by Vinita Bharadwaj, Gulf News, United Arab Emirates - It's a hot midday in Beirut and a few elderly Palestinians have gathered for gossip and lunch at the Active Ageing House in the Burj Al Barajneh refugee camp. "Today is exceptionally hot," says one of them to the others, while passing around apples. As they bite into their fruit, there's a collective sigh and a distant gaze, when Ahmad Mohammad Al Khatib breaks the silence: "It tasted better in Palestine." The others nod knowingly and get ready to recount their stories of surviving the Nakba - yet again, to yet another writer, for yet another publication.