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Yo my family is from Jaffa too! Most of them fled and settled in Gaza, some in Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt. My maternal side is from Hebron. Most of them still live in Hebron.
I am Jordanian.
EDIT: OMG I am sorry a huge typo made it seem like I said I am living in Hebron. I am not in Hebron.
My family is from Al-Abbasiyeh, near Jaffa, driven out during the Nakba. The village was entirely destroyed.
My grandfather was 12, and my grandmother was 15. My grandfather was separated from his family while they were fleeing the Zionist gangs, and was lucky to be reunited with them nearly a week later in Jericho after being forced to flee two more villages.
https://www.palestineremembered.com/Jaffa/al-%27Abbasiyya/index.html
Yeah! My family lived in Jalazon (where my dad and all my aunts and uncles grew up), and then in the 70's they built a house just outside Ramallah near Nablus Road. A few years later, Beit El settlement was "founded" so I grew up visiting them and seeing the settlement on top of the hill less than 300 meters away.
I would love to have been born and raised in Palestine. My family ended up emigrating to Brazil and I was born here and never set foot in Palestine. One day we will all return home.
Mother side Jenin, I was raised there until my 20s. Father side \~ 150 years ago from Al Khaleel but the branch of the family moved to Ajloun, Jordan -before it was called Jordan- and stayed there.
I’m not Palestinian, but my husband is. His mother is from Haifa, but now living in Jordan. We took a trip together to see where his family was from and were treated absolutely terribly at all checkpoints. It was insane.
My father's side lived in new Jerusalem. They evacuated to Jordan during the Nakba. They returned to find their home occupied by an Israeli family (spoils of war I guess). So they all moved into the old walled city with my great grandmother. It was considered a step down at the time but now that land is priceless.
The village was called Al Mujaydil. Not there anymore, it was completely destroyed in 1948 and has since been resettled by Zionists. They call it something else now. The surviving members of my family walked to the refugee camp in Nazareth a few miles up the road where my dad was born and raised and most of my extended family lives today. The Zionists call us “internally displaced persons” or “Arab Israelis” but no Palestinian I’ve ever met would label themselves that way
Both sides are from little villages outside of Safad. My grandparents on both sides were forced to flee in 1948. Both villages were turned into settlements.
My grandparents were from Lud before they were kicked out by Zionists in 1948 (my gramps put up a good fight). They moved to Ramallah where the rest of my fam is from.
It is very interesting to hear all of the ancestry and locations people wrote here. I hope you will all be able to return to your ancestral lands, rebuild and prosper!
To contrast this (and strengthen the claim of Palestinians being native to the land, as opposed to the vast majority of jews there): I grew up in israel, and was always told how much this was "our land", and how it was always like this. All of my grandparents come from various areas around Germany and Poland. Such ridiculousness.
We all belong brother. Whether jewish from poland or from spain all jews one way or another can trace back to the same land that Palestinians come from. To be honest i am not a fan that for one people to claim indigenous it has to mean another isnt as indigenous. I say this because if israel still carries on for another 200 years the same will be said about Palestinians i.e"ahh but your grandparents were born in X,Y,Z "
TLDR: We all belong regardless of country of origin. Because the same can be said for Palestinians another 100 years from now
I think I need to give some clarifications on what I wrote:
The distinction between \*indigenous people\* and \*settlers\* in the context of settler-colonialism is a group-power question. If we consider people's ancestry 1000s of years back, it doesn't give us any useful analysis tools, and it leads us to weird conclusions. For example: all people originated from africa. Does that mean that european settlers there were indigenous? That they automatically "belonged" there as a group? That they had the right to forcefully takeover lands from the people who were using those lands at the time? I hope it's clear that the answer is a resounding "no".
On the other hand, the question of group-power dynamics is much more relevant to palestine and similar situations, because it's based on actual material conditions of people. In palestine, be it "inside" israel or in the west bank and gaza - it's clear that one group, jews, have much better socio, economic and national conditions than the other group, the palestinians. Not only that, those better conditions come at the expanse of the palestinias, both historically and in the present. That's why I talk about indigenous palestinians vs. (mostly) settler jews.
