On 18/07/1948 David Ben-Gurion (the first Prime Minister in Israel) wrote in his diary: “We must do everything to ensure they (the Palestinian refugees) never do return…. The old will die and the young will forget.”  Today, 62 years after the Nakba (The 1948 Palestinian exodus) and despite the on-going terror and ethnic cleansing, the Palestinian people is still here and have not forgotten. And will never forget.

Going back to where I was born, in one of the refugee camps in Jordan, I wanted to capture the daily life, the struggles, and somtimes the joy of my people, especialy the kids.

These photos are taken in Alwehdat camp, and Hitten camp, April, 2009

A Palestinian Refugee family posing for the camera, April-2009, Al-Wehdat CampFiras, a Palestinian refugee child in his room, April-2009, Al-Wehdat Camp, Jordan.

Aida and her little brother Firas, April-2009, Al-Wehdat Camp, Jordan

One of the old generation who witnessed the war in 1948, April-2009, Al-Wehdat Camp, Jordan

Husam on his way to school, April-2009, Hitten Camp, Jordan

A little boy having a break during his 1 hour walk journey to school, April-2009, Hitten Camp, Jordan.

Jamal, a 12 years old Palestinian boy studying in one of the learning centres provided by the UNRWA. April-2009, Al-Wehdat Camp, Jordan.

A Palestinian kid playing football in Al-wehdat club,a club that has been founded and run by the refugees themselves, April, 2009, Alwehdat Camp, Jordan.Yaseen wearing his beloved football club’s shirt, April-2009, Hettin Camp, Jordan.A little Palestinian girl dancing on her way to buy breakfast, April-2009, Hitten Camp, Jordan.

A young Palestinian refugee girl standing outside her house, Al-Wehdat Camp, Jordan.

An Old Palestinian women sitting in her house, a one room house with no doors, no furniture, April-2009, Hitten Camp, Jordan.

A group of kids wondering around outside their houses. April-2009, Hitten Camp, Jordan

17. Cloths are hanged outside a house to dry, these matchbox houses can hardly provide protection from the rain in the winter, April-2009, Hitten Camp, Jordan.