From Nakba to genocide: A Gaza grandmother’s lifetime of loss and resilience

From Nakba to genocide: A Gaza grandmother’s lifetime of loss and resilience At 95, Fatema Obaid has endured daily Israeli bombardment, starvation and the loss of 70 family members. Yet the Palestinian grandmother, who survived the 1948 Nakba, refused to leave Gaza City when ordered to do so by the Israeli military during the 2023 genocide. For her, fleeing again would mark the beginning of a “crueller Nakba” - one she refuses to relive.