Category Archives: Books

Away from Home again book

By admin | Published: March 1, 2010
“Away from Home Again” is a learning & creative expression odyssey by displaced young Palestinian refugees from Nahr El-Bared camp, Lebanon. A photo-voice chronicle of the trials & tribulations of refugee children at a time of war & displacement; their efforts to express & transform their precarious lives, & their participation in their community’s efforts [...]
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O Home of Evergreen Trees

By admin | Published: November 7, 2009
“Ya darna yamm al-shadjar lkhzar” Palestinian folktales & songs remembered & compiled after half a century of living in exile. Proceeds will support the work of an ngo working with Palestinian children in Gaza Strip
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Writing Workshops: Words on Colors

By admin | Published: February 22, 2007
Children, maybe even more than adults, have the need to speak, to tell, to show. During the workshops focusing on expression, AL-JANA invited them to express themselves, to speak about themselves through their writings.
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Our Drawing and Design: Friday Morning at al-Jana

By admin | Published: February 22, 2006
By Amy Trabka with Arabic Translation by May Haddad For the last five years children and youth have been meeting on Friday mornings at Al Jana to investigate art processes, draw from the figure, the man-made and natural world and experiment with different two and three dimensional design concepts. Using the skills they have [...]
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