About  

About my surname سمعان Sima'an.

I am of Palestinian origins, citizen of the Netherlands.

I was born in Haifa and have been living in Amsterdam since August 1989. 

My parents are forced-displaced refugees who managed to remain in their own homeland:

• • My father's Christian-Muslim village Suhmata in the Galilee, obliterated in 1948 (the Nakba). More about Suhmata, here and here

  • My mother's Christian village Kafr_Bir'im in the Galilee, obliterated in 1948 (the Nakba).  Watch this documentary  and  this documentary

  • An interesting term describing the status of (internally) forced displaced Palestinians like my parents and myself is present absentees.

  • Most of my parents' family members are in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon since 1948.

Nabil Simaan (brother), Vanderbilt University, USA.