Culture
A form of embroidery unique to the Palestinian people that varies in style from region to region and town to town
What is tatreez?
The region that Palestine is located in
What is the Middle East?
The event in 1948 that displaced approximately 800,000 Palestinians
What is the Nakba?
The author of the famous book "Orientalism"
Who is Edward Said?
The ongoing blockade on Gaza has resulted in this percentage of the drinking water being unfit for human consumption
What is 97%?
The national dish of Palestine
What is musakhan?
The countries bordering Palestine
What are Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt?
This was formed in 1964 in an attempt to form a Palestinian state
What is the PLO (The Palestinian Liberation Organization)?
He sings the iconic song "Dammi Falastini"
Who is Mohammed Assaf?
The incarceration without trial or charge that the zionist occupation practices against Palestinians
What is administrative detention?
Traditional Palestinian folk dance
What is dabke?
The capital city of Palestine
What is Jerusalem (Al-Quds)?
The year the first intifada started
What is 1987?
Beloved journalist and martyr who was killed by the zionist occupation forces in 2022
Who was Shireen Abu Akleh?
The amount of Israeli laws that explicitly discriminate against Palestinians
What is 65?
Traditional Palestinian dresses
What is a thobe?
The body of water on the Western coast of Palestine
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The Zionist occupation of Gaza began during this event
What is the Six-Day War/Naksa?
The leader of the PLO that compromised the national struggle for liberation in the Oslo Accords of 1993
Who was Yasser Arafat?
The number of Palestinian children who are being held in administrative detention at any given time
What is approximately 150?
The national flower of Palestine
What is the poppy flower?
Palestinian city best known for grape production
What is Hebron/Al-Khalil?
The name "Palestine" derives from the Latin "Palaestina," the name it was given in this century
What is the 5th century BCE?
Palestinian writer of pieces such as "Men in the Sun" and "Return to Haifa" who was assassinated by the Mossad in Beirut in 1972
Who is Ghassan Kanafani?
Legislation that prevents Palestinian families living in Gaza or the West Bank to be together
What is the Ban on Family Unification?