Vintage family photos. Center photo: My grandmother Anastasia, surrounded by photos of my dad, uncles.
Faces and places in 'The Poem We Sang.'
My grandparents house in Bethlehem
My uncle Elias Sakkab with my brother George
A view of Bethlehem
My grandparents living room in Bethlehem
My dad Yousef Sakkab
My grandfather Yacoub Sakkab
My uncle Elias Sakkab
My parents wedding in Jerusalem in 1966
Khalil Al-Sakakini in front of An-Nahda College in Jerusalem prior to Al Nakba and Occupation
Khalil Al-Sakakini at his home
My unckle Elias Sakkab
My grandmother Anastasia fixng my mom's wedding veil
A Jerusalem neighborhood destroyed during the 1948 Nakba and diaspora
An archive photo of Bethlehem
Al Nijma street in Bethlehem
Local Dabke group in Bethlehem
My grandmother's friend and neighbor Umm Khalil
Main shopping street in Bethlehem
Church of Nativity, Bethlehem
Main square in Bethlehm opossite the Church of Nativity
Local orange juice in Bethlehem
Al Nijma Street, Bethlehem
An archive footage of 1948 diaspora and Nakba. In this frame Palestinians cross the bridge to the East from fleeing Palestine to Jordan
Archive footage of women from Bethlehem dressed in traditional clothing
An archive footage of the crossing point from Jordan to Palestine through King Hussein bridge crossing. Palestinians used to wait for hours for their name to be called to board the bus back to Palestine
Palestinians loading a bus to travel from Jordan King Hussein bridge crossing to the west to Palestine
A view of Jerusalem and Dome of the Rock
Jordan river and King Hussein bridge crossing between Jordan on the East side and Palestine on the West side
King Hussein bridge crossing bombed in the 1967 six-day-war.
Separation wall in Bethlehem. The view of the mountains that I used to see as a child is no lobger visible. living
My uncle Elias Sakkab
King Hussein bridge crossing entrace towards Palestine
FAMILY ARCHIVE PHOTOS
A 1947-Palestinain ID that belongs to my uncle Elias before An-Nakba and occupation in 1948.
An- Nakba, meaning "The Catastrophe" or "The Cataclysm" refers to the loss and destruction of Palestine and the Palestinian people and homeland in 1948 with the illegal creation of Israel and the permanent displacement of the Palestinian people.
Center photo: My grandmother Anastasia holding my brother George, my dad in the center, my uncle Elias on the right, then me second row in the centre with my brother Jack on the rightand my sister Dima.
Center photo: My mom holding my hand and my uncle Elias holding my brother Jack.
Archive family photos in Jerusalem. Top right is my dad and grandmmother, next to it is my dad as a scout. Bottom right my grandmother holding my brother Jack on the balcony where I used to see the white butterflies. Bottom left is my dad extended family.
On the left are my grandmother Anastasia and her sister. Children: on the left is my dad, in the center is my aunt Argentine and on the right is my uncle Elias.
