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In 2018, Palestinians mark the 70th anniversary of theNakba, when over 750,000 people were uprooted and forced to flee their homes inthe early days of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Even today, the bitternessand trauma of the Nakba remains raw, and it has become the pivotal event bothin the shaping of Palestinian identity and in galvanising the resistance tooccupation. Unearthing anunparalleled body of rich oral testimony, AnOral History of the Palestinian Nakba tells the story of this epochal eventthrough the voices of the Palestinians who lived it, uncovering remarkable newinsights both into Palestinian experiences of the Nakba and into the widerdynamics of the ongoing conflict. Drawing together Palestinian accounts from1948 with those of the present day, the book confronts the idea of the Nakba asan event consigned to the past, instead revealing it to be an ongoing processaimed at the erasure of Palestinian memory and history. In the process, each uniqueand wide-ranging contribution leads the way for new directions in Palestinianscholarship.