Join us for food, film, and a discussion on how the Naksa still shapes the liberation struggle today.
đź“… 6 June 2026 – At 6 PM
đź“Ť 1803 E 1st Avenue, Vancouver
In Arabic, “Naksa” means setback. In June 1967, Israel, as a result of the six day war, occupied the West Bank, Gaza, the Syrian Golan Heights, and the Egyptian Sinai. A new wave of Palestinians were forced across the Jordan River into overcrowded UN run camps, joining families already displaced in 1948. This event reshaped the region and forged the conditions for a new kind of resistance.
Annemarie Jacir’s film When I Saw You takes us right into that moment. The film follows Tarek, a young boy displaced by the Naksa, who can’t understand why he can’t go home. He runs away from a refugee camp and finds himself among Palestinian fedayeen (fighters) preparing to cross back.