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I Won’t Return To Haifa — Reflections On The Destructive “Icon” Of Nakba

Photo of a man standing amid rubble after an Israeli airstrike hit a refugee camp in central Gaza.
A man stands among the rubble after an Israeli airstrike in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza. Marwan Dawood/Xinhua/ZUMA

The author, whose family was forced to flee during the 1947 “Nakba” expulsion of Palestinians, sees how the event has been used by leaders in the Arab world to wield authority without actually improving anyone’s life.

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