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May 15, 2006 at 7:20 pm · Filed under Seriously

Today is the 58th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakbeh.
I could have pasted a history lesson, or shared the stories of others as I have none, but then I decided that I will be more personal, perhaps a little too personal, with a little family history.

These portraits of my family’s pre-1948 life in Palestine.

Paternal grandparents
My paternal grandparents (coincedentally, his too)

great grandfather, great grandmother, great aunts
My maternal great-grandparents and their daughters, my mother’s aunts. I’m loving the tarboush.

maternal Great grandmother and great aunt
My maternal great-grandmother and her daughter

great uncle
My maternal great-uncle

Today, my mother’s family, Dallal, is scattered between Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and the US. My great-grandfather is buried in Jeddah, and my grandparents are buried in Amman.

Most of my dad’s family still live in Nablus, Palestine. My grandparents are buried in Nablus.






  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/11266665 Ziad

    You can almost hear those pictures telling stories.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/22188618 Rambling Hal

    It’s your very own personal treasure, owning pictures of this sort. Staring at them, and wondering whose chin you inherited, and whose hair is like yours. And I love the expression on Tarboush-Man’s face – you maternal great grandfather. Classic! Wonderful way for you to have commemorated the Nakba – original and moving. Thank you for the personal touch.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/8228210 haisam (jarelkamar)

    So intimate rouba , so Expressive and emotional .. Thx for shraing that ..
    Unfortunately Today is my birthday .. Bad timing hh??

  • http://velveteenrabbi.blogs.com/blog/ Rachel

    Thank you for these wonderful photographs. They are real in a way that history lessons are not.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/16544012 SunShine

    That’s awesome! I looove old black & white pictures. Whenever I go to my grandparents, I browse through their collections of B&W pictures.

    Thanks for sharing =)

  • http://wedadf.jeeran.com/ wedad

    really its a wonderful pictures, i have some of them for my gradma from syria. amazing.. :)

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354050 OmAr

    Roba these are awesome pics, the first picture really moved me, I remember it from grandma’s house in Nables, it used to decorate the wall in the middle of the house. It’s also great to see your maternal granparents…maybe I’ll post some of mom’s collection one day, (if mom sees the first pic, she’ll start crying, so, mmm, I think I’m not going to let her know) thx Roba

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/4658280 Roba

    Haisam, happy birthday :)

    Omar, it did? I don’t remember. You should post some of your mothers pictures, simply because I want to save them! I don’t have many pictures of dad’s family.

  • المشكلجي

    أول مره تتحدثي عن فلسطين،يجب أن لا نتخلي عن حقوقنا مهما بتعدنا عن فلسطين

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