Tag: refugee camp

July 31, 2014

Boom: A Photo Essay

Construction and destruction in Shatila and Gaza. by DIANA ALLAN All photos courtesy of Hisham Ghuzlan When I visited Shatila last week two topics dominated conversation: the carnage in Gaza and the deleterious effects of the construction boom underway in the camp. I’ll take them …

Anthropology, Current Affairs, Middle East Studies
July 31, 2014

Watching the Occupation at a Close Distance

Surveillance cameras capture the violence as it unfolds in Gaza and the West Bank. by AMAHL BISHARA On May 15, 2014, Nakba Day—a day on which Palestinians commemorate the mass dispossession caused by the formation of the state of Israel—Israeli army snipers shot and killed …

Current Affairs, Middle East Studies