77 years ago today, my family’s history was forever altered by the massacre in Deir Yassin. Because of it, I see everything through the filter of the Nakba — and the Gaza genocide through the lens of sumud.
Israel is guilty of the same massacres and atrocities it has accused Palestinians of committing on October 7. My family survived one of those massacres in the village of Deir Yassin on this day 76 years ago.
On this day 75 years ago, my grandmother and her family survived the Deir Yassin Massacre in 1948. I inherited my family’s memories, the scars that come with them, and the duty never to forget.