“Just as the ripples of a stone thrown into a pond will spread further and further away from the source, so the ripples of the disaster in 1948 hit my parents first and then spread to us and to our children long afterwards. Seeing only the ripples, it was easy to confuse the original cause with its effects.” MemoirPalestine1948Nakba Book:Return: A Palestinian Memoir Source: Return: A Palestinian Memoir