljazeera