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  1. 1. The Support Process Directed to Palestinian Refugee Women Who Are Victims of Gender-based Violence in the Palestinian Refugee Camps in Beirut

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Manal Makkieh; [2023-09-22]
    Keywords : Bureaucracy; Intersectionality; Feminist Women Solidarity; Support Process; Victims of Gender-based Violence GBV ;

    Abstract : In 1948, Palestinians were expelled from their homeland Palestine then were forced to seek refuge in multiple countries including Lebanon. During their temporary stay, Palestinian refugee women began to experience serious problems like gender-based violence. READ MORE

  3. 2. "Matter out of place" : Humanitarianism and the construction of national identities: the cases of Palestinian and Sahrawi refugees

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : LETICIA ALVAREZ; [2021]
    Keywords : Refugeehood; humanitarianism; nationalism; neutrality; Palestine; Western Sahara; refugee camp;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the tension between humanitarianism and nationalism byfocusing on the Sahrawi and Palestinian refugee cases. These cases represent a challengeto both nationalism, which presupposes national identity as being congruent with theestablished political borders and rooted within their limits, and the claim of neutrality, asnot favoring any side in an armed conflict or dispute and bearing no national allegiance. READ MORE

  4. 3. Bring Light to Gaza. An exploration of solar and ecologically-sensitive light programs for the Deir al-Balah refugee camp

    University essay from KTH/Ljusdesign

    Author : Abigail Benouaich; [2020]
    Keywords : Solar street lighting; light and urban space; light for protection; light for accessibility; light and social behaviour; psychosocial impact; clean energy access; equitable social environment;

    Abstract : In Gaza, daily blackouts have lasted for over eleven years. Until recently, Palestinian families have received only four hours of power each day. Since Israel’s withdrawal from the region in 2005, the political discourse around the Right of Return has forced refugees to live in terrible conditions and darkness. READ MORE

  5. 4. Tatreez Online : The Transformation of a Palestinian Tradition

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien-, Mellanöstern- och Turkietstudier

    Author : Silvia Ulloa; [2020]
    Keywords : embroidery; Palestine; tatreez; Internet; social media; diaspora;

    Abstract : Traditional Palestinian embroidery (tatreez) played an important role as a form of indigenous language in Palestinian culture before the Nakba, the 1948 mass displacement of Palestinians from their homeland. After the exile of the Palestinian population and through the subsequent conflicts and occupation in the decades since the Nakba, tatreez has become a symbol of Palestinian resistance, represented in art and dress as a way to demonstrate the history of the Palestinian people, their attachment to the land of Palestine, and their continued struggle for justice. READ MORE

  6. 5. Education for Peace or Conflict? : A Case Study of Palestinian Refugee Communities in Lebanon

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Caroline Kölegård; [2019]
    Keywords : education; resilience; mobilization; armed groups; Palestinian refugees; youth; Lebanon;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the effect of education on youth within vulnerable settings to resist joining armed groups. Two alternate causal mechanisms are derived from existing research. READ MORE