Christmas Eve 1951

On Christmas Eve 1951, Israeli troops destroy the village, leaving only the church still standing. The houses are turned to rubble and the residents further scattered.

Your village was just one of the 418 Palestinian villages that were demolished and whose residents were forced to move during and following the 1948 war, which resulted in the establishment of the State of Israel.

You are part of the 35% of Christians in pre-1948 Palestine that were made refugees in what is called the Nakba, or catastrophe.

Despite returning to Iqrit just two weeks ago, you have to flee again. All the villagers scatter; your brother-in-law takes his family to another part of northern Israel, your husband's parents go with him and your siblings are also spread around.