The Initiative
“The Narrative Projects” use documentary strategies, including participatory media, to illuminate the unseen, unheard and unknown stories of the refugee experience in the MENA region and North America.
The inaugural project, The Women’s Documentary Photo Workshop, launched in 2019 as a collaboration between documentarian and educator Jacqueline Sofia, and several motivated women community members of the Jerash Refugee Camp in Jordan. Together, they worked to document a series of images and stories that contribute towards a more nuanced and informed narrative of the camp community and the greater Palestinian refugee experience in the region.
“The Narrative Projects” platform is a virtual archive of multimedia resources to better equip educators, researchers and the media, in building a more informed narrative of the refugee experience and the global refugee community.
Contributors in Jerash “Gaza” Camp. (L-R) Fulla Mohammed Al Metheley, Marwa Khamash, Amna Abo Zuhair, Isra’a Attiah Ghanem Abu Rijal, Safiah Abu Shanin. 26 January 2019. (Photo by: Jacqueline M. Sofia)
Contributors
Isra’a Attiah Ghanem Abu Rijal - Jerash Camp
Marwa Khamash - Jerash Camp
Fulla Mohammed Al Metheley - Jerash Camp
Safiah Abu Shanin - Jerash Camp
Amna Abo Zuhair - Jerash Camp
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