Photo-voice project in Palestine

Try the Norwegian People Aid’s Youth & Vocational Center in Beirut. Lots of palestinian refugees who use the center, all interested in photography and media.

thanks for this exciting lead! will look into them after the holidays. are you involved with this group??

hey i ran a project like this in Bolivia working with Shoe Shine Boys in the capital. I was also part of "project Luz’…a disposable camera project run in Mexico. I don’t know where to start but if you need any help or advice then please contact me and i hope i can be of help! ben.

I’d try to contact filmmaker Mai Masri, who has made a series of three films on Palestinian children and has also set up a Children’s Scholarship fund.

http://www.hrw.org/iff/2002/traveling/frontiers-interview.html

http://www.palestine-family.net/index.php?nav=3-83&cid=98-176&did=743&pageflip=1

- If someone wanted to learn more or do something to help, what might you suggest?

They could visit NGOs on the ground like Ibdaa in Dheisha or Sumoud in Shatila camp. They could sponsor Palestinian children or families.If they like they could volunteer to work with children in one of the refugee camps or take part in the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) www.palsolidarity.org or Grass Roots International Protection (GIPP) www.pngo.net/GIPP/.

Peace activists of ISM are doing incredible work in protecting civilians and testifying against Israeli brutality (Contacts: Pcr@p-ol.com and send copy to: georgesq@yahoo.com Hanna Rishmawi (GIPP): 00972-52-437513; Bahiyya (GIPP): 00972-55-378262; George S. Rishmawi: 00972-52-502079; Ghassan Andoni: 00972-52- 595319; Sabeel Centre (Cathy): 00972-2-5327136).

Check this site out! The exhibition was traveling through America not too long ago. . . so inspiring!The photographer who headed this project might be able to give you some insight on the “how’s” in getting a project like this off the ground. Cheers!

http://picturebalata.net/

I have a long term relationship with the community in Dheisheh refugee camp,near Bethlehem. I can put you in touch with the folks who run the Ibdaa Cultural Center – it has an infrastructure to support internationals and welcomes such projects. I did a pilot photo workshop there last fall, and they’d definitely like to bring more photography projects in.

Thanks to you all for your helpful tips and exciting leads!!

Happy 2008!
ruba

hey ruba,
in aida camp,bethlehem there’s a nice community center which has an ongoing photo program.when i was there it was anne paq who was running photo/film activities with many groups from 9-24.in hebron wendy lear runned a similiar project with teenagers armed with slr’s and i think the project was great succes with a book and exhibition somewhere in ny.anne’s blog is a real good source of info on whats going on in the west bank:
chroniquespalestine

wend’s page

check it out,good luck!

hi ruba,

i’m from india and was wondering if there are spaces/ projects that allow for photographers and filmmakers like us to operate and work in palestine? i’m really keen to take up a visual project that looks at how childhood is lived and ‘performed’ in the middle east, specifically in conflict areas…would you be able to help?

looking forward to hearing from you

Dear Ruba, In France, with vulnerable (dsabled, marginalised…) publics , we have developped method,starting from using either disposable cameras or even mobile phone camera and going till editing movies from those images + voices + any sounds…tell me a bit what you need exactly. All the best . gerald