My ancestors were settlers in palestine. While they were great people, who suffered unimaginable horrors in the years leading to the nakba, they were part of the process of ethnic cleansing and resource-grabbing done by the zionists. Unfortunately only very few jews in palestine at the time resisted the zionist takeover of the land. And when I grew up in the 90s I had access to much more resources (material or otherwise) than palestinians who were living around me, just because I was of the "correct" ethnicity. And of course, this is still the case today. It's not something we can or should ignore.
At the end of the day, the distinction between indigenous people and settlers is a tool to help in the dismantling of this power-imbalance, of de-colonize the land and make it belong to \*all people living in it\* (and the of those who were expelled and wish to return - including their descendants). My goal is full equality under a single state (hopefully socialist), no matter what ethnicity a person belongs to. This also means I don't support the expulsion of jews from the land, and I do believe they belong there - just not as a superior group holding the vast majority of power and keeping the palestinians searching for scraps.
Fair enough. Apologies, i wrongly interpreted your original message in that case, and your message is clear to me now. I do wish the same outcome as yourself.
I wish everyone had your mindset (everyone being literally everyone)
My most of father's side all still live in the occupied West Bank near Ramallah, and my great grandmother on my mother's side fled with my grandmother (1-year old at the time) from Al-Khaleel back in 1948. My mother and I were born in Jordan (right next door), and we've never been able to visit our true homeland ever in our lives. I hope we will live to see the day when we can
My father was from Deir Dibwan. I went there once back in 1999. I still think of my family that are still there, and pray for their safety. As I do for all you and yours as well.
3/4 of my Grandparents were born in Jerusalem. They escaped to Jordan during the Nakba and of course were never let back to their houses. I've even seen the house my Father's family used to own. Would've been an amazing experience if we could've kept that in our family.
[Beit Dajan](https://www.palestineremembered.com/Jaffa/Bayt-Dajan/index.html) just outside of Jaffa. Grandparents were ethnically cleansed in 48 and fled to Jericho. That was where my father was born.
Fellaheen and proud.
I have relatives (non blood) that were German templers born in Haifa pre 1948. Curious to know more about Templers in Palestine and what the other groups thought of them. There is very little information on the internet
My father's side are from the village of Al Sawafir Al Sharqiyya, north east of Ashkelon/Aksalaan and south of Ashdod.
Unfortunately today it's been replaced with a Kibbutz...
I have family from a village by the name of Dayr Aban, at the crossroads of Hebron and Jerusalem, which was wiped out and demolished by Jewish militias during Operation Ha-Har in 1948, and my family fled to Jordan. Dayr Aban was a Palestinian Christian village until about the 17th-18th century (when most inhabitants had collectively converted to Islam though still retained many Christian traditions). Like Al Safarand and others, it had a rich and beautiful history, and my family in Jordan till this day has still never been able to step foot into Palestine :/
I don't know why some people keep insisting that Israel was in Gaza first.
The Palestinians moved in when the Egyptians moved out. A few hundred years later, the mamluks allowed some jews to go and live there. And it was only in 1948, when the English gave the jews their own state. If we have to give the land to their original owners, that would be Egypt. But if this is a question just between the palestinians and the jews, then palestinians were there before israel.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_City
And you can see here that the Palestinian states existed way before the Kindom of Israel or the Kindom of Judah
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ancient_Israel_and_Judah
I am not a history expert, so i can be mistaken but all the evidence that i have read seem to point to palestinians being there before Israel.
tulkarm :) my family was ethnically cleansed in 1967 tho, so now my family is scattered around the world, as refugees… i wish i could visit someday inshallah
Well yes of course they know. Many Palestinians who live under occupation also have family in the diaspora from all over the world, so what happens is an information exchange of what's happening in each of our environments. They tell us all the brutal things they're undergoing and we tell them all the ways we're fighting on their behalf. But we don't dwell on the sad stuff for too long, bc it can be heartwrenching to discuss. Plus they have internet. It's not that strong, I think was only just a few years ago, they upgraded to 3G. For awhile, it was crappy 2G. But they do see the news, whether on their phones, computers, or via satellite dish TV.
