Material and written testimonies show that begining in the 19th century, lemon trees- despite not being native plants - came to occupy an important place in the orchards,domestic gardens, and cuisine of the Palestinian population. As a result, the lemon tree joined the olive tree and the sabra in becoming a symbole of Palestinian resistance against the Israeli state apparatus. Lemon trees emphasize the paradox inherent in using nature and the natural as a charged icon in a national- political struggle. I chose to place the lemon at the center of the film “baqjah al limon”. the film begins with the remnants of the lemon trees in the courtyards of the pre-1948 Arab neighborhood of “Al-Baqa”, and ends on the outskirts of Ramallah. the film weaves a fictional story about taking/ stealing lemons from Baka’s yard in Jerusalem and selling them in Ramallah, using documentary practices tracing the journey between the two cities that is impossible today. A central motif in the film is “Al Baqjah”- “الكوفية” - the sack of belongings carried by refugees of the Naqba. The carrying of lemons inside al-Baqjah resonates in the memory of the sights of the Nakba refugees; a sort of everyday ritual that recreates the 1948 journey of displacement from Jerusalem to Ramallah.