Calm restored at Lebanon refugee camp after clash
17 February 2010
SIDON, Lebanon,The situation was calm on Tuesday at a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon following clashes between rival factions that left a woman dead, officials said.
"Everything is back...
Deal reached between UNRWA, PRCS opens up healthcare for Palestinians
14 January 2010
BEIRUT: An agreement signed on Wednesday between the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) will strengthen healthcare for Palestinian refugees in...
Lebanese refugees wait for their due
11 January 2010
Now Lebanon - Once dubbed the most prosperous Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Nahr al-Bared is today a barren landscape, with mounds of rubble sitting where sprawling neighborhoods used...
UNRWA chief holds rare meeting with representatives of Palestinian factions
6 January 2010
SIDON: The Director of Affairs of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Lebanon said on Tuesday his agency was in the process of "re-structuring" its top...
Lebanon's Palestinians: refugees for life
7 December 2009
AFP,BEIRUT - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's visit to Beirut on Monday casts the spotlight on the plight of nearly 300,000 Palestinians in Lebanon who fear they are doomed to...
Lebanon: Refugees Remain Sceptical of Nahr al-Bared Reconstruction
1 December 2009
IPS - Ray Smith - More than two years after their refugee camp was destroyed in a war between the Lebanese army and the Islamist militant group Fatah al-Islam,...
Report: Refugees in Lebanon to receive PA passports
30 November 2009
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon may be issued passports from the Palestinian Authority, the Beirut-based Elaph reported.
Lebanese officials expect President Mahmoud Abbas to visit the country in the coming days...
Child labor rises as Palestinian children lose faith in learning
23 November 2009
The Daily Star - BEIRUT: Palestinian children in the camps of Lebanon are losing faith in the value of an education, with record numbers leaving school to work. "We...
EU contributes to school rebuilding in Lebanon
18 November 2009
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the EU today inaugurated the Deir Qasi preparatory school in Mieh Mieh, in...
Dream of a girl in Lebanon refugee camp
17 November 2009
BEIRUT, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Every afternoon, 12-year-old Sahar Karmo goes to the Youth and Children's Center in Beirut's Shatila Palestinian Refugee Camp for free education.
Having quit school recently,...
No way home: The tragedy of the Palestinian diaspora
23 October 2009
The Independent - special report by Judith Miller and David Samuels
It is a cynical but time-honoured practice in Middle Eastern politics: the statesmen who decry the political and humanitarian...
Lebanon's refugee waiting room
23 October 2009
URUKNET - By Andrew Wander in Beirut
Some 23 years after fleeing war, the al-Rukun family still live in a disused hospital
"We thought we would be here for a few...
Palestinian refugees reject 'sell-out' deal
19 October 2009
By Mahan Abedin BEIRUT - The latest tri-lateral Middle East peace talks have been overshadowed by the United Nations report by Richard Goldstone that accuses both Israel and Hamas...
Drama gives voice to young Palestinians
12 October 2009
Daily Star - UNRWA workshop opens window into refugee children's aspirations
BEIRUT: "If Palestine was free I would play outside with my friends. If Palestine was free I could ask...
Palestinian women denied rights even in camps
5 October 2009
The Daily Star - Palestinian women in one of Lebanon's largest refugee camps say that with no rights in the country or even within their own community, they feel...
Palestinian Refugee Women in Lebanon:Conditions and Challenges in Bourj al-Barajneh Camp
1 October 2009
Study by the Palestinian Women's Humanitarian Organization
Beirut, Lebanon
Acknowledgements
This study was funded by Kvinna til Kvinna as part of a larger project aimed at empowering women in Bourj al-Barajneh Camp....
Campaign presses Palestinians' right to return
21 September 2009
BEIRUT: A media drive to highlight the plight of Lebanon's Palestinian refugees was called for by the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC), Thursday. Speaking at an iftar held for members...
After the massacre: Sabra and Shatila, 27 years later
21 September 2009
Ma'an - "That is the old Israeli watchtower and entrance to Sabra," a man on the street pointed, standing in front of the Sabra and Shatila Palestinian Refugee Camps.
Below...
Palestinian refugees protest Nahr al-Bared delay
1 September 2009
Daily Star
BEIRUT: Hundreds of Palestinian refugees staged a protest at the northern camp of Nahr al-Bared on Monday to oppose the government's decision to delay the camp's reconstruction. Protesters...
Marginal errors
3 August 2009
The National - As the rebuilding of Nahr al Bared slowly begins, is Lebanon preparing to bring Palestinian refugees in from the fringes?
Marc Perelman reports -
"This is Lebanon's Guantanamo."...
