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| Umm Ahmed practises tatreez, a centuries-old embroidery technique passed down through generations and now used as a therapy by Palestinian women in ‘Gaza camp’, named after the region most of the residents came from in 1967 |
Fri 24 Jan 2025 04.00 EST
Last modified on Fri 24 Jan 2025 04.03 ESTAmong the hills of northern Jordan, three miles west of the Roman ruins of Jerash, a sprawling settlement is home to more than 40,000 Palestinian people. Set up as an emergency shelter to accommodate 11,500 Palestinians forcibly displaced from Gaza during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, Jerash camp – known locally as Gaza camp – was intended as a temporary solution.
The initial clusters of tents have since evolved into a more permanent settlement, where generations of refugees have grown up. Jordan hosts the largest number of Palestinian refugees in the world and most of the 2.3 million living there have been granted citizenship.
But the Palestinians who arrived in 1967 remain stateless. Without national IDs, they cannot find work, own property or receive state benefits. More than 88% of people in Gaza camp do not have health insurance.
One of the camp’s earliest inhabitants was Mokhtar Yahya, who arrived there as a baby. Born in Rafah a few weeks before the 1967 war broke out, his parents fled from Gaza to Jordan carrying him in a blanket.
They had sought refuge in Gaza camp firmly believing that their exile would be shortlived. But three generations of the family have now spent their entire lives in the camp..... READ MORE https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jan/24/palestinian-refugees-jordan-jerash-camp-gaza-grief-depression-mental-illness
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