“What use is it to remember now?” These were the words of some Palestinian elders, as a response to our field team questions regarding the recalling of the expulsions of 1948, a project that AL-JANA undertook in the year 1998, the 50th since the “Uprooting”. “Nobody teaches us history” This is the comment made by [...]
Tag Archives: Resilience
A New Generation of Returnees: The Challenges in Memory Projects with Refugee Youth in Lebanon
Posted in +++Featured+++, Al-JANA Blog Also tagged 1948, 4th Generation, Memory, Moa'taz Dajani, Testimony Leave a comment
Theatre & War
July 14th, 2006 Israel launches a massive attack on Lebanon that ended in displacing more than one million persons. During the 33 days war some families take refugee in a theater in the capital city of Beirut. This film shows the transformative ability of the arts and its healing powers.
Posted in Films, Multimedia Also tagged 2006 war, Beirut, Expression, Hicham Kayed, Theatre Comments closed
Our Country Why Have You Fortaken Us – Ya baldna Leish Hajartina
Ya baldna Leish Hajartina “our country why have you fortaken us” focused on part on answering the questions that we collected from children and youth, (the 4th generation of refugee children), about the uprooting of 1948.
Posted in Active Learning & Creative Expression, Active Memory, Books Also tagged 1948, Creativity, Uprooting Comments closed
