Levana Zamir, an Egyptian refugee who now lives in Israel, shares her powerful story and the impact the escape had on her family.

While the world speaks of ‘Palestinian refugees,’ there were 820,000 Jewish refugees expelled from Arab lands at the time of Israel’s War of Independence.

Jews who had lived in places like Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria for thousands of years fled pogroms and discriminatory laws. Most moved to Israel, which absorbed their displaced brothers and sisters without any international assistance.

Levana Zamir, an Egyptian refugee who now lives in Israel, shares her powerful story and the impact the escape had on her family.