LAST Friday, May 15, Palestinians marked the 72nd anniversary of the Nakba, when 750,000 people were expelled from their homes and over 500 villages destroyed.

For Palestinians, the Nakba doesn’t represent a singular event but an ongoing process of colonisation and displacement from their lands and people.

Marking this year’s Nakba Day, the Morning Star is publishing a mini series by writers from Gaza, many of whom still live in the refugee camps their grandparents fled to in 1948.

The final instalment of this three-part series hears from:

Abdullah Al-Naamy, a filmmaker from Maghazi refugee camp, recounts the precious stories his grandfather used to tell him about their hometown before the Nakba.

Student Lama El Ghazali talks about how the covid-19 crisis has sparked yet another catastrophe for Palestinians.

And writer Deena Hamden tells the harrowing tale of her grandmother who was almost forced to leave her daughter behind when fleeing her town 72 years ago.