Tag: Askar Refugee Camp
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Statement from New Askar Refugee Camp, Nablus on World Children’s Day
To mark World Children’s Day, the following statement was issued by the Askar Refugee Camps’ Association for Community Development. On the occasion of World Children’s Day, which marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the children of New Askar Refugee Camp remind the world that their rights…
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Barriers, blockades, impounds and occupation in the West Bank
A joint STUC fringe meeting hosted by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) as part of Dundee’s Speak Oot festival. 6:00pm Monday 28th April, Queens Hotel, Nethergate, Dundee. Speakers: Colin Brown (FBU), Dr Amina (Health Workers for Palestine) & Mary McGregor (DNTA) Join us to discuss the increasing violence being inflicted across Palestine’s West Bank and…
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Leila and the Wolves
The film Leila and the Wolves is our annual contribution to International Women’s Day to be screened at Dundee Contemporary Arts. Leila is a London-based Lebanese woman who explores her heritage through time-travelling journeys taking her back and forth to counter a friend’s assertion that women had no role in Lebanese history. This award-winning film…
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Medical Centre for Askar Refugee Camp
Like Dundee, Boulder in Colorado (USA) is twinned with Nablus. Last year, their Boulder-Nablus Sister City Project (BNSCP) successfully purchased a fully-equipped ambulance for Askar Refugee Camp in Nablus. Now, their latest campaign is to set up and equip a medical centre for Askar. They have already made significant progress in raising funds to finance…