Palestinian survivor and film share experience of the Nakba

PALESTINE REMEMBERED: UNDERSTANDING THE NAKBA
7 p.m. Weds. March 30
Film: “The Sons of Eilaboun”
with Nimer Haddad, from the destroyed village  of Albassa, sharing his experience
At The Bloom Collective, Steepletown Center
671 Davis NW
(Corner of 5th and Davis)

The Nakba (catastrophe) is often misunderstood in the Western World. Facilitator of this event,Cathryn Young of Olives for Hope has traveled to Israel and Palestine several times. She calls on her experience there to bring a better understanding of the past events which impact the current conflict.

“The Sons of Eilaboun” about one village’s experience with the Nakba.  Nimer Haddad, from  Albassa in Palestine, will be on hand to add some information about his experience  as a survivor of the destruction of his village. Light refreshments will be served afterwards.

“The Sons of Eilaboun” (أبناء عيلبون) tells the story of the human toll that Israel’s Plan Dalet claimed as told by the men and women who witnessed Israeli soldiers commit atrocities  on a fall day in 1948. These survivors are determined not to let the horrors of this brutal plan be forgotten. The story of Eilaboun was repeated hundreds of times across the land that today is called Israel. The killing, expulsion and looting of these villages was a tactic spelled out in a document called Plan Dalet, developed by the high command of the Israeli Army to rid the future State of Israel of its Arab inhabitants, which it saw as a threat.

View the trailer: