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Maha Nassar, Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona

The Nakba at 75 – Palestinians' struggle to get recognition for their 'catastrophe'

Palestinians leave their Jerusalem neighborhood during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Intercontinentale/AFP via Getty Images

On May 15, 2023, the United Nations will stage a high-level special meeting to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba – the mass displacement of around 750,000 Palestinians from their homeland in 1948.

It is the first time that the international body has commemorated the date, which organizers said serves “as a reminder of the historic injustice suffered by the Palestinian people.”

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