Shatila refugee camp

Jobs clampdown stirs unrest in Lebanon’s camps

Amena ElAshkar 24 September 2019

Recent legislation and historic discrimination leave Palestinian refugees fearful and angry. Read more about Jobs clampdown stirs unrest in Lebanon’s camps

Anne Paq 13 May 2016

Palestinian refugees who fled Syria to Lebanon live on the margins, their future insecure. Read more about Suspended between hope and hardship

Patrick O. Strickland Beirut 25 August 2015

More than 100 detainees were forced to sit alongside each other, wearing only their underwear. Read more about Palestinian journalist recalls torture by Syrian jailers

Moe Ali Nayel Beirut 15 May 2014

Now living in a cramped Beirut refugee camp basement, Um Zohair remembers being uprooted from Palestine in 1948. Read more about "We're exhausted from being homeless": recalling the Palestinians' plight on Nakba Day

Moe Ali Nayel 6 March 2014

Mutawalli Abou Nasser Beirut 8 January 2014

A family of five has to shell out $1,000 for basic papers, an expense few of the destitute refugees can afford. Read more about Lebanon charges punitive registration fees to Palestinians fleeing Syria war

Rosemary Sayigh Beirut 26 July 2013

Frustration with the Palestinian Authority has led refugees to preserve their heritage through their own initiatives. Read more about Museums for Palestinian refugees "light up past before 1948"

Moe Ali Nayel 10 June 2013

Medical expenses of injured son of Palestinian woman who fled Syria paid for by compassionate strangers. Read more about Palestinian refugee who fled Syria recounts outpouring of support from EI readers

Nidal El-Khairy 25 March 2013

Almost 65 years after the Nakba, Palestinian refugees are still being displaced and denied their right of return. Read more about To where should we return?

Sarah Irving 27 February 2013

Protest and poetry are “inseparable twins,” according to a new Al Jazeera documentary series. Read more about Palestinians shouldn't be covered in "blanket of sadness," says poet