In the tragic stories coming out of Gaza, I see the pain and resistance of my grandparents in the catastrophe of 1948.
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Afaf Jabiri is Senior Lecturer and Director of Refugee Studies at University of East London.
In the tragic stories coming out of Gaza, I see the pain and resistance of my grandparents in the catastrophe of 1948.