1834
First Palestinian revolt against Ottoman conscription and taxation policies.
Historic Palestine
1917
British capture Jerusalem; Balfour Declaration promises a “Jewish national home” in Palestine.
Mandate Palestine
1920
Palestinian resistance grows against colonial rule and dispossession.
Mandate Palestine
1929
Sido is born. Family home in Jerusalem burned during 1929 revolt; displaced to Lifta.
Lifta, Mandate Palestine
Early 1930s
Family moves to new home in Romema, Lifta’s hillside neighborhood west of Jerusalem.
Lifta, Mandate Palestine
Mid 1930s
Grandfather's childhood in Romema recalls mulberry trees and mother's jam.
Lifta, Mandate Palestine
1936–1939
Great Arab Revolt against British rule and Zionist settlement.
Mandate Palestine
28 December 1947
Jewish militia attacks a café in Lifta, killing and wounding civilians.
Lifta, Palestine
9 April 1948
Deir Yassin massacre; hundreds killed, terror spreads through Jerusalem’s villages.
Deir Yassin
May 15, 1948 (The Nakba)
Palestine is ethnically cleansed. Family flees Lifta and heads to Ramallah; grandfather completes school amid gunfire.
Ramallah
1953
Grandfather and grandmother leave for Libya, later Lebanon and the U.S., beginning a life in exile.
1967 (The Naksa)
Israel occupies remaining Palestinian lands in West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem.
Occupied Palestine
1987–1993
First Intifada: popular uprising for liberation and self-determination.
Occupied Palestine
June, 2000
Sido visits Lifta for the first time since; finds his childhood home still standing amid widespread destruction.
Occupied Palestine
2000–2005
Second Intifada: mass protests and clashes erupt against Israeli occupation.
Occupied Palestine
9 May 2021
Israeli Land Authority announces auction to build settlement on Lifta lands.
Occupied Palestine
2022
Protests erupt in Sheikh Jarrah as Israeli forces evict Palestinian families, reigniting global solidarity.
Occupied Jerusalem
February 2022
Lifta Club founded to honor family memory and collective Palestinian heritage.
Brooklyn, New York
7 October 2023
Israel launches its assault on Gaza, marking the onset of a devastating genocide against Palestinians.
Gaza and the Occupied West Bank
Present
Ongoing Palestinian resistance against occupation, displacement, and erasure.
Worldwide
Future
A free and liberated Palestine
