Palestinian Americans passed down the keys to generations in hopes of returning to family homes.
A framed picture of a woman holding a key, symbolizing the houses which Palestinians left as part of the Nakba, is displayed at the Museum of the Palestinian People in Washington, D.C. in June 2019. Photo: Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images, or "catastrophe," during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war are gaining more awareness as the war in Gaza and ongoing college protests continue.
"She said it represents home. I know we will return in my lifetime," the Sacramento, California, college student tells Axios.Christina Zafira, 36, tells Axios that she, like many other Palestinian Americans, didn't even know they were Palestinians until they started asking questions and went to college.
Later in life, Zafira, who's based in southern California, discovered that her grandmother's sister had a key to a family home lost in the Nakba. "I feel like a lot of times, for Palestinians in the diaspora, we really romanticize the key. We held on to our keys because we were thinking we were going to go back soon...not passing this onto the next generation."The forced displacement and the refugee crisis it created continue to be one of the most difficult issues in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.Share on twitter
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