Al-Ahram Weekly Online   18 - 24 May 2006
Issue No. 795
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Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

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COLOURS OF ENDURANCE: Palestinians march in Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, to commemorate the 58th anniversary of Al-Nakba, or "the calamity", the term Palestinians use to describe the creation of the state of Israel on 15 May 1948. More than 700,000 Palestinians were driven from their homes, and many thousands slaughtered, during the war that followed the declaration of the Jewish state

photo: AP

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