72 years and counting

JVL Introduction

In a three-part podcast series, +972 Magazine sets out to explore what return means, 72 years since the Nakba.

Henriette Chacar, Editor at +972, was lucky. She grew up in her family home in Jaffa’s Ajami neighbourhood.

Palestinians who remained in the city after the nakba were rounded up and lived under military rule behind metal fences in what the new Israeli rulers called “the ghetto”.

But in a cruel sense, she points out, her family were lucky. The got to stay in their home.

What of those who didn’t?

In a series of podcasts over the next few weeks, +972 Magazine tells a few of their stories.

This article was originally published by +972 Magazine on Fri 15 May 2020. Read the original here.