{"id":16288,"date":"2019-11-19T15:51:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T15:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=16288"},"modified":"2025-06-16T10:05:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:05:41","slug":"stories-from-the-homeland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/news\/2019\/11\/19\/stories-from-the-homeland","title":{"rendered":"Zarefah Baroud creates documentary \u201cStories from the Homeland\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/stories-from-the-homeland.jpg\" alt=\"stories from the homeland\" class=\"wp-image-25103\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Telling the story of her own family, Zarefah Baroud created a documentary film about the displacement of Palestinians, an event they refer to as the Nakba &#8211; Arabic for \u201ccatastrophe.\u201d Baroud undertook this endeavor as her undergraduate capstone project while studying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/undergraduate\/majors\/media-communication\">Media &amp; 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