On the 77th anniversary of the exodus, she and her family are now living in Balata refugee camp. The Nakba is a Palestinian term that describes the human tragedy of the displacement of a large number of the Palestinian people from their homeland. It is the name Palestinians give to their displacement and the destruction of most of their political, economic and cultural landmarks in 1948. This is the year in which the Palestinian people were expelled from their homes, lands and lost their homeland in favor of the establishment of the Jewish state of Israel.