Millions of Palestinians continue to live in exile, generation after generation, painstakingly negotiating their individual and collective identities, neither able to return, nor feeling truly whole. These millions deserve to exercise their Right of Return, for their voices to be heard and to be included.
Slowly, Palestinians of South America are merging back to occupy a center stage in the larger Palestinian stream, not only as part and parcel of the collective Palestinian identity but also as a role model that must be fully understood and even emulated.
Palestinian author, journalist and Palestine Chronicle Editor, Ramzy Baroud delivers a speech in Arabic at the workshop: Palestinians in Diaspora between Theory and Practice: Role, Representation, and Challenges, in Istanbul, on February 1.