refugees

Infant mortality soars in Gaza after eight years of Israeli siege

Maureen Clare Murphy 14 August 2015

Rate increase is the first seen in Gaza in 50 years. Read more about Infant mortality soars in Gaza after eight years of Israeli siege

Yarmouk siege lifted on paper but still "hell" on the ground

Maureen Clare Murphy 27 July 2015

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delisted refugee camp from tally of besieged areas in Syria. Read more about Yarmouk siege lifted on paper but still "hell" on the ground

Rooftop gardens give refugees room to breathe

Silvia Boarini Dheisheh refugee camp 9 June 2015

Organic gardening project in Bethlehem caters for needs of local community, not whims of foreign donors. Read more about Rooftop gardens give refugees room to breathe

Jaffa's Palestinian heritage celebrated in Nakba Day open houses

Sarah Irving 12 May 2015

Palestinian homes will be opened to visitors, revealing the city’s “silenced memory and history, its destruction and erasure.” Read more about Jaffa's Palestinian heritage celebrated in Nakba Day open houses

Mazen Maarouf, the Palestinian-Lebanese writer whose poetry appears in Words Without Borders' Palestine special issue.

New Palestinian literature examines exile, memory and nostalgia

Sarah Irving 4 May 2015

Translation magazine Words Without Borders highlights national experience of dispersion. Read more about New Palestinian literature examines exile, memory and nostalgia

Early classic of Palestinian resistance cinema reemerges

Sarah Irving 1 May 2015

They Do Not Exist resists Israeli denial of Palestinian life. Read more about Early classic of Palestinian resistance cinema reemerges

Residents protest Syrian diplomat's Yarmouk "terrorists" claim

Maureen Clare Murphy 29 April 2015

Damascus’ envoy told UN Security Council that only terrorists and “some male citizens only” remain in the camp. Read more about Residents protest Syrian diplomat's Yarmouk "terrorists" claim

Poem: "No search, no rescue"

Jehan Bseiso Cairo 24 April 2015

To the families and lovers at the bottom of the sea, trying to reach Europe. Read more about Poem: "No search, no rescue"

Yarmouk

7 April 2015

Editorial cartoon by Mohammad Saba’aneh for The Electronic Intifada. Read more about Yarmouk

Palestinian refugee boy comes of age in graphic novel "Baddawi"

Marguerite Dabaie 6 April 2015

Book is based on the father of the author’s experience growing up in Lebanon camp. Read more about Palestinian refugee boy comes of age in graphic novel "Baddawi"