plural of nakba

(Palestine) The fracturing, dispossession and displacement of Palestinian society, following the declaration of Israel on what had been most of Mandatory Palestine, including the expulsion or flight of the majority of the Palestinian Arabs (some 700,000) and the destruction of their homes.

Alternative letter-case form of Nakba

In Arab contexts: a catastrophe; a grave setback.

Alternative spelling of the Nakba

A Palestinian annual holiday on the 15th of May to commemorate the Nakba, the 1948 expulsion of Palestinians from their homes.