Kim Ibrahim, a Palestinian from Israel, teaches an Arabic class in the classroom of the association "This is not an Ulpan" in Tel Aviv, on June 2, 2026. (Credit: Amira Souilem)
In the heart of Tel Aviv, just a short distance from what remains of the old city of Jaffa, now a symbol of the Nakba, a small group of Israelis gathers on a Tuesday evening in June for an Arabic class.Kim Ibrahim, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, with a short skirt and infinite patience, leads the evening’s workshop. Her grandparents were Palestinians who remained within Israel's borders after it established itself on Palestinian land after the 1948 war.A sign that current events are never far away, the conjugation of the verb “to destroy” is on today’s agenda. “It’s a term that comes up a lot in the Israeli and American press,” Ibrahim explains, sounding slightly weary.Although she holds Israeli citizenship, she prefers to describe herself as a “Palestinian from the inside” [the 1948 Palestinians who stayed inside Israel], using...
In the heart of Tel Aviv, just a short distance from what remains of the old city of Jaffa, now a symbol of the Nakba, a small group of Israelis gathers on a Tuesday evening in June for an Arabic class.Kim Ibrahim, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, with a short skirt and infinite patience, leads the evening’s workshop. Her grandparents were Palestinians who remained within Israel's borders after it established itself on Palestinian land after the 1948 war.A sign that current events are never far away, the conjugation of the verb “to destroy” is on today’s agenda. “It’s a term that comes up a lot in the Israeli and American press,” Ibrahim explains, sounding slightly weary.Although she holds Israeli citizenship, she prefers to describe herself as a “Palestinian from the inside” [the 1948 Palestinians who stayed inside...
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