That President Obama is sympathetic is evident from his recent reiteration to the UN general assembly of his commitment to the two-state principle; a reminder of what he said in his speech in Cairo in 2009 during his first term: "....it is undeniable that the Palestinian people – Muslim and Christian – have suffered in pursuit of a homeland.
In Algeria the pieds noirs [French settlers] thought that they actually lived in a country called French Algeria and that this was their homeland, even if it was only a fantasy.
Millions of Afghans have returned to their homeland since the international community uprooted the Taliban regime in 2001, but more than 2.5 million are thought to remain – the second largest refugee population in the world.
Indigenous people belong to a people and a homeland.
NOMAD MIGRATION ROUTE, MOROCCO For centuries members of the semi-nomadic Ait Atta tribe have traversed mountain paths south twice a year, from the High Atlas to their homeland in the Jebel Sahro, to find new pastures for their huge flocks of sheep and goats.
As professor of European theatre, Boenisch says what he misses most about his Bavarian homeland – apart from the superior fenestration – is the respect afforded to serious art.
The question is not, in fact, why are we protecting the homeland, but what the heck is taking so long?
Willian began his career in his homeland with Corinthians before moving to Europe with Shakhtar Donetsk in 2007.
However, Hamid Mohammadi, Digikala's co-founder, hopes that Iran's burgeoning tech scene will prompt more Iranians to return to their homeland.
Afghans first began moving to Pakistan following the Soviet invasion of their country in 1979, and generations have grown up without ever having visited their ancestral homeland.
A view not shared by Celtic and Rangers, who seem as determined as ever to cut their ties with their homeland and make their future overseas in an Atlantic League.
