Archive of Nakba Day

Israel's escalated attacks on Palestinians and their struggle for the right to return need to be met with global resistance and condemnation. To commemorate Nakba Day, and denounce the current catastrophic violence, a reading list on the history of the region, the violence, and the ongoing struggle for Palestinian liberation.

"Tell me the name of your wound and I’ll tell you the road/where we’ll lose ourselves twice!"

Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish was one of the greatest writers of the past half-century. In this extract from his long poem Mural, Darwish draws on themes of loss and longing for this beautiful meditation on exile.

Israel's slow, cold violence, no less than the other kind, ought to be looked at and understood.