An 88-Year-Old Palestinian Remembers Akka and the 1948 Nakba

I was born in Akka, Palestine,

and we were... The first Nakba in

1948, we moved from Akka to

Lebanon.

And that was a tragic situation because we became from

rich to poor. I, I came from a middle class family.

We had a beautiful home, beautiful garden,

and although Israel has erased that, they demolished

the garden, they demolished my home, but it's all up here.

I remember every room, every tree, every

pathway in, in Akka. Akka was

Christians, Mus-- Jews, Muslims, and Christians

together. We never had any problems.

We were good neighbors for each other. We defended each other.

And now, unfortunately, Israel,

Israel cannot erase what we had, and it, it will come

back, and we will live again in peace together.

I really feel that Palestine will be free

and the occupation will end. This, this might not be on my

lifetime, but it will be free because Palestinians

are

very resistant and they never forget where they came

from.

And may I ask your age, ma'am?

I'm eighty-eight years old, but I am young at heart.