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Our Catastrophe - A photo essay to mark the 75th anniversary of the Nakba.

JL;DR SUMMARY This photo essay commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, focusing on the story of Nadira, a refugee who was forced to leave her home in Palestine in 1948 and subsequently became a refugee again in Syria in 2014 due to violence. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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