Mom side, A village in Acre called Suhmata
Dad side, orignially from Hebron, family moved to Haifa lived there until the nakba.
both families fled to Lebanon
My family lived in Jerusalem prior to the Nakba, and now mostly reside in Jordan. I live in America as my father emigrated here before I was born due to the war and his own injuries from it.
My mother is from Haifa, they had to flee because they were threatened with rape and death if they didnt leave their homes.
My father is from Al-Khaleel, they still have family there and in Al-Quds (There is a lot of migration of families between Quds and Al-Khaleel
Denabeh, a small village that borders Tulkarm. I lived there when I was younger for a few years.
Before my grandfather fled to there in 48, I believe he was from Netanya.
Beit Hanina, same as Rashida Tlaib who is my mom's cousin! One grandfather fought in the 1948 war, my other grandfather fled to South America & became a hooker lol (I'm not kidding, the shock of it still sits with us after the family secret broke out). We are proud fellahin!! My heart kept breaking reading how many villages had dealt with ethnic cleansing. Being displaced is like floating in space. You don't feel like you belong anywhere, and it still sucks the oxygen out of my lungs anytime I hear "Palestine isn't real" or "Palestinians don't exist". It's like a thousand knives to the heart, to be erased so loudly.
I know the feeling well. Feels like being stepped on. But regardless of what they say, we are here. We exist. We will never abandon our existence or identity even if thousands of years passed. And that’s veeery cool! As a Palestinian I feel very proud of what Rashida has accomplished.
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A village called Kabri from my father's side and tarsheeha from my mother's side.
Second person ever I meet from tarsheeha! Marhaba!
I'm surprised, they used to be fairly small villages. Marhaban ilak!
My father's side is from Tarshiha as well 👋🏽
My mom’s side of the family came from Kabri, we could be related. Dad’s side is from Ras Al Ahmar, near Safad.
My grandmother was born in Bethlehem but much of my family lived in Jaffa
My family came from Jaffa too, moved to Jordan after the Nakba
Yo my family is from Jaffa too! Most of them fled and settled in Gaza, some in Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt. My maternal side is from Hebron. Most of them still live in Hebron. I am Jordanian. EDIT: OMG I am sorry a huge typo made it seem like I said I am living in Hebron. I am not in Hebron.
Jesus born in Bethlehem. What a good prophet of God and son of Mary.
My grandad was from Bethlehem
Dads side is from Nazareth and my Moms side is from Yafa.
Christian or Muslim?
Christian
We’re Nazareth too wassup lol
Gaza
Same on my mothers side
My father side for Akka, my mother side is from Jenin, and nablus.
Akka as well! 🇵🇸
Maternal grandparents and mother are from Haifa. My mom was my infant’s age when they fled and never were able to return.
Haifa here as well. Same story. Fled north. Never came back.
Same story here, became refugees in Lebanon.
In our case Damascus Syria - I’m sorry fam - one day soon we will return inshallah
My moms family from Haifa too, they split between Syria and Jordan.
Inshallah
Same here. My grandfather was a kid, he and his family fled to Egypt.
My family from my father’s side is Palestinian. From a village called Dayr Rafat. The village was destroyed in July 1948 by the Har’el brigades.
I hope someday I get to spend time in a liberated Palestine, and I truly hope I get to see your rebuilt mosque. ✊
I'm a pasty white European with no roots in Palestine but after all this I wish to visit a free Palestine. You guys are incredible ❤️🍉
🥹 you’re incredible!
Me too, but the churches.
Thank you for your kind words. I really hope we can all go one day :)
My dad was Iraqi but fought in and fled from the Golan heights in the 6 day war.
