we are not numbers

emerging writers from Palestine tell their stories and advocate for their human rights

Tag: camp

Walls seem to be the trendy way to ignore “unwantables." Lebanon is no different when it comes to trying to "contain" refugees.
I grew up in Lebanon’s largest refugee camp, the one most often in the news due to what often appears like “madness and mayhem”: Ein El-Helweh. But for me, it is simply “home.”
I grew up in Lebanon’s largest refugee camp, the one most often in the news due to what often appears like “madness and mayhem”: Ein El-Helweh. But for me, it is simply “home.”
I never thought I would feel the degree of sadness I have experienced the last few days, during the clashes taking place in Ein El-Helweh camp.
Home should be a safe harbor. But in my camp, there are snipers and the voices of bullets.
When an attempted terrorist attack recently occurred in Lebanon, the media were quick to blame a refugee. Why are we the first to be suspects?