The Nakba in photos

The Nakba in photos
IMEU, May 11, 2007

On May 15, 2007, Palestinians worldwide will mark the 59th anniversary of the Nakba (Catastrophe). On this occasion, the IMEU presents these photos of both historical and current images of Palestinian refugees.

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A Palestinian family piles into a truck, becoming part of the Nakba in 1948. (UNWRA) (top)

A Palestinian child receives food at the Souf refugee camp in Jordan in 1967. (UNWRA) (top)

A Palestinian woman, living in the Bourj El Barajneh Camp in Beirut, Lebanon, holds her ID card. (Rania Matar) (top)

104-year-old refugee Haseba Mahmud Ma'alim with her grandchildren in the Al-Amaree refugee camp in Ramallah. Haseba lost two children during the Nakba. (Mushir Abdelrahman, Maan Images) (top)

Nasser Flaifel carries his handmade "key of return" ornamented with the names of Palestinian cities. (Sami Abu Salem, WAFA) (top)

Dalal, a 22-year-old Palestinian refugee in the Burj Al-Shemali camp in Lebanon. (Mia Grondahl, UNWRA) (top)

A Palestinian child eats some bread while playing in the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza. (Hatem Omar, Maan Images) (top)

Palestinian children play in the Balata refugee camp near Nablus. The camp's 22,000 residents live on one square kilometer. (Ala', age 14, PictureBalata.net) (top)

Nora Amod, a student at UNRWA's Beach Elementary School in the Shati refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. (UNRWA) (top)

Children play in a windowsill in the Balata refugee camp, near Nablus. (Safaa, age 12, PictureBalata.net) (top)

Two Palestinian boys smile for the camera in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the West Bank. (Lisa Nessan) (top)

A Palestinian boy in the Balata refugee camp outside Nablus in the West Bank. (Safaa, age 12, PictureBalata.net) (top)

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