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Sun 16 Mar 2025 9:20 am - Jerusalem Time

Displaced An'am Awad to Al-Quds: Our current catastrophe is harsh, and Ramadan is sad away from the camp.

She has been plagued by pain and illnesses, even though she hasn't suffered any health problems in years. Her forced displacement and migration, far from her home in Jenin camp, has caused her all the tragedies that displaced An'am Awad, "Umm Muhammad," is currently experiencing, she said.

"Our situation is deplorable," Awad, the displaced woman, added, amidst her tears. "We never expected to experience the catastrophe of our ancestors. In fact, these days are more difficult and harsher than the catastrophe we've heard about and whose details and stories we remember. How long will we continue to pay the price?"

In a rented house in Burqin, west of Jenin, displaced Umm Muhammad and her family of six are facing extreme difficulty in adapting to a life of displacement and homelessness, especially during the holy month of Ramadan. She says, "We wished this disaster would end so we could return to our homes and spend Ramadan there, no matter how devastated and devastated they are. There is no place in the world more wonderful and beautiful for us than the Al-Izza and Al-Sumoud camp."

She added, "54 days have passed and we are still displaced, and every moment we feel regret and pain because of our separation from the camp. This is not life. We die a thousand times every moment, and the whole world is drowning in silence. No one feels our bitterness, our disappointment, and our pain."

She said: "This is the most difficult Ramadan of my life. How can we feel its taste and meaning while we are displaced and unable to return to the camp? There is no taste to drink or food as long as we are displaced."

Umm Muhammad only sat down at the iftar table she had prepared for her family for a few minutes. She performed the Maghrib prayer and sat sadly among her children, who were only talking about the conditions and news of the camp. She said, "Our bodies are here, but our souls and hearts are there. We are waiting for this nightmare to end so we can return to our homes, regardless of their condition. We are thinking only of the camp and our unknown future, especially in light of the occupation's talk of continuing its aggression until the end of the year."

She added, "We cannot comprehend the continuation of this nightmare. We are all living in a state of shock and grief. Everything in life is different, and we are displaced and deprived of our most basic right: to reclaim and return to our homes."

She said, "Despite everyone's love, appreciation, and embrace of us, nothing can compensate us for the place where we were born and live, where all our memories, lives, and dreams were stolen from us by the occupation. We are no longer able to bear this pain and this bleeding wound."

The Awad family's home is located on Ottoman Railway Street in the middle of Jenin camp. Since they were displaced, they have been unable to reach it or learn of its fate, due to its location and the occupation army's control over the area. She says: "From the first moments of the attack on the camp, our area was one of the first areas targeted by the army because of its proximity to the western entrance and the Return Roundabout. They stormed our homes and expelled us in the blink of an eye. They took us out in our clothes and without even allowing us to bring our identification papers."

She added, "They forced us into forced displacement. We could not believe that, seven decades after the Nakba, we would relive its chapters and have them repeat themselves before our eyes once again, and that we would become displaced once again."

She added, "We expected the world to stand with us, but they let us down just as they let down our ancestors during the Nakba, the consequences of which we fear will be repeated and we will become displaced forever."

She says: "Despite the hardships of displacement and what we are exposed to, we will not abandon the camp. We have chosen the village of Burqin to stay close to it, and we pray to the Lord of the Worlds during the blessed days of Ramadan to relieve our distress. We will remain steadfast until we return to the camp soon, God willing."

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