What is Black Palestinians?
'''Black Palestinians''' are [[black people]] who live in or have family from [[Palestine (region)|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]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xnc7ZyVPt6UC&pg=PA50|title=In Your Eyes a Sandstorm: Ways of Being Palestinian|last=Neslen|first=Arthur|publisher=[[University of California]] Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0-520-26427-4|location=|pages=50|language=en}}</ref> Some of them were also enslaved by Palestinian [[Bedouin|Bedouins]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WOhmuwKNMk4C&pg=PA271|title=Struggle and Survival in Palestine/Israel|last=Abu-Rabia|first=Safa|publisher=University of California Press|year=2012|isbn=978-0-520-26253-9|editor-last=LeVine|editor-first=Mark|location=|pages=271–288|language=en|chapter=Is Slavery Over? Black and White Bedouin Women in the [[Naqab]] (Negev)|editor-last2=Shafir|editor-first2=Gershon}}</ref> There are also Black Palestinians who came as [[immigrants]] from Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kushkush|first=Isma'il|date=2017-01-12|title='Afro-Palestinians' forge a unique identity in Israel|url=https://apnews.com/article/f6bf554b21d04b56be9d6385fbf36d31|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-13|website=AP NEWS}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Alnaouq|first=Ahmed|date=2017-05-05|title=Black Palestinians face subtle racism in Gaza|url=https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/black-palestinians-face-subtle-racism-in-gaza-1.2018514|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-13|website=Gulf News|language=en}}</ref> 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-S