#jerusalem
A common misconception about Palestine and its people is that Palestinians are merely Arabs who migrated during the Muslim conquests, and, therefore, not the original inhabitants of the land. Yet Palestinians are not only Arabs — they include Afro-Palestinians, Palestinians of Kurdish ancestry, Armenian-Palestinians, Assyrian-Palestinians, and many other ethnic groups. The claim that “the Jewish people were in Palestine before the Muslims/Arabs” ignores the nuances of identity in the region, and how identity evolves and matures over time. Some perceive…
