Palestinian key
Arabic: حتماً سنعود فلسطين, romanized
: We will return to PalestineThe Palestinian key is the Palestinian symbol of homes lost in the
right to return.[1][2] The key is considered part of a hope for return and a claim to the lost properties.[3]
Description
The keys are large and old-fashioned in style.
Enlarged replicas are often found around Palestinian refugee camps, and used at pro-Palestinian demonstrations around the world as collective symbols.[3]
World's largest key
,_in_the_style_of_a_Palestinian_key_representing_the_Nakba,_in_Katara,_Doha,_Qatar.jpg)
Since 2016, a Palestinian restaurant in
Gallery
-
Entrance to the Aida refugee camp, near Bethlehem -
Palestinian art to symbolize United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 -
A key as part of the Arabic word for "Peace" as West Bank Wall graffiti art -
Outside Jericho, with the words "We will return..."
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Palestinian key.
References
- ISBN 978-90-04-35580-4.
Michal concedes the fact that Israelis do the same thing to the memory of the Nakba when saying "it was in 1948, enough talking about the past, let's talk about the future." When the Palestinians come with their keys [the Palestinian symbol of their lost homes], she says, "it's the same thing, it's a memory still burning in the hearts of families
- ^ Fisk, Robert (2018-06-28). "'I spoke to Palestinians who still hold the keys to homes they fled decades ago – many are still determined to return'". The Independent.
Keys must always be the symbol of the Palestinian "Nakba" – the "disaster" – the final, fateful, terrible last turning in the lock of those front doors as 750,000 Arab men, women and children fled or were thrown out of their homes in what was to become the state of Israel in 1947 and 1948.
- ^ a b Feldman, llana. 2008. Refusing Invisibility: Documentation and Memorialization in Palestinian Refugee Claims, Journal of Refugee Studies 21 (4): 4, page 503: "Anyone familiar with Palestinian visibility practices will certainly be aware of the importance of certain central objects within this field. Many refugees still have the keys to their houses in Palestine. Keeping these keys, and showing them to visitors and researchers, is part of a hope for return and a claim to these properties. Given this widespread practice, these keys, with their distinctive old-fashioned look, have also become symbols of refugee commitment to Palestine. At demonstrations in support of Palestinians one can often find people carrying enlarged replicas of these keys in the process transforming individual objects into collective symbols."
- United Nations Relief and Works Agencyregional youth ambassador for Palestine refugees.
- ^ "The Largest Key in The World". Ard Canaan Restaurant. 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2023-04-06.