Daniyal - دنيال: The Root Of My Heart

Daniyal is a very small town which still existing. I am a member of the Rafati family, the grandaughter of Mohammed Ismail Al-Rafati, and Khalil Al-Rafati, and the great grandaughter of Sheik Ismail Mohammed Rafati. My family fled in 1948 when the district was invaded. Only one person was believed to have stayed behind, who was my great grandmother. Her name was Zuhra Huneidi, umm Yacoub (she was originally from al-lid). Family members returned to the town later to look for her, and she was nowhere to be found. Up until today, noone really knows what happened to her. Furthermore, the photographed home on the Daniyal website happens to be my great grandfathers house. I recently visited Daniyal during a visit to Palestine, and was kicked out of the town by a jewish settler in a security truck. But, I was able to take photos of my great grandfathers house, which is still standing as well as my great uncles house. I will definitely take a future trip to Palestine, and I will return to the town of Daniyal. I refuse to let a jewish settler scare me away. Documents still exist which are proof of ownership of the land. One more interresting fact, which I recently learned from my great grandfathers son, which explained that he has documents that prove that my great grandfather also owns the land that al-lid airport currently exists on. Daniyal will always be the ROOT OF MY HEART!!!!