Aida refugee camp lives in the shadow of the Israeli separation wall. The camp is over crowded, with no space for children to play. Young people vent their frustration by throwing stones at Israeli watchtowers and into the neighbouring army camp.
Israeli soldiers respond with tear gas and sound bombs, arresting children and firing rubber bullets and live ammunition.
“Young people in Aida Camp believe it is normal to throw stones, to inhale tear gas, to hide from soldiers but this is not normal. We have to let them see what normal life is and to know what they should aspire to.” Abdelfattah Abusrour, Director of Alrowwad Centre for Culture & Arts.
Amos partner, Alrowwad teaches ‘beautiful resistance’ inspiring young people to channel their activism into creative non-violence using music, dance, drama, film and photography.
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After the huge success of last year’s virtual tour of Jabalia Camp in Gaza (one of our most popular webinars), we returned to the Strip for the sixth episode in our Dozen Tuesdays series to join our friends from We Are Not Numbers who created another virtual tour for us.
In the first episode of our Dozen Tuesdays webinar season, we focussed on the Palestinian city of Hebron and the surrounding South Hebron Hills when we were joined by members of our partner HIRN’s management team. HIRN stands for Hebron International Resources Network, and they are based in Hebron and work across the surrounding areas.
Tent of Nations is a farm run by the Nasser family south of Bethlehem. The family are due to hear the outcome of a long-running court case to ratify the ownership of their land. The case has been in the courts for decades and has been delayed numerous times — despite them having all the necessary paperwork. Watch again as we showed a recorded interview with Daoud Nasser and gave an update on the latest news.
Following the success of the On Location online exhibition in 2021, Amos Trust co-curated the Colours of Gaza exhibition of 50 new and established Gazan artists in partnership with the Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem. This webinar gave an insight into that exhibition and the art scene in Gaza, the challenges faced and the determination to overcome and capture the colour and hope of Gaza.
Following two previous virtual tours of Gaza, we were delighted that Enas Ghannam (pictured) and the We Are Not Numbers team were able to join us once more to give us a unique snapshot into life in Gaza. This time, they filmed the preparations of a Gazan wedding and we found out how ‘Summaqya’, the essential food found at all Gazan pre-wedding celebrations, is made. We were privileged to be invited into the lives of those whose celebrations do not fit into the usual news stories about Gaza and to celebrate with them.
We were delighted to have Mosab Abu Toha join us in January. Mosab is a Palestinian poet, short-story writer and essayist from Gaza. He founded the Edward Said Library in Gaza, which was destroyed during the 2023/25 assault. He hopes to be able to rebuild it. Mosab read from his latest remarkable and critically acclaimed poetry book, Forest of Noise, and discussed the ongoing situation in Gaza and what the future may hold. Mosab is currently living in the United States.
At 4:00am on Saturday 6th of April 2024, Layan Nasir was taken away at gunpoint from her parent’s home in the West Bank town of Birzeit after 15 soldiers burst into her house to arrest her. Layan and Tala Masir, a lawyer at Addameer Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, joined us to discuss Layan’s experience and that of thousands of other Palestinians in the Israeli judicial system. They discussed the appalling conditions in Israeli jails and the widespread hunger, physical, sexual and psychological abuse of Palestinian prisoners — including children, as well as Tala’s work at Addameer.
Raja Shehadeh is not just a lawyer, writer, and human rights activist — he is a witness to history and a voice for justice in Palestine. Born in 1951 in Ramallah, his life has been shaped by displacement, resistance and an unwavering belief in the power of words and law. His family’s journey — from Jaffa to Ramallah during the Nakba — set the stage for a lifelong struggle to defend Palestinian rights. Raja reads from his new book, ‘Forgotten: Searching For Palestine’s Hidden Places and Lost Memorials’ and 2024’s ‘What Does Israel Fear From Palestine?’
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