“We always hope for change, but we are powerless. We are just refugees”
14/09/2022
Atika describes her difficult day as refugee.
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Atika describes her difficult day as refugee.
An armed attack on our camp shakes our security and frightens us, but what can we do but return to our tents and accept what happened as par of the course?
During the days of the war in Syria, we lost our safety. We used to sleep to the sound of cannons and wake up to
Once again, refugees in Lebanon find themselves vulnerable to discrimination as thousands of pupils are forced to leave their school seats.
Arabs say, “Who lives with a people for 40 days has become one of them.” How is it, then, that we have lived here for so many years now and are still living half-lives?
In another piece from our series “Diaries from Refugee Camps”, Atika Harba talks to the Somaya, a mother of three and a refugee inside a Lebanese refugee camp. Are you a refugee and would like to share your story inside this series? Please contact us.
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During her internship with UN-aligned, Atika Harba was asked to write about life inside the refugee camp in Lebanon. Atika, who at the time of publishing, was a 17-year-old refugee, wrote several articles and diaries that gives readers a glimpse inside the difficult life of inside the refugee camp.
First, I will talk about my place of residence in one of the camps in Lebanon, Arsal, and how I was able to adapt to
The mere mention of the word ‘refugee’ immediately evokes scenes of pain, sadness, hardship and cold. Syrian refugees in Lebanon seem fated to suffer in
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