Nakba

nakba English 2025 May 31 Etymology thumb|Palestinian refugees leaving Galilee during the 1948 Palestine war. en ar ن ك ب en ar نكبة النَّكْبَة the catastrophe, the disaster, from ar نَكَبَ to make miserable. Pronunciation en /ˈnɑːkbə/ RP en En-uk-Nakba.ogg RP en /ˈnɑkbə/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Nakba.wav GA en Nak ba Proper noun 1 en politics The dispossession of land and other property, destruction of society, and suppression of culture and political rights experienced by Palestinian Arabs occuring since the 1948 Palestine war and establishment of the State of Israel. en 1992 w:Philip Mattar An Overview and Assessment The Mufti of Jerusalem: Al-Hajj Amin al-Husayni and the Palestinian National Movement revised New York, N.Y. w:Columbia University Press 140 https://archive.org/details/muftiofjerusalem0000matt/page/140/mode/1up 978-0-231-06462-0 That al-Husayni Amin al-Husseini's political career has not received balanced and impartial treatment is, of course, not remarkable in view of the passion his name has always inspired. Some Arab biographers have lauded him and his cause, seeking to absolve him of any responsibility for the 1948 nakba, while Jewish nationalists vilify him and discredit his movement. en 2002 January 31 (date received) w:Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Written Statement Submitted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), a Non-governmental Organization in Special Consultative Status w:United Nations https://web.archive.org/web/20231214021713/https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-180875/ The ongoing Nakba (the Catastrophe) perpetrated by Israel against Palestinians since 1948 is characterized by a new form of Apartheid, including elements of the crime of Apartheid as defined in the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid (Apartheid Convention), colonialism and other forms of extreme racism practiced by Israel in the OPTs Occupied Palestinian Territories. en 2007 w:Sumantra Bose Contested Lands: Israel–Palestine, Kashmir, Bosnia, Cyprus, and Sri Lanka Cambridge, Mass.; London w:Harvard University Press 262 https://archive.org/details/contestedlandsis0000bose/page/262/mode/1up 978-0-674-02447-2 Indeed, violence broke out in the occupied territories in mid-May 2000 as Palestinians observed the anniversary of the 1948 nakba—these disturbances paled in comparison to the second intifada, which erupted in the autumn. en 2008 Nissim Rejwan The Difference Israel has Made Arabs in the Mirror: Images and Self-Images from Pre-Islamic to Modern Times Austin, Tex. w:University of Texas Press 149 https://archive.org/details/arabsinmirrorima0000rejw/page/149/mode/1up 978-0-292-71727-5 Ever since the 1948 nakba, Arab thinkers and intellectuals have been studying the causes of their condition and recommending ways for changing or improving it. en 14 May 2010 w:Saeb Erakat Erakat: ‘The Catastrophe Continues’ after 62 Years Wafa News Agency https://web.archive.org/web/20241211075843/https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/109110 Dr. Erakat reiterated that the Palestinian Nakba continues to this day, as Israeli practices and policies of evictions, home demolitions, deportations, settlement activities, wall building, as well as closure and siege in both the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip generate new waves of displaced persons. en 3 July 2019 Jess Schwalb Red Line Rebellion w:Jewish Currents https://web.archive.org/web/20250120200018/https://jewishcurrents.org/red-line-rebellion Brooklyn, New York, N.Y. Jewish Currents 0021-6399 502364540 FNJ Friday Night Jews at Brown University began as an informal Shabbat dinner gathering in 2016, as a space for Jewish students who were feeling fed up with Hillel International's limitations regarding Israel/Palestine discourse, after the Brown/RISD Hillel rescinded sponsorship of a film screening by the Israeli nonprofit Zochrot, an organization that educates Jewish Israelis about the Nakba. weekend 14 October 2023 Residents flee Gaza City in fear 1 Speaking as he met US secretary of state Anthony Blinken in Jordan, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said a "forced displacement" would amount to a "second Nakba", or catastrophe. Usage notes Typically used by those sympathetic to the Palestinian people, or in reference to the effects of the event on Palestinians. Supporters of Zionism refer to the same event as the "Israeli war of Independence". The term is sometimes used with the Arabic definite article ar اَل the, as en Al-Nakba, instead of the English definite article en the#Article. Alternative forms en nakba Nacba Naqba en Al-Nakba Al-Naqba An-Nakba with the Arabic definite article Derived terms en Nakba Day Translations dispossession of land and other property, destruction of society, and suppression of culture and political rights experienced by Palestinian Arabs Albanian: sq Nakba Arabic: ar نَكْبَة f, ar النَّكْبَة f definite Egyptian Arabic: arz النكبه f in-nakba definite Armenian: hy Նաքբա Azerbaijani: az Nakba Basque: eu Nakba f Belarusian: be на́кба f Bengali: bn নকবা, bn নাকবা Catalan: ca Nakba f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 巴勒斯坦人大逃亡 bālèsītǎnréndàtáowáng great exiling of the Palestinian people Danish: da Nakba ? Dutch: nl Nakba ? Estonian: et Nakbah Finnish: fi Nakba French: fr nakba f German: de Nakba f Greek: el νάκμπα f Hebrew: he הנכבה f ha-nákba definite Hindi: hi नक्बा f, hi नक्बत f Hungarian: hu Nakba Icelandic: is nakba ?, is áfallið mikl ? Indonesian: id Nakba Irish: ga Al-Nakba ? Italian: it nakba f Japanese: ja ナクバ nakuba Korean: ko 나크바 Malay: ms Nakba Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Nakba Persian: Dari: prs نَکْبَت Iranian Persian: fa-ira نَکْبَت Polish: pl Nakba f Portuguese: pt nakba f Romanian: ro Nakba ?, ro An-Nakba ? Russian: ru на́кба f Slovene: sl Nakba ? Spanish: es nakba f Swedish: sv Nakba ? Tagalog: tl Nakba Tajik: tg накбат Thai: th นักบะห์ Turkish: tr Nakba Ukrainian: uk на́кба f Urdu: ur نَکْبَت f Vietnamese: vi Nakba Welsh: cy al Nakba ?, cy al Naqba ? See also en 48, en 48 Arab (Palestinian slang) Arab who resides within Israel Further reading Anagrams en aabkn Kanab en Palestine Turkish Etymology tr :ubor en:Nakba<ety:uder<ar:نَكْبَة>> 2 1 Pronunciation tr /ˈnak.ba/ tr nak ba Proper noun yı lar en Nakba tr Nekbe Further reading tr