Palestinian Refugee Project

Ms. Hayat Balha Abu Shmeis, met by chance with Haji Salim Muhammad Salim Abu Junaid, from the town of Al-Khayriyah, Jaffa, where he was born in 1936. During this meeting, this witness to the Palestinian Nakba spoke heartily about his memories in his village, and when he was displaced from it. He talks about the British army, before its withdrawal in 1948 and how they gave their weapons to the Jewish gangs such as the Haganana, the Irgun Stern, and trained them in 1947. Haj Salim described the street of Jamal Pasha as it was beautiful and one of the most beautiful streets in the Middle East at that time. It had Eucalyptus trees lining both sides of the street, and in the middle, there was an island of water.  He added that he was working for Yasser Arafat as a translator to explain to foreigners about the Palestinian Catastrophe /Nakba. Since the promise of the Balfour, who promised to the Jews that he would make a government for them in Palestine. He recounts in his spe...

  I would like to introduce you to one of our Palestinian talents in the diaspora, which I consider to be marginalized like many other talents, especially in the Arab nations. One thing I ask of you, after reading this article, is to share it so that we get it publicist as much as possible please, because the Palestinian artist does not have to be present only among certain people, but his art and his presence should be recognized by all social classes in our Arab and international world.  The shining star that I will talk about today is the very talented Ali Abdel Aal, and his unique drawing, especially his painting “Frustration,” which speaks of and represents the situation for women in general and the Palestinian in particular. This piece of work is in the French National Museum, Palestine section. Honestly, it is breath-taking and catches the eye and makes you look at it constantly, because it tells a new story every time. Sometimes a story full of mystery, sadn...