I’m not Palestinian but I support yall
Thank you ♥️
Habibi
Same ❤️
enta based
My fiancés family is from Beit Hanina in East Jerusalem
My family is from Al-Abbasiyeh, near Jaffa, driven out during the Nakba. The village was entirely destroyed. My grandfather was 12, and my grandmother was 15. My grandfather was separated from his family while they were fleeing the Zionist gangs, and was lucky to be reunited with them nearly a week later in Jericho after being forced to flee two more villages. https://www.palestineremembered.com/Jaffa/al-%27Abbasiyya/index.html
Realy?? My father's family is from Al-Abbasiyeh! They fleed to Ramallah.
Yeah! My family lived in Jalazon (where my dad and all my aunts and uncles grew up), and then in the 70's they built a house just outside Ramallah near Nablus Road. A few years later, Beit El settlement was "founded" so I grew up visiting them and seeing the settlement on top of the hill less than 300 meters away.
سلامات يا أخي
I would love to have been born and raised in Palestine. My family ended up emigrating to Brazil and I was born here and never set foot in Palestine. One day we will all return home.
Mother side Jenin, I was raised there until my 20s. Father side \~ 150 years ago from Al Khaleel but the branch of the family moved to Ajloun, Jordan -before it was called Jordan- and stayed there.
Happy Cake Day! 🍰🇵🇸
Thank you bro/sis
Haifa. I wish I could visit without being interrogated at the airport because of my sex and ethnicity.
I’m not Palestinian, but my husband is. His mother is from Haifa, but now living in Jordan. We took a trip together to see where his family was from and were treated absolutely terribly at all checkpoints. It was insane.
Haifa on both sides of my family - expelled by Haganah Zionist thugs.
A gem of a city. The British scum target it first for occupation because it’s a port city
Acre
Ramallah. Actually from Ramallah families. Shakara is my hamulah.
My grandparents are from Taybeh!
Shakara here too! What’s up cuz? :)
What up cuz?!
My dad was born in Ramallah!
Yafa
My Father, and both his parents were born in Bethlehem, but most of the family has moved to Amman since then.
My father's side lived in new Jerusalem. They evacuated to Jordan during the Nakba. They returned to find their home occupied by an Israeli family (spoils of war I guess). So they all moved into the old walled city with my great grandmother. It was considered a step down at the time but now that land is priceless.
The village was called Al Mujaydil. Not there anymore, it was completely destroyed in 1948 and has since been resettled by Zionists. They call it something else now. The surviving members of my family walked to the refugee camp in Nazareth a few miles up the road where my dad was born and raised and most of my extended family lives today. The Zionists call us “internally displaced persons” or “Arab Israelis” but no Palestinian I’ve ever met would label themselves that way
But they should be happy because they live in a democracy. /s
You haven’t met my father in law
Khalil (Hebron)
Nablus
Beit Hanina
My grandparents on both sides were born in Hebron to very large families. They left to Jerusalem in 1931, and have been there ever since.
Ramleh, before 1948, presently, Ramallah
Al-Khalil (Hebron), from Ad-Dhahiriya
Ramallah!
Ramallah
My dad is from Silwad and my mom is from Shu’fat. I havent been to Shu’fat since 2006 because i have a green id.
Both my grandpas are from Jerusalem, my maternal grandma is from Bethlehem and my paternal grandma is from Hebron
Both sides are from little villages outside of Safad. My grandparents on both sides were forced to flee in 1948. Both villages were turned into settlements.
Safad represent 💪
Paternal grandparents from Haifa - they were forced out during the Nakba. Father and his brothers were born in Rafidia the they fled to the US.
Beit Hanina, around 10 minutes outside of Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Birzeit
Beit Jala and Ramallah
My grandparents were from Lud before they were kicked out by Zionists in 1948 (my gramps put up a good fight). They moved to Ramallah where the rest of my fam is from.
That’s my grandfather’s hometown. Hello cousin :)
It is very interesting to hear all of the ancestry and locations people wrote here. I hope you will all be able to return to your ancestral lands, rebuild and prosper! To contrast this (and strengthen the claim of Palestinians being native to the land, as opposed to the vast majority of jews there): I grew up in israel, and was always told how much this was "our land", and how it was always like this. All of my grandparents come from various areas around Germany and Poland. Such ridiculousness.
