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Ro’a Sheesh photographed in the library of her childhood UNRWA school. © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Abeer Ismail.

Young Reader turned novelist: One UNRWA student writes of purpose and possibility

23 October 2019
Ro’a recalls that a short story entitled "Bulbul," was her first attempt at writing, which she describes as amatuer. The library of the UNRWA Dheisheh Girls’ School 1, near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, was where Ro’a Sheesh first began her love for reading and...
Graduates photographed during the UNRWA Damascus Training Centre Graduation Ceremony 2019. ©UNRWA photo by Taghrid Mohammad

A New Chapter: UNRWA honours 280 Class of 2019 Damascus Training Centre Graduates

22 October 2019
Families, parents, friends and staff cheered as some 280 United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Damascus Training Centre (DTC) students graduated from their vocational training programmes on 12 October 2019
Wijdan Haroun pictured here during a shoot. © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Abeer Ismail.

Young Photographer Turns Her Passion into a Career: UNRWA Vocational Training In Action

14 October 2019
Wijdan Haroun from al-Amari camp in the West Bank did not expect to become a professional photographer and videographer; nor did she expect to end up training other young Palestine refugee women in the art of photography and share her passion
A student in Gaza using the ILP at school. © 2017 UNRWA Photo

UNRWA strengthens its self-learning programme

11 October 2019
As part of its Education in Emergencies approach, the UNRWA Department of Education has further developed and diversified its student Self-Learning Programme
"I am just a child, I know nothing about politics.". Hatem's story

"I am just a child, I know nothing about politics.". Hatem's story

25 August 2019
When you have lived through three armed conflicts, When soldiers have raided your home, leaving you frightened and confused,

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