Palestinian Keys and Map: Displacement and Arabic Place Names

They were supposed to be able to return after two weeks,

and they're still waiting.

Many Palestinian families still have

an actual key to the homes that they were forced out of

between 1947 and 1949. So,

uh, it's very symbolic for the Palestinian

movement, the key.

Uh, the map,

uh, this is purposefully meant to

be bright and engaging so that it can educate as

well. Uh, these are the Arabic names

of the land, different parts of the land of Palestine,

um,

from before 1947 to 1949 when

Israel was forced upon this land,

and when 500 villages were burned,

750,000 Palestinians were forced,

ethnically cleansed from the land.

So this is how the, how the names were prior to Israel's

existence.

And these names are beautiful. They are

Arabic, but they, uh, they're specifically Palestinian Arabic.

Uh, they have roots in ancient Hebrew.

They have roots in Aramaic, which is the

language that Jesus spoke. Um, they have roots in

many different Canaanite languages as well from

millennia ago. So these are the names that I would

like to see us use for these parts of Palestine,

Falastine. Um,

and I believe if you can see it, you can make it

come to life. And this is, this is my vision

for Palestinians, for liberated Palestine, for

free Palestine.

So, uh, yeah, I hope, hope that helps to understand the context of

the map.