This episode of Interview explores multiple dimensions of Nakba Day with Bassam as-Salihi and where the occasion stands today in the history of Palestinian resistance against oppression.
Bassam as-Salihi (born 1960) is a Palestinian politician and the Secretary-General of the Palestinian People's Party (PPP), now the executive committee of the PLO on behalf of the PPP, a left-wing political party, since 2008.
Born in the Al-Am'ari Refugee Camp near Ramallah to a family originally from Al-Ludd , as-Salihi was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council in the 2006 general election through the party-list of The Alternative.
He briefly served as Minister for Culture of the Palestinian National Authority in 2007 during the Second Haniyeh Government.