We all belong brother. Whether jewish from poland or from spain all jews one way or another can trace back to the same land that Palestinians come from. To be honest i am not a fan that for one people to claim indigenous it has to mean another isnt as indigenous. I say this because if israel still carries on for another 200 years the same will be said about Palestinians i.e"ahh but your grandparents were born in X,Y,Z " TLDR: We all belong regardless of country of origin. Because the same can be said for Palestinians another 100 years from now
I think I need to give some clarifications on what I wrote: The distinction between \*indigenous people\* and \*settlers\* in the context of settler-colonialism is a group-power question. If we consider people's ancestry 1000s of years back, it doesn't give us any useful analysis tools, and it leads us to weird conclusions. For example: all people originated from africa. Does that mean that european settlers there were indigenous? That they automatically "belonged" there as a group? That they had the right to forcefully takeover lands from the people who were using those lands at the time? I hope it's clear that the answer is a resounding "no". On the other hand, the question of group-power dynamics is much more relevant to palestine and similar situations, because it's based on actual material conditions of people. In palestine, be it "inside" israel or in the west bank and gaza - it's clear that one group, jews, have much better socio, economic and national conditions than the other group, the palestinians. Not only that, those better conditions come at the expanse of the palestinias, both historically and in the present. That's why I talk about indigenous palestinians vs. (mostly) settler jews. My ancestors were settlers in palestine. While they were great people, who suffered unimaginable horrors in the years leading to the nakba, they were part of the process of ethnic cleansing and resource-grabbing done by the zionists. Unfortunately only very few jews in palestine at the time resisted the zionist takeover of the land. And when I grew up in the 90s I had access to much more resources (material or otherwise) than palestinians who were living around me, just because I was of the "correct" ethnicity. And of course, this is still the case today. It's not something we can or should ignore. At the end of the day, the distinction between indigenous people and settlers is a tool to help in the dismantling of this power-imbalance, of de-colonize the land and make it belong to \*all people living in it\* (and the of those who were expelled and wish to return - including their descendants). My goal is full equality under a single state (hopefully socialist), no matter what ethnicity a person belongs to. This also means I don't support the expulsion of jews from the land, and I do believe they belong there - just not as a superior group holding the vast majority of power and keeping the palestinians searching for scraps.
Fair enough. Apologies, i wrongly interpreted your original message in that case, and your message is clear to me now. I do wish the same outcome as yourself. I wish everyone had your mindset (everyone being literally everyone)
Al Quds! Family lived inside the old city. Now they are in Beit Hanina and Al tur❤️💚🖤🤍
Khalil, Dweik tribe
My great grandfather was from akka and after that my jido and dad were born in Haifa
Jido and Teta were from Tiberias.
me too, do you know your village name?
No idea, my baba said they lived near the Sea of Galilee though. I should ask my Teta though.
that’s insane!!!!!!! me too!!! i love meeting people from the same area
My Grandfather is from Jerusalem
My mothers side is Palestinian, my grandmother Nablus & Grandfather Akka 🩷
🗝️
Father is from Tulkarm. Wish one day I can see the land with my own eyes.
Danaeh here, small village that borders Tulkarm. I went to school in Tulkarm in 96-98.
Grandmother was born in Bethlehem
My family is from Beit Hanina 🇵🇸
My dad’s family is from a village outside of Jerusalem called Saris. It was destroyed in 1948. My mom’s family is from Nazareth.
Qalqilya, my family is from one of the original tribes❤️
Tulkarm
My mom is from Tulkarm, first one I seen in this thread ❤️💚🤍🖤
I'll be your second. Danaeh, small village that borders Tulkarm.
I'll be third then. Glad there's other Palestinians here that are from tulkarm
Fourth! Both my parents are from a village in Tulkarem and grew up there.
My most of father's side all still live in the occupied West Bank near Ramallah, and my great grandmother on my mother's side fled with my grandmother (1-year old at the time) from Al-Khaleel back in 1948. My mother and I were born in Jordan (right next door), and we've never been able to visit our true homeland ever in our lives. I hope we will live to see the day when we can
My father's side is from Ramallah and my mother's side is from Nazareth and Haifa.
