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The story revolves around the protagonist, Abu Al-Abd, who is a Palestinian refugee living in a refugee camp. As was the case with most refugees, Abu Al-Abd is unable to secure a job. Him and the other residents of the camp wait every month for donations from international associations.
Palestinian refugee camps were first established to accommodate Palestinians who were displaced by the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight during the 1948 Palestine war. Camps were established by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Jordan , Lebanon , Syria , the West Bank and the Gaza Strip .
The camp provided shelter to the first refugees from Palestine when the 1948 Palestine War began. The camp was established in 1949 on an area of land of 0.69 square kilometers. Most of the refugees in the camp are from the northern parts of Palestine, and many today have good degrees of education and work as teachers or as civil servants.
The Jenin refugee camp was formally established in 1953 after a snowstorm had destroyed a previous refugee camp in the region. [1] The camp was established over 372 dunams of land that was leased to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for an extended period of time, [2] and was later expanded to 473 dunams (0.42 km 2).
Hama camp is a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, located in the heart of the city of Hama, which is 200 kilometers north of the Syrian capital Damascus. The camp was established in 1950 on an area of 60,000 square meters, overlooking the Orontes River. Most of the camp's refugees return to villages surrounding the northern Palestinian cities ...
The UN Palestinian refugee agency said the camp is not permanent. It said that the agency distributed tents and blankets to dozens of displaced families in Khan Younis who couldn’t fit in other ...
The Shatila refugee camp (Arabic: مخيم شاتيلا), also known as the Chatila refugee camp, is a settlement originally set up for Palestinian refugees in 1949. It is located in southern Beirut , Lebanon and houses more than 9,842 registered Palestine refugees. [ 1 ]
Palestinian refugees in Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem, 1956. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is an organ of the United Nations created exclusively for the purpose of aiding those displaced by the Arab–Israeli conflict, with an annual budget of approximately $600 million. [17]