Posts Tagged ‘Refugee’
refugeeHood: the inheritance
By Haitham Sabbah • May 10th, 2008 • Category: Palestine, VideoPalestinian 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, VideoOn 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, PetitionsHowever, 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!
