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Sabra-Shatila Foundation: XO Laptops to the children of Palestinian camps

By Haitham Sabbah • Sep 16th, 2008 • Category: Action Alert, Children's Corner, Haitham's Choice, Ideas and Projects, Internet and Communication, Newswire, Palestine

Donations to Support Our XO Laptop Program are Greatly Appreciated
Note: The Sabra Shatila Foundation is funding the purchase and shipment of as many XO laptops as possible from the MIT One Laptop Per Child program. These unique self-powered, wind-up, internet-ready laptops cost approximately $180 per unit to manufacture, but they are offered in lots of [...]

refugeeHood: the inheritance

By Haitham Sabbah • May 10th, 2008 • Category: Palestine, Video

Palestinian youth in the Dheisheh refugee camp talk about what it means to them to be a refugee, their identities and hopes for the future.

Video source: ibdaa194.org

Nahr al-Bared Camp: Traces of Collective Dispossession

By Haitham Sabbah • May 9th, 2008 • Category: Palestine, Video

On March 31st 2008, the Lebanese army made 20 houses in Majles Street in the destroyed Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared accessible. All 20 buildings had signs of burning; sometimes, entire rooms or even floors were completely burnt. At least in 16 of the buildings, traces of flammable liquids, including petrol and gasoline could [...]

Lost Palestinian Refugee Camps on UN-Google Earth Map

By Haitham Sabbah • Apr 11th, 2008 • Category: Features, Palestine, Petitions

However, my happiness did not last for long when I discovered that NONE of the Palestinian refugee camps within the Occupied Palestinian Territories are published there (see map below). So, even if you �Sit in front of your computer�, with a few clicks you can �see, hear and develop an emotional understanding of what it is like to be a refugee�, but not the Palestinian refugees� experience. They don�t exist!