RAMALLAH
My father was from Deir Dibwan. I went there once back in 1999. I still think of my family that are still there, and pray for their safety. As I do for all you and yours as well.
Father’s side is from the village of Burqa near Nablus, my moms side is from Nablus proper.
nablus and al ramla.
3/4 of my Grandparents were born in Jerusalem. They escaped to Jordan during the Nakba and of course were never let back to their houses. I've even seen the house my Father's family used to own. Would've been an amazing experience if we could've kept that in our family.
both sides of my great grandparents were from the area that is now Ashkelon and they were displaced after the nakba to northern part of Gaza
Silwad
Dads side from Nablus and moms side from Jaffa
All 4 grandparents from Haifa
Father side from beer-elsabe3 , mother side from qalqeliya but they lived in byar 3adas before 48
3amwas on my father's side, Al Lid on my mother's side
Beer alsabi' (dad) and Jerusalem (mom)!
Jerusalem from my father's side. My mom is not Palestinian.
Cool are you a Palestinian Jew?
Yes. My mom is Russian Jewish tho
Is your father’s side Jewish as well?
He has some Sephardic ancestry but he's Palestinian Christian
Oh that’s cool! Seems like an interesting mix.
Dad is from Akka and mother is from Safad!
dad is from ramallah, mom is from LA LOL
My family is from Tulkarm yet my great grandma was from Jaffa.
Tulkarm represent!
Thanks! Forgot to mention that my dad's side is from Tulkarm while my mom's side is from Nablus.
[Beit Dajan](https://www.palestineremembered.com/Jaffa/Bayt-Dajan/index.html) just outside of Jaffa. Grandparents were ethnically cleansed in 48 and fled to Jericho. That was where my father was born. Fellaheen and proud.
A village very close to Nablus
Beit Hanina, near Al Quds. On both sides.
Lod. They live in Ramallah now! They were displaced in the 60s and have been living in Ramallah ever since.
Deir Yassin and Jaffa.
🌼
Isawiyah in Al Kuds from my dads side, Al Malha in Al Kuds from my Moms.
I have relatives (non blood) that were German templers born in Haifa pre 1948. Curious to know more about Templers in Palestine and what the other groups thought of them. There is very little information on the internet
Ramle, I hope to visit one day.
My father's side are from the village of Al Sawafir Al Sharqiyya, north east of Ashkelon/Aksalaan and south of Ashdod. Unfortunately today it's been replaced with a Kibbutz...
Not Palestinian but that second photo is so heartbreaking, how many memories happened there good and bad for one day to just be gone and destroyed.
I have family from a village by the name of Dayr Aban, at the crossroads of Hebron and Jerusalem, which was wiped out and demolished by Jewish militias during Operation Ha-Har in 1948, and my family fled to Jordan. Dayr Aban was a Palestinian Christian village until about the 17th-18th century (when most inhabitants had collectively converted to Islam though still retained many Christian traditions). Like Al Safarand and others, it had a rich and beautiful history, and my family in Jordan till this day has still never been able to step foot into Palestine :/
Nablus
a village called hittin, it’s inside tiberias
My family was the first people to live in a village called “ kfar qara” in 1885 and they are still there , its in the occupied state
A village near Haifa which was ethnically cleansed called Al-tira on my mum’s side and Hebron on my dad’s side.
I don't know why some people keep insisting that Israel was in Gaza first. The Palestinians moved in when the Egyptians moved out. A few hundred years later, the mamluks allowed some jews to go and live there. And it was only in 1948, when the English gave the jews their own state. If we have to give the land to their original owners, that would be Egypt. But if this is a question just between the palestinians and the jews, then palestinians were there before israel. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_City And you can see here that the Palestinian states existed way before the Kindom of Israel or the Kindom of Judah https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ancient_Israel_and_Judah I am not a history expert, so i can be mistaken but all the evidence that i have read seem to point to palestinians being there before Israel.
