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The Nakba, or catastrophe, saw the exile of how many Palestinians from Historic Palestine?
What is 700,000-900,000? Over 70% of the Palestinian population at the time
This famous Palestinian dessert is a noodle-like pastry soaked in sweet, sugar-based syrup, and layered with cheese and pistachio.
What is knafeh?
This crop is Palestine's main agricultural export.
What are olives?
This famous American DJ of Palestinian heritage often begins his songs by dramatically announcing his own name. He is trash!
Who is DJ Khaled?
Palestine is bordered by ______ to the north.
What is Lebanon?
The 1967 war between Zionist forces and Arab neighbors lasted for how many days?
What is six days?
This protest movement, beginning in March 2018, was primarily organized by Palestinian activists in the Gaza Strip to demand the right of return for Palestinian refugees and the end of this ongoing blockade
Great Return March
The literal translation of this Palestinian city from Arabic is "house of meat."
What is Bethlehem?
"I am from there. I am from here. I am not there and I am not here. I have two names, which meet and part, and I have two languages. I forget which of them I dream in."
This quote is attributable to which famous Palestinian poet?
Who is Mahmoud Darwish?
This country has the largest population of any country in the Arab World.
What is Egypt?
This was a public statement issued by the British government in 1917 during World War I announcing support for a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine.
What is the Balfour Declaration?
This dish, consisting of roasted chicken baked with onions, sumac, allspice, saffron, and fried pine nuts served over taboon bread, is often considered the national dish of Palestine.
What is musakhan?
This is the name of the desert that makes up much of the southern part of 1948 Palestine.
What is the Negeb/Negev?
This Palestinian singer from Gaza won Arab Idol and went on to become a prominent singer throughout the Arab World.
Who is Mohammed Assaf?
This Palestinian city, known for its historical significance and archaeological sites, is situated in the northern West Bank and is named after a biblical figure who is said to have founded it.
What is Nablus?
________, the Arabic word for "setback", was the name attributed to the defeat of the Arabs during the 1967 War.
What is Naksa?
This Palestinian leader, Secretary-General of the PFLP, was imprisoned by the PA in 2002 and taken into Israeli custody in 2006 following a raid in Ramallah, and has remained a significant figure in Palestinian politics.
Ahmad Sa'adat
This 1978 agreement, brokered by U.S. President Jimmy Carter, led to a normalization peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
Camp David Accords
This founder of the Arab Nationalist Movement, known for his role in shaping Palestinian militant and political strategies in the 1960s and 1970s, was also a key figure in the wider Arab nationalist movement.
Who is George Habash?
This country has the largest Palestinian population outside of the Middle East.
What is Chile?
The First Intifada began in what year and ended in what year?
What are 1987 and 1993?
Gaza was historically a center for cloth production, famous for a unique version of what type of fabric that was produced there en masse?
What is silk?
At 3,084 feet, this is the highest mountain in the West Bank.
What is Jabal Aybal / Mount Aybal?
This Nicaraguan national was killed by sky marshals in 1970 during the hijacking of an El Al flight with Leila Khaled.
Who is Patrick Argüello?
This IOF soldier was held captive in Gaza for 5 years until he was released in 2011 as part of a prisoner exchange deal.
Gilad Shalit