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| Letters from Gaza (23) ...Nakba Ever After


| 16 May 2009
 Yesterday was the 61st anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba. With each memory, we realise that we are sentenced to live the Nakba over and over again - each year with greater disappointment. |

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| UNRWA's blue balloon takes flight

| 15 May 2009
 On Friday 15 May UNRWA marked its 60th anniversary with a launch event for "UNRWA at 60", a series of worldwide events planned to commemorate UNRWA’s 60 years of service to Palestine refugees. |

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| Marcel Khalife and the El-Mayadine Ensemble, a Concert for Peace and Humanity

| 13 May 2009
 On 30 June Lebanese composer Marcel Khalife and the Al-Mayadine ensemble will be taking part in a concert in Vienna as part of UNRWA’s 60th anniversary events. |

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| Goal for Peace Strikes Home

| 07 May 2009
 The Palestinian national football team played its first European match yesterday, in a match that was watched avidly by Palestinians and football fans across the Middle East. |

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| Job Creation Helps Gaza Fishermen Stay Afloat


| 01 May 2009
 As the saying goes, ‘give a man a fish and he will feed himself for a day, teach a man how to fish and he will feed himself for a lifetime’. Yet, in Gaza, even those who know how to fish have been driven to unemployment by the blockade. |

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| UNRWA goes to the Cannes Film Festival

| 01 May 2009
 This year, for the first time, UNRWA will be at the Cannes Film Festival -- on the red carpet in cinematic form. |

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| On the mend

| 29 April 2009
 28 April saw the opening of a new health centre in Khan Eshieh camp in Syria. The new health centre was the result of a US$ 311,500 donation from the United States Government to replace the previous dilapidated building. |

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| Raising the roof

| 22 April 2009
 They are using their own hands to build a floor. It is hard work, but worth the effort. As the Palestinian women from the Yarmouk Centre attest, necessity is the mother of invention. |

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| Khan Dunoun sewage project improves the lives of the camp inhabitants

| 15 April 2009
 During her recent official visit to Syria, Karen AbuZayd –Director-General of UNRWA, inaugurated the long-awaited Water Supply and Sanitation Project for Khan Dunoun and Khan Eshieh Camps, and the adjacent area. |

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| Dera’a Goes Green

| 15 April 2009
 ‘During spring and early summer the Syrian countryside blossoms. From the rolling hills in its northern limits to its vast southern plains, Syrian countryside is covered in a wash of colour,’ says Lubna, a young UNRWA teacher, to her class of eight to ten year olds. |

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