For many the Nakba,or “day of catastrophe”, is an unknown event; misunderstood, rarely acknowledged by Western media outlets or ignored en masse.

‘Al Nakba‘ is the term with which Palestinians refer to the refugee flight of the Palestinian Arabs during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War – the Palestinian exodus. This exodus remains a central and controversial topic in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

The total 2008 population of Palestinian refugee’s (including descendants): 4.62 million with the most significant populations found in the Gaza Strip, Jordan, the West Bank,Lebanon, Syria.