Ma'na an-Nakba

Ma'na an-Nakba (Arabic: معنى النكبة) is a book by Constantin Zureiq published by Dar al-Ilm lil-Malayeen in Beirut in 1948. It coined the term Nakba to describe the Palestinian catastrophe following the war of 1948.[1][2]

AuthorConstantin Zureiq
Original titleمعنى النكبة
LanguageArabic
PublisherDar al-Ilm lil-Malayeen

History

While the war on the Palestinians was still raging, Zureiq became one of the first to describe the developments of the war and to use the term Nakba (النكبة 'disaster' or 'catastrophe').[3]

Translation

It was translated as The Meaning of the Disaster by R. Bayley Winder, published 1956 in Beirut (Khayat).[4]

References
  1. Khalidi, Rashid (2007). "1 The Palestinians and 1948: the underlying causes of failure". The war for Palestine : rewriting the history of 1948. Eugene L. Rogan, Avi Shlaim (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-37135-6. OCLC 192047956.
  2. "Ma'na al-Nakba (The Meaning of the Nakba) (book)". Cork, Ireland: University College Cork. Palestine: Information with Provenance (PIWP database). Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-04. Title: Ma'na al-Nakba (The Meaning of the Nakba). By: Constantine K. Zureik. Date of issue: August 1948. Topic(s) addressed: كبة/Nakbah/Naqba/הנכבה (Arabic, "the catastrophe") expulsion of Palestinians in 1948 · First usage of the word Nakba for expulsion of Palestinians in 1948.
  3. Zochrot. "ذاكرات - معنى النكبة". ذاكرات - معنى النكبة. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  4. Khalidi, Rashid (2007). The Iron Cage : The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood (1st ed.). Boston: Beacon Press. ISBN 978-0-8070-0315-2. OCLC 646769124.
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