Black Palestinians

Black Palestinians are black people who live in or have family from Palestine. They are also called Afro-Palestinians because many have ancestors from Africa. In history, many black people were forced to go to Palestine as slaves by the Ottoman Empire.^[1] Some of them were also enslaved by Palestinian Bedouins.^[2] There are also Black Palestinians who came as immigrants from Africa.^[3] They had to face discrimination because of their race; one former neighborhood in Gaza with many Black Palestinians was known by an insulting name for slaves.^[4] A minority of African Palestinians which number around 350-450 reside in an African enclave (Hai al-Afaarika) around the Bab al-Majlis, the northern gate, contiguous to the Haram al-Sharif, in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem, which also contains several micro-communities composed of Indians, Domari Gypsies, Afghans, and Moroccans.

More websites

• Black, Proud and Palestinian- Interview with Reem Mohamed Amer, Archived 2021-05-10 at the Wayback Machine