North America Nakba Tour 2016 at the Palestinian American Community Center

On Saturday, April 30, 2016, Mariam Fathallah (Umm Akram) and Amena El-Ashkar came to the Palestinian American Community Center in Clifton, NJ to tell their stories of life, struggle and resilience through the Nakba and today in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part

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The Exiled Palestinians Speak in Seattle

This presentation by Mariam Fathallah (Umm Akram) and Amena El-Ashkar was recorded on May 27, 2016 at Bloedel Hall in St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle, part of the 2016 North America Nakba Tour. On May 14, 1948, as Zionist leader David Ben Gurion was proclaiming a Jewish state in Palestine,

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