Najwa Ahmed, a Palestinian refugee in Khan Younis
Contributed by This Week In Palestine on 04.05.2008:
UNRWA Commemorates 1948: My Father’s Lost Paradise
By Najwa Sheikh Ahmed
I am a Palestine refugee who was born in Khan Younis Refugee Camp in the southern Gaza Strip. To me Khan Younis is home. It’s the place of my childhood friends and my memories. For a long time, I never thought or cared about my origins. To me al-Majdal, where my parents and grandparents come from, meant lit(...)