SERIES: A Tribute to Gazan Moms: Gazan Moms of the Diaspora

Did you know that much of the Palestinian diaspora is forbidden by Israel to return to Palestine, despite Article 13(2) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which requires nations to ensure the safe return of refugees to their homeland? Unless you know a Palestinian, you probably didn’t.

Amal Fayad is one such member of this diaspora, numbering in the millions across the world, who knows Gaza,  through the stories of her family. Both of her parents grew up in Gaza, but cannot go back, even with an American passport. Hear about her dad’s survival at sea as a toddler, her grandmother’s strength, as well as what “equal” rights currently means for Palestinian “citizens” of Israel. 

Tune in at 6pm EST to Apple podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or head to our website to take a listen. Share this episode with someone who insists Palestinians are equal citizens of Israel. 

 Links:

1. For an intro to the Palestinian struggle
   1. Said, Edward W. The question of Palestine
   2. Khalidi, Rashid. The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017
   3. Pappe, Ilan. The ethnic cleansing of Palestine
2. For a history of Palestine
   1. Doumani, Beshara. Rediscovering Palestine: merchants and peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700–1900
3. For Nakba deniers
   1. Abdo,  Nahla, and Nur Masalha, eds. An oral history of the Palestinian Nakba
   2. Assad, Dawud. Palestine Rising: How I survived the 1948 Deir Yasin Massacre
   3. Khalidi, Walid (ed.), Sharif S. Elmusa, and Muhammad Ali Khalidi. All that remains: The Palestinian villages occupied and depopulated by Israel in 1948
   4. Masalha, Nur. Expulsion of the Palestinians. Washington, DC: Institute for Palestine Studies, 1992.
   5. Masalha, Nur. The politics of denial: Israel and the Palestinian refugee problem
4. On resistance
   1. Davis, Angela Y. Freedom is a constant struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the foundations of a movement