BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Children from Bethlehem’s Aida and Beit Jibrin refugee camps talk to Mondoweiss about their life in the camps. Filmmakers Sheren Khalel …and Abed al Qaisi wanted to know exactly how much the children understood about the military occupation going on around them, and how normal they believed their lives were. With
April 2011 Celebrating 10 Years of Play On Saturday, May 21st, Playgrounds for Palestine will be celebrating its 10th year anniversary. We have several wonderful surprises to unveil and we sincerely hope you will join us for this special ocassion. The evening entertainment will feature Spoken Word Poet Remi Kanazi and renowned Dabke Troupe,
PfP is proud to announce that the installation of our two new playgrounds has officially begun. Susan Abulhawa arrived in the West Bank last week and has been scrambling to take care of some unforseen problems before installation can begin. For more information about her trip, go to http://pfp2008trip.blogspot.com/ Board member Sonia Rosen will be
The community LOVES movie nights! susan abulhawa brought a projector to Gaza when she went there and it has been a huge hit. PfP staff charge it by day, and by evening, the projector offers a small sense of normalcy and escape for people trying to survive genocide.
“After the ‘Cast lead’ attack on Gaza, PfP shared a video of the kids finally able to go outside where there still stood a (PfP) playground. It still brings tears to think about the joy of those kids swarming the playground… It really brought home the great work PfP does. “