Author: Hasan Barmil
This study addresses the degree to which the Palestinian children’s memory is associated with their homeland. The researcher has used the qualitative approach to analyse the data gathered from a purposive sample, which consists of 40 children who represent the fourth generation of “Nakba”. The researcher has also used the interview tools which included several questions to measure the national awareness in the camp children’s concerning a group of crucial issues associated with the subject of the research. By applying the analytical approach to analyse the children’s answers, the researcher concluded that the camp children’s memory reflected a clear awareness about their homeland. Moreover, the results of this study have denied all the Zionist allegations which attempted to influence the originality and genuineness of this memory; so their allegations that the Palestinian memory will be forgotten as time passes by have failed as the Palestinian time is perplexing for them. Since they do not possess the beginning of time, so how they can identify its end?. As Mahmoud Darwish described them, they are “those who pass between fleeting words”.
Keywords: Narrative, Nakba, refugee, collective memory, Palestine.
Hasan Barmil, PhD. Sociology (Political Sociology), Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Al-Quds Open University, Bethlehem, Palestine. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