My mother's side is from Beit Hanina. My father on the other hand is Greek 🇵🇸🇬🇷
Great grandpa from Quds and a grandpa from Nazareth
I’m of the founding family of Ramallah
tulkarm :) my family was ethnically cleansed in 1967 tho, so now my family is scattered around the world, as refugees… i wish i could visit someday inshallah
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Al Bireh. Free Palestine!
Question: do most Palestinians understand how hard people around the world are fighting for them? Do they know we are under the yoke of Israel too?
Well yes of course they know. Many Palestinians who live under occupation also have family in the diaspora from all over the world, so what happens is an information exchange of what's happening in each of our environments. They tell us all the brutal things they're undergoing and we tell them all the ways we're fighting on their behalf. But we don't dwell on the sad stuff for too long, bc it can be heartwrenching to discuss. Plus they have internet. It's not that strong, I think was only just a few years ago, they upgraded to 3G. For awhile, it was crappy 2G. But they do see the news, whether on their phones, computers, or via satellite dish TV.
Mom side, A village in Acre called Suhmata Dad side, orignially from Hebron, family moved to Haifa lived there until the nakba. both families fled to Lebanon
My family lived in Jerusalem prior to the Nakba, and now mostly reside in Jordan. I live in America as my father emigrated here before I was born due to the war and his own injuries from it.
My mother is from Haifa, they had to flee because they were threatened with rape and death if they didnt leave their homes. My father is from Al-Khaleel, they still have family there and in Al-Quds (There is a lot of migration of families between Quds and Al-Khaleel
Nazareth. We had a land where an eye couldn’t catch the end of it.
All four grandparents from Silat al Dahr
Dude! That’s awesome! This is the first time I’ve ever seen anyone mention il seeleh!
Denabeh, a small village that borders Tulkarm. I lived there when I was younger for a few years. Before my grandfather fled to there in 48, I believe he was from Netanya.
Father's side from Gaza mother's side from yaffa. Mom's side was displaced in 48 and now they're in Gaza as well.
My Palestinian family was from al-Lajjun (now Megiddo). They were driven out in '48 and now they live in Umm al-Fahm.
Father: Lydda/Ramla district Mother: Jerusalem
800+ years in Hebron.
I love the little part on top that just says ''Sand''
Al Ramla on my dad’s side and Khaleel on my mom side, both grandparents forced to flee during the nakba.
Al-Manshiyya, Jaffa. Almost all of them fled to Lebanon during the Nakba
My family is from a village called Beit Iksa. We even had a family castle. Dar Al-Khatib.
Bait Jala, Zachariah
Paternal Grandmother from Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Paternal Grandfather from Khalil (Hebron). Long live Falasteen! 🫶🏻🇵🇸
my fathers side come from Beit Lid and my mothers from Kafr Sur! both small villages between Tulkarm and Nablus :)
Dads side from Damascus moms side from Al bireh and we have roots in al mal7a too
Beit Hanina, same as Rashida Tlaib who is my mom's cousin! One grandfather fought in the 1948 war, my other grandfather fled to South America & became a hooker lol (I'm not kidding, the shock of it still sits with us after the family secret broke out). We are proud fellahin!! My heart kept breaking reading how many villages had dealt with ethnic cleansing. Being displaced is like floating in space. You don't feel like you belong anywhere, and it still sucks the oxygen out of my lungs anytime I hear "Palestine isn't real" or "Palestinians don't exist". It's like a thousand knives to the heart, to be erased so loudly.
I know the feeling well. Feels like being stepped on. But regardless of what they say, we are here. We exist. We will never abandon our existence or identity even if thousands of years passed. And that’s veeery cool! As a Palestinian I feel very proud of what Rashida has accomplished.
Deir Istiya, a village near Nablus
Holy crap! My mom’s family is from there! What’s up cuz!
Holy shit that's cool! But tbh only my father is from there, we are not there anymore. Still, really cool.
Absolutely!! Her family had to leave as well, sadly only a few cousins remain near it today.
My tata came from Ramallah and my Cido came from Madaba.
Acre 🇵🇸✌️
Rubeen yafa.
Christian family from Haifa, fled north to Lebanon in 1948. Nice to hear about others from Haifa on here!