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Interpal’s Glasgow branch recently held a conference at Hampden Park alongside Scottish Annual Conference to raise vital funds and awareness for people with disabilities in the besieged Gaza Strip. According to the UN, more than 7000 Palestinians have been shot and injured by the Israeli military in the last year,…
Yasmin Khan, project officer at Interpal, describes her experiences meeting Palestinian women during her travels across Lebanon and Palestine. El-Buss is a relatively small camp, with over 11,000 registered refugees according to UNRWA. In reality, camp residents estimate there may be over 15,000 people living in the camp, including some…
Yasmin Khan, project officer at Interpal, describes her experiences meeting Palestinian women during her travels across Lebanon and Palestine. My first experience in a refugee camp was during a very hot summer in Lebanon. When you plan to travel, it is important to understand the history and culture of the…
“I live near El Buss Refugee Camp in Lebanon, where I work as a physiotherapist. In the camp parents who have children with disabilities sometimes don’t fully understand how treatment can help them, and private physiotherapy sessions are expensive. But when they come here, they listen to all the information…
“I have to be the voice of Palestinian children who can send their message to the world” Janna Jihad is know for being Palestine’s youngest ever journalist. Living in the occupied West Bank, at just 12 years old, she live-reports violence against Palestinians during protests using her mother’s IPhone. Her…