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Mr. Ismaeel Abbas waiting for his assistance at an UNRWA cash distribution centre in Damascus. © 2019 UNRWA photo by Heba Hajjawi.

Parenthood In War: One Father’s Ongoing Struggle to Support his Family

18 February 2020
Ismaeel Abbas, a 61-year-old Palestine refugee from rural Damascus, never imagined his senior years would be filled with hardship.
Ms Fathma Qasha (centre) with Rahma Mu’ammar (right) and classmate Mona (left) hold the trophy for winning the school’s table-tennis tournament. © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Khalil Adwan.

When Sports Can Help Illuminate the Future

15 January 2020
Rahma Mu’ammar is a ninth-grade student at the UNRWA al-Fukhari Preparatory Girls’ School in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip with a very special dream: she wants to establish a sports centre for women in the Gaza Strip.
Ranna Al Rimlawi 24 years-old passionately works on one of her sand sculptores at her home in Gaza City, Gaza. © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Ibrahim Abu Usheeba

Bringing memory to life: One sculptor’s journey through blockade

12 January 2020
Ranna Al Ramlawi is a 24-year old Palestine refugee from Gaza. Her father suffers from Parkinson's disease, leaving him unable to move or work. Ranna’s mother is a teacher at an UNRWA school in the besieged strip. One of nine children, Ranna was unable to complete a...
UNRWA school staff accept an International School Award accreditation in Beirut, Lebanon. © 2019 UNRWA photo by Rabie Akel.

Taking on the world: Palestine Refugee Students in Lebanon Receive International Recognition

09 January 2020
In Lebanon, some 37,000 Palestine refugee students are being educated within 65 UNRWA schools and during the 2019 academic school year, six UNRWA schools were proud to receive the International School Award (ISA) accreditation at the International School Award Ceremony.
Zahra’a (left) and Sondous (right) attend class at the UNRWA al-Faloujeh alternative school in Yalda, south of Damascus, Syria. © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Taghrid Mohammad

Through rubble and debris to a better future

26 December 2019
Seventh-graders Sondous and Zahra’a from Yarmouk walk past the debris of war to reach their school in nearby Yalda: devastated buildings, black and grey, with rooftops that are bent over, kissing the ground. The two girls are among thousands of Palestine refugee children in...

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