One main aspect of the Palestinian situation that media seldom pays attention is the situation of the 350,000 – 400,000 Palestinians refugees in Lebanon. Scattered in camps for more than 55 years, and comprising two generations, the refugees suffer a lack of the very basic human rights, for a dignified life.

The refugee issue has been placed in the back seat of the discussions surrounding the overall question of Palestine. During the better part of the past five decades, the issue of refugees has been rendered secondary to the strife of a sovereign Palestinian state. The reason for this are intricate. Sufficient to say is that the refugees has largely remained voiceless throughout the conflict. The experience and desires of the people involved is yet a story to be told.

Photography has proved to be a powerful medium that greatly influences our interpretation of past events and our understanding of history. It is an important symbol and transmitter of social, cultural and economic values.

A photographic image has the special characteristic that it is a witness of an instance. It records the instance and makes that image part of history. It is for this reason that since the invention of photography approximately some 150 years ago, the circumstances for how societies understand history has radically changed.

With this in mind, this initiative seeks to portray the life of Palestinian refugee kids at Bourj Al Shamali camp in the south of Lebanon, with the light that these kids themselves wished to shed on their life, with the basic help of black and white photography.