How one small loan brought a refugee family back together
6 February 2012
(ReliefWeb) "Eight years ago, I was one of UNRWA's 'special hardship cases'," says 49-year-old Ezzeddine Abdel Aziz el Saleh. "I was living in very difficult conditions, making about 20,000...
Lebanese Minister visits Palestinian camp
26 January 2012
(Daily Star)Lebanon: Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour became the first Lebanese Cabinet member to make an official visit to a Palestinian refugee camp in six years Tuesday, when...
FILM - Life In The Shadows: Palestinians in Lebanon
17 November 2011
(MAP) What is it like to live in a refugee camp in Lebanon? This powerful film highlights the plight of some tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees who are...
Terminal Decline? Palestinian Refugee Health in Lebanon
17 November 2011
This report has been in development for over a year and ispart of MAP's ongoing work to raise the profile of the health challenges facing Palestinian refugees living in...
MAP Event - Palestinian Refugee Health in Lebanon
25 October 2011
MAP briefing paper launch in association with the SOAS Palestine Society and the Council of Arab-British Understanding (Caabu)
The findings of MAP's report reveal that Palestinian health care in Lebanon...
What could a state change for refugees?
6 September 2011
(The Daily Star) It's official. The state of Palestine has an embassy in Lebanon. Last month, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hoisted his country's black, white, red and green flag...
Salty water compounds woes of Burj al-Barajneh camp residents
30 August 2011
Daily Star - Sometimes personal hygiene isn't a private matter."When I shower, my eyes burn," says Bashir Homato. He scratches his arms from behind the counter at a small...
Remembering the Palestinians in Lebanon
26 July 2011
(MAP) About 15 years ago, one of our Masters students at The University of Glasgow carried out a health needs assessment project in three Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon....
Birth in the Shadows: Maternal and Child Health in the Refugee Camps of Lebanon
26 July 2011
(Juno) A short documentary 'Birth in the Shadows' released in June 2011 by NGO Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) offers a rare insight into motherhood in the neglected Palestinian...
Locked Out
15 July 2011
In Locked Out, Christian Aid calls for an honest and meaningful dialogue about the Palestinian refugee crisis, which engages all stakeholders, together with the introduction of a process that...
World Refugee Day
20 June 2011
(Christian Aid) 4.8 million Palestinians are living as refugees. This report looks at how addressing this issue will help unlock the peace process.
Despite competing narratives and differing interpretations of...
First families return to their new houses in Nahr el Bared camp
21 April 2011
UNRWA - UNRWA handed over the newly reconstructed homes to the first group of families in the first package out of eight packages of Nahr el-Bared camp. More families...
UNRWA to increase its coverage of tertiary healthcare services to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
12 April 2011
(iloubnan) The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced today in a communiqué that following intensive fundraising efforts, the Agency will...
Palestinian lives on hold as delays hit reconstruction of Nahr al-Bared
4 March 2011
Michael Bluhm, Daily Star - The failure of contractors to meet deadlines has pushed back by months the return of Palestinians to their homes in the destroyed Nahr al-Bared...
Refugee Health in Lebanon: Suha’s Story
24 February 2011
(MAP) Over the last year MAP has been working on a report on the conditions of Palestinian refugee health in Lebanon. One of the major issues is access to...
Interview with Salvatore Lombardo
24 February 2011
(MAP) Salvatore Lombardo is the director of UNRWA in Lebanon, which delivers essential services for over 400,000 Palestinian refugees.
Could you describe the conditions in the refugee camps?
The overall economic...
UK gives new aid to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
7 February 2011
Foreign & Commonwealth Office - New aid for Lebanon will provide urgently needed medical supplies for 1,172 families and ensure that 3,500 families have shelter.
The UK Government has announced...
March 8 set to topple Hariri's Cabinet
12 January 2011
Daily Star - Senior opposition source says 11 ministers have agreed to hand in their resignations today
The March 8 coalition is set to topple Prime Minister Saad Hariri's national...
Living conditions of Palestinian refugees worse than believed - study
16 December 2010
Daily Star - BEIRUT: Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are two times more likely to live in poverty than other Lebanese people, preliminary report findings released Tuesday have shown.
The "Socio-Economic...
Little Help, Less Hope in Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
15 November 2010
VOA - The Nahr el-Bared camp in northern Lebanon was once home to 30,000 Palestinian refugees. Three years ago, it was destroyed by fighting between the Lebanese Army and...
