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Faces of al-Joura

1 person on Faces of Palestine was born here.

A fishing village on the coast beside al-Majdal (Askalan).

Its people were displaced in 1948.

Celebrations at al-Majdal, 1930s
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Celebrations at al-Majdal, 1930sPhoto: Matson Collection · Public domain

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al-Joura, in Gaza

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Subdistrict borders (1945) by Carlos HaGadol, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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