Nakba
I had the privilege of attending the Woman’s Story Group at
the Arab Educational Institute. The
topic of the day was the Nakab, facilitated one of the leaders at the institute.
Nakba means disaster; it is how Palestinians refer to
what happened to their country and lives in 1948.
One of the first books I read in trying to
understand the background of this area was a biography of a Palestinian whose
family lived through this disaster. The
book is Blood Brothers, by Elias
Chacour. I recommend reading this for an
overview and understand of the events of 1948.
You can obtain more information on the historic event of the
Nakba by going to the Alternative Information Centre’s web www.alternativenews.org Search on this site “Nakba” and you will see
a lot of information including activities I will be a part of. There is a video
to watch there too. The date of the
Nakba is May 15.
At the Woman’s Story Group, we watched a video about the history
of the Nakba. Many women told their
family’s story of the Nakba. I was very glad that one woman retold each story to me in English
as the others talked. I felt Love shared
in this group as women come together from different faith traditions to tell
their stories.
Women given
a voice!
