Shoruq Organisation completed the girls' photography course
(Palestine Express) in Deheisheh camp after two months of intensive practical
training. The course aims to teach girls the methods of photography and the use
of modern cameras in expressing themselves and their environment.
Fifteen girls between 12 to 16 years from the Deheisheh camp
participated in this course. The workshop included portraits, nature and urban
places photos. The trainer Tamara Abu Laban focused on taking photos of the
camp and the stages of the development of the camp from the political, cultural
and societal perspective. Taking into account the privacy of the girls'
relationship with this space and the constraints they faced.
The workshops included writing some
ideas that girls would like to express. Also, the community constraints such as
preventing the girl from participating and expressing themselves. Some girls
spoke about environmental issues like overcrowding in the camp, accumulation of
waste and lack of water. In addition to the successive Israeli incursions on
Deheisheh camp at night and the psychological impact on girls. They expressed all these subjects
through photography.
Shoruq will present the girls' photos
at an exhibition in Italy in partnership with
The ARCHIE Foundation. The exhibition
will include a show of Shoruq’s girls rap troupe in addition to lectures about
life in Palestinian refugee camps.
