inshalla one day when will get our contry back. beacuse now everyone is discovering them to who they really are and steping up and help us.

hi my name is husam hamdan,i lived in al wehdat refugee camp before i migrated to america in 7,1984 thanks

Dear all,

I would like to thank all participants and the creator of this lovely site, I really loved this site, which contains our history, my small village in Palestine now became more knowledgeably about me than ever before, all I knew about my village was very little from my father and my grandparents, but after I saw this beautiful site and read it, I am very knowable. Once again, thank you very much and Inshallah one day we will be back to our country...

Regards,
Maha Zuhluf Dajani

Hello, I've reached your site looking for information about my childhood memories from Kiriat-Ono, the place I grew up in. I was born in the 70's, long after the 48' war, and had no idea that my home stood on Palestinian land (they don't tell you that at school, and you have to find out yourself). Of course, I heard about Kafr 'Ana, but the books and my teachers told me that "they left willingly on 48', though we pleaded them not to", and as a child I found nothing wrong with this answer. My question, however, is not about the Nakba. Near my house was a field ("reissfeld orchard", today a built quarter of Kiriat-Ono) and i clearly remember a Bedouin camp settled there, with sheep and goats. As far as I know, except for us children, nobody had ever made contact with them. One day they where gone. I don't remember quite when (probably in mid-80's), since nobody ever spoke about them ever since, or even asked a single question. For a child it's like one of your toys is gone, or your grandma dies, so you're sad and you get used to it. You have no idea it's a political question. But when I grew up and remembered them and the way they where silently evacuated, I couldn't avoid thinking that the same people that threw them away from their home are the ones who keep asking how could the Eastern-Europe society not pay attention and raise questions about the disappearing of the Jews during World War II. How can one be so indifferent to suffering, regardless of his or her political views, is beyond my understanding. Our town stood silent when the Army/ Government/ Police took them away, and this sin we will carry as long as we live. I would like to know if you have any information about this Bedouin tribe. Who they where? Where are they now? When where they driven out of their home? On what excuse? If you can direct me to a survivor or another source of information, it may help me voice what had been silenced for so many years. I thank you for keeping a Hebrew version of the site. It is important that Israeli people will have access to information in their mother tongue that is different from the usual "they just hate us and will always try to throw us into the sea" rubbish. With gratitude, Amos Bar, Jerusalem

*مااصعب الغربه*
لااهلي واحبابي بعثتلهم سلام
البعدقاسي يااخواني لاتنسوني
حكيت الشعر ومن اجمل كلام
وشوماحكيت ياربعي لا تلوموني
على بعدكم عيوني اناماتنام
يالي بالقلب لا تجافوني
لاطولوالغيبه واللة حرام
ومن بعدسفركم عن حالي لاتسالوني
من بعدغيابكم سكت الكلام
وكتبت الشعر بدمع عيوني
وديت اشواقي مع طير الحمام
وعن اخباركم دوما طمنوني
وعلى بعدكم انا مااتحمل الالام
واكثر من طاقتي ياحبابي لاتحملوني
مااقدر اعيش الحياة بالاوهام
انتظر عودتكم وعن قريب تيجوني
انشاءالله تعودولفلسطين بسلام
يامحلابلادنا ارض التين والزيتوني
ومهما طالت الغيبه عامابعدعام
مابنساكم لابشعري ولابفنوني
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اهداء الى الاخ والصديق مصطفى محمد حسين
بقلم/ مراد كامل حمدان
*ابو قصي*
27/9/2008

hi all , i think thats nobody from my villige ,, but ohh theres alot here , im omar 22y study mechanical eng... in just univ..., its nice to know the bigest number of my homeland people , with my respect, OMAR

hello,
My name is talal dagmash,i'm very happay for visiting this wonderful site,that enables me to knw the history of my home land KafrAna,salam to all family and relatives inside and outside palestine,and to all brothers from all over palestine reigons,

Best Regards.

Kafr'Ana, like all our Palestinian towns and villages, is made special because of the dear memories and longing it holds for our loved ones... It is made even more special to me because it is the hometown of someone I will always hold close to my heart...

I am very pleased to see this site after I learned about it in my visit to Amman last November. I am thankful to the contributers of the pictures wich keep memory alive, thinking of the day we all return back to the homeland.

Raouf Abdelhadi, Georgia, USA

I would like to introduce myself to everyone who visits this web site , and I will be happy to receive email from my homeland people of Kafr ` Ana.
thank you