• Palestinian Mustafa Abu Awad, 86, holds the key to the house he owned in 1948. All photos: EPA
    Palestinian Mustafa Abu Awad, 86, holds the key to the house he owned in 1948. All photos: EPA
  • He keeps it inside a bowl in his home at Nur Shams refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem
    He keeps it inside a bowl in his home at Nur Shams refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem
  • He has also kept a stone and a pair of scissors his family brought from their village of Sabarin
    He has also kept a stone and a pair of scissors his family brought from their village of Sabarin
  • For Mr Awad, pictured with his grandchildren, the keepsakes serve as a reminder of the past before Nakba
    For Mr Awad, pictured with his grandchildren, the keepsakes serve as a reminder of the past before Nakba
  • Palestinians are marking the 75th anniversary of Nakba Day, or Day of the Catastrophe
    Palestinians are marking the 75th anniversary of Nakba Day, or Day of the Catastrophe
  • It is commemorated on May 15 to remember their displacement after Israel declared independence in 1948
    It is commemorated on May 15 to remember their displacement after Israel declared independence in 1948

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Palestinian's key to past on 75th Nakba Day - in pictures

As displacement that followed Israel's 1948 independence marked, an old man keeps memories alive

The National

May 15, 2023

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Updated: May 15, 2023, 10:34 AM
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