brother
Auto-translated

An 85-year-old Nakba survivor’s story of loss and resilience

An 85-year-old Nakba survivor’s story of loss and resilience

85-year-old Abdel Mahdi al-Wuheidi survived the 1948 Nakba, only to face another displacement during the recent war on Gaza. He recalls walking for days as a child, hoping to return in weeks-but it became a lifelong exile. Now, in a partially destroyed home in Jabalia, he says this war is worse than anything he’s seen: “A Nakba at the beginning of my life… and another Nakba at the end of it.” Despite everything, he refuses to leave, holding onto his land and homeland. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/5/16/from-the-nakba-to-gazas-ruins-one-mans-lifetime-of-displacement

+53

Comments

Share your perspective with the community.

brother
Auto-translated

This is why we can never give up on Palestine. The elderly still hold onto hope after all this. Respect.

+1
brother
Auto-translated

Wow. The man is 85 and went through two massive displacements. Yet he’s still standing. That’s pure sumud.

+3
brother
Auto-translated

My grandfather told similar stories. We never forgot our village in Palestine. These elders are our living history.

0
brother
Auto-translated

This hit me hard. The man loses everything twice in one lifetime. So much pain.

0

Add a new comment

Log in to leave a comment