Nakba #39 - Hilwa Iskander

1936 “At the beginning of the Arab uprising against the British, my father was shot in the back. A couple of years later, the British killed my uncle.” 1938 “My mother was called Husn, and she was a good person: wealthy, beautiful, and religious.

Her first husband, Mohamed, was killed in 1938 by British soldiers during the Arab uprising. My mother decided that she would remarry. She asked her father to approach Khalil, her brother-in-law.

When Khalil was asked, he began to cry. The memory of his murdered brother still haunted him. Finally, he replied: ‘Ask my first wife, Zahr.’ Zahr answered: ‘I have no objection to a marriage.