Palestine pre-1949
Most Palestinian Christians belong to this denomination.
What is Eastern (or Greek) Orthodoxy?
750,000 Palestinians.
What is the number of Palestinians removed from their homes in al-Nakba?
Which country was the second to recognize the state of Israel in 1948?
What is the Soviet Union?
This writer was assassinated by the Israeli Intelligence Agency (Mossad) in Beirut in 1972.
Who is Ghassan Kanafani?
This novel opens with "True, it all happened a long time ago, but it has haunted me ever since.:
What is Khirbet Khizeh?
Palestine "belonged" to this political entity before and during Zionist settlement in the territory.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
More than 400 were either destroyed or resettled by Israelis during al-Nakba.
What are Palestinian towns and villages?
These neighborhoods are built on seized land inside of the West Bank.
What are settlements?
This Palestinian developed the cultural concept of Orientalism.
Who is Edward Said?
The first--and privileged--language in Israel.
What is Hebrew?
This is Jerusalem's Arabic name.
What is al-Quds?
This country received the largest percentage of Palestinians fleeing al-Nakba.
What is Jordan?
Now comprising more than 20% of Israel’s population, these citizens were trapped in Israel after al-Nakba and have suffered internal displacement and second-class status ever since.
What are Israeli Arabs/Palestinians?
This author wrote of her exile in Beirut.
Who is Liana Badr?
Even though its use is being "erased," it is an "official" language of Israel.
What is Arabic?
The two main crops grown by Palestinians before the destruction of their agriculture.
What are oranges and olives?
This recent film portrayed the horrors of the evacuation of a Palestinian village during al-Nakba.
What is Farha?
This checkpoint between the Israeli and Jordanian sectors of divided Jerusalem was immortalized by the Israeli Palestinian writer Emile Habiby.
What is the Mandelbaum Gate?
The National Poet of Palestine.
Who is Mahmoud Darwish?
This leader of Israel won the Nobel Peace Prize for his peace agreement with Anwar Sadat of Egypt.
Who is Menachem Begin?
The most densely populated region in MENA.
What is the Gaza Strip?
While still technically occupied by Israel, the West Bank relies on this government for day to day operations.
What is the Palestinian National Authority (PA or PNA)?
This political and religious movement began in Europe and prompted a great migration of Jews into Palestine.
What is Zionism?
The language used by Palestinian writers.
What is Arabic?
Discrimination against Jews and Judaism.
What is anti-semitism?