Summary
Palestinian intellectual born in Bethlehem in 1919 who lived through multiple exiles after 1948 and died in Iraq in 1994, quoted by Shahd Abusalama on the labelling of the dislodged as “refugees” (Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire, PDF p.59).
Details
- Jabra foresaw that calling the dislodged population “refugees” would twist a horrific political and human issue so the most it might elicit would be charity, and that forgetting was, in his words, “unthinkable” for Palestinians united by a desire for national liberation and return (Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire, PDF p.59-60).
Related pages
Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire, Shahd Abusalama, Nakba, Right of Return