Nakba Day
Palestinian commemoration of 1948 displacement / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nakba Day (Arabic: ذكرى النكبة, romanized: Dhikra an-Nakba, lit. 'Memory of the Catastrophe') is the day of commemoration for the Nakba, also known as the Palestinian Catastrophe, which comprised the destruction of Palestinian society and homeland in 1948, and the permanent displacement of a majority of the Palestinian people. It is generally commemorated on 15 May, the Gregorian calendar date of the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948. For Palestinians, it is an annual day of commemoration of the displacement that preceded and followed Israel's establishment.[1]
Nakba Day | |
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Significance | Nakba |
Date | 15 May |
Next time | 15 May 2024 (2024-05-15) |
Frequency | Annual |
Related to | Yom Ha'atzmaut |
The day was officially inaugurated by Yasser Arafat in 1998, though the date had been unofficially used for protests since as early as 1949.