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PHOTO GALLERY: Nakba remembered - Commemorating the Palestinian Catastrophe




Palestine rights supporters march during a rally marking the 75th anniversary of Nakba, or the catastrophe of the creation of Israel, in Dearborn, Michigan on May 13, 2023. AFP

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 15: Palestinian singer Sanaa Moussa sings as the 75th anniversary of the Nakba is observed at in the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations on May 15, 2023 in New York City. A day of observation of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba was held at the UN with performances by Palestinian singer Sanaa Moussa, Grammy Award-nominee cellist and composer Naseem Alatrash who was accompanied by the New York Arabic Orchestra and directed by Eugene Friesen. Nakba was the displacement of Palestinians that occurred during the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, that resulted in the loss of homes, land, and livelihood for thousands of Palestinians. AFP

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 15: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends an observation of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba in the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations on May 15, 2023 in New York City. A day of observation of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba was held at the UN with performances by Palestinian singer Sanaa Moussa, Grammy Award-nominee cellist and composer Naseem Alatrash who was accompanied by the New York Arabic Orchestra and directed by Eugene Friesen. Nakba was the displacement of Palestinians that occurred during the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, that resulted in the loss of homes, land, and livelihood for thousands of Palestinians. AFP

Cellist Naseem Alatrash performs during an observation of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba in the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations on May 15, 2023 in New York City. A day of observation of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba was held at the UN with performances by Palestinian singer Sanaa Moussa, Grammy Award-nominee cellist and composer Naseem Alatrash who was accompanied by the New York Arabic Orchestra and directed by Eugene Friesen. Nakba was the displacement of Palestinians that occurred during the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, that resulted in the loss of homes, land, and livelihood for thousands of Palestinians. AFP

Palestine rights supporters march to mark the 75th anniversary of Nakba, or the catastrophe of the creation of Israel, in Brooklyn, New York, May 13, 2023. AFP

Local Palestinians, activists and others participate in a Nakba rally in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn on May 13, 2023 in New York City. Nakba, which is the Arabic word for catastrophe, refers to Palestinian s expulsion from and the destruction of hundreds of villages and cities in 1948 from lands that are now part of greater Israel. Palestinians in America and around the world are marking 75 years since the Nakba. AFP

A protester lifts prayer beads and a key symbolising the homes of Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes 75 years ago during a rally marking Nakba day in the Ramallah city center in the occupied West Bank, on May 15, 2023. May 15 marks the Nakba , or catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced from their homes following the creation of Israel 75 years ago. AFP

A protester carries luggage symbolising Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes 75 years ago during a rally marking Nakba day in the Ramallah city center in the occupied West Bank, on May 15, 2023. May 15 marks the Nakba , or catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced from their homes following the creation of Israel 75 years ago. AFP

A Palestine rights supporter wears the colors of the Palestinian flag painted on her face during a march to mark the 75th anniversary of Nakba, or the catastrophe of the creation of Israel, in Brooklyn, New York, May 13, 2023. AFP

Palestinians march with their national flag in a rally marking the 75th anniversary of what they call the Nakba, or catastrophe , in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, May 15, 2023. Palestinians marked the 75th anniversary of their mass displacement during the 1948 war around Israel s creation. AP

A protester lifts a flag during a rally marking Nakba day in the Ramallah city center in the occupied West Bank, on May 15, 2023. May 15 marks the Nakba , or catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced from their homes following the creation of Israel 75 years ago. AFP

A protester gestures in front of an old bus which Palestinians used for land travel to Arab capitals before 1948, during a rally marking Nakba day in the Ramallah city center in the occupied West Bank, on May 15, 2023. May 15 marks the Nakba , or catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced from their homes following the creation of Israel 75 years ago. AFP

A young girl fills the flag of Palestine with rainbow colors as Palestine rights supporters march to mark the 75th anniversary of Nakba, or the catastrophe of the creation of Israel, in Brooklyn, New York, May 13, 2023. AFP

Palestine rights supporters have their faces painted with the colors of the Palestinian flag during a march to mark the 75th anniversary of Nakba, or the catastrophe of the creation of Israel, in Brooklyn, New York, May 13, 2023. AFP