https://www.landofforgotten.net/projects daily 0.75 2013-08-26 https://www.landofforgotten.net/home daily 1.0 2019-01-20 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/t/5c2eda33aa4a998b320cd1b6/1546574402181/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-1.jpg Home https://www.landofforgotten.net/palestinians daily 0.75 2019-01-29 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c43c5ee7ba7fc4a9ae2b0d6/1548803550275/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-37.jpg Palestinians A child throws garbage into dumpsters outside the entrance to theShatila refugee camp. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c41214e1ae6cf3dc950da5a/1547772277123/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-26.jpg Palestinians Students in a local school inside the Shatila refugee camp. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c4106cdf950b7549a45de22/1547765495120/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-17.jpg Palestinians A young boy sits quietly while members of his family sleep in the room they all share. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c4100d46d2a73bd95b4712a/1548803731536/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-2.jpg Palestinians Another perspective of Amal’s home. Here she sits in the single room with her son and grandchildren. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9dfb758d46eb669b7b6f/1547764781106/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-16.jpg Palestinians A young man walks past laundry drying inside an alleyway. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9d69575d1f848afa851b/1547764637425/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-5.jpg Palestinians Young Palestinian child. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9d69758d46eb669b6db1/1547764911707/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-4.jpg Palestinians Power cables and laundry lines. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9d08898583689b04097a/1547764890486/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-14.jpg Palestinians A clean water distributor. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9d08f950b73ee3e83cc8/1548803477272/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-13.jpg Palestinians Water droplets landing on open power lines. Every year numerous people are killed in the camps as a result of electrocution by dangerously strung power lines. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9d0270a6ad334a2e79eb/1548803530091/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-12.jpg Palestinians Two elderly Palestinians sit and talk on a street corner inside Shatila. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9d0203ce649efb8c7901/1547764833762/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-11.jpg Palestinians Coffee shop and alleyway. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9cf82b6a28af4f98b2ae/1547764762053/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-10.jpg Palestinians An elderly man sweeps trash away from his door. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9cf870a6ad334a2e76f2/1547764863410/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-9.jpg Palestinians A man covers his face as he walks by a pile of rotting trash. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9c9070a6ad334a2e6f34/1547764185108/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-21.jpg Palestinians A young Palestinian boy inside a small shop. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9bf9575d1f848afa67f0/1547764680670/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-36.jpg Palestinians A worker carries heavy loads of material for repairs being made on a local collapsing structure. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9bf9758d46eb669b5093/1547764618933/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-35.jpg Palestinians A busy corridor in the Shatila refugee camp. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9bf5aa4a9901f51d7a36/1547764581987/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-34.jpg Palestinians Workers attempt to repair portions of an old collapsing structure. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9bf42b6a28af4f989e65/1548803351008/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-33.jpg Palestinians A young Palestinian man smokes a cigarette while hanging with friends during the middle of the day. Due to complications with the legal and social status of Palestinians in Lebanon, most people in the camps struggle to find work, and thus spend good portions of the day in the alleys and streets as their homes are often inhabitable in the midday heat. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9bee4d7a9c2c1a9aae64/1548803675254/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-32.jpg Palestinians The severe cataract covering her eye has been growing for nearly ten years, she said. Unable to afford treatment, she has slowly gone blind in that eye. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9bee4fa51aeb156a19a8/1548803415673/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-31.jpg Palestinians Mothers and children wait near the office of the PLO inside Shatila. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9bea70a6ad334a2e601b/1547764276509/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-30.jpg Palestinians A lone light bulb illuminates a photo of Yassar Arafat. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9bea0ebbe886df688138/1547764356299/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-29.jpg Palestinians An elderly woman in her small room. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9be7f950b73ee3e825f5/1547763647129/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-28.jpg Palestinians A young Palestinian boy. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9be688251b4c023dbe51/1548803246494/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-27.jpg Palestinians A bread truck unloading on one of the narrow streets of the Shatila camp. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9be2f950b73ee3e8257e/1548803287853/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-25.jpg Palestinians A small day school inside the Shatila refugee camp. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9bdd758d46eb669b4dcb/1547764126383/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-23.jpg Palestinians A young boy standing in his family’s small shop inside the Shatila camp. As most of refugees lack a regular source of income many products are purchased on loan, and ledgers keep track of the community debts. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c3f9bdd575d1f848afa6569/1548803391145/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-24.jpg Palestinians A small child carrying a water can down an alley in Shatila. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c2ee3934d7a9c7f5ba6e784/1547763620415/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-19.jpg Palestinians A family gathers in the kitchen of their small home in the Shatila refugee camp. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c2ee38f758d46b47058a40e/1548803753170/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-8.jpg Palestinians A little Palestinian girl collects laundry left out to dry. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee38e70a6ad1b09b05d83/5c2ee38faa4a998b320d64da/1548803717868/paletinian-refugee-lebanon-shatila-beirut-palestine-documentary-1.jpg Palestinians Amal Ahmad Al Atta, a 52-year-old grandmother born in the Shatila camp, has lived there her whole life and now shares a small single-room home with her surviving children and grandchildren. https://www.landofforgotten.net/syrians daily 0.75 2019-01-29 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa04970a6ad334a2ec138/1547755030140/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-35.jpg syrians A young boy returning from his work shift stands outside the door to his family’s tent. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa0474ae2371f9b638de6/1547755004401/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-34.jpg syrians Clotheslines behind the tents of an unnamed refugee camp. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa046352f53fde7de3502/1547754968272/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-33.jpg syrians Two children watch us from inside their tent. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa041cd8366db33642e26/1548805374490/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-32.jpg syrians Multiple generations often share single-room tents in the camp. Pictured here are four of the ten people who live here. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa040352f53fde7de3451/1547754761257/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-31.jpg syrians A young boy eating lunch inside an undisclosed refugee camp. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa03d2b6a28af4f98f7f7/1548805347133/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-29.jpg syrians A young boy missing a foot stares intently from the door of his tent. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa0386d2a73955f4d387e/1548805328544/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-28.jpg syrians Laundry drying in the midday heat. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa036352f53fde7de337c/1547754628656/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-27.jpg syrians A toy gun. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa03521c67c6a97202323/1548805303479/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-26.jpg syrians At the time of this photograph the infant was only five days old. A mosquito net protects her from insects. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa031352f53fde7de332e/1547754547139/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-25.jpg syrians An old window leans against the outside of a tent housing a refugee family. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa030aa4a9901f51dd5ee/1547754512140/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-24.jpg syrians A boy throws out trash outside the steel refugee compound he lives in. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa02e4fa51a4680e7a3e2/1547754474296/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-23.jpg syrians An older couple works to repair portions of the roof of the tent they live in. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa02c2b6a28af4f98f702/1547754450046/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-22.jpg syrians A young boy and his mother cleaning the rugs of their tent. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa02803ce649efb8cc2b6/1548805280496/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-21.jpg syrians An infant plays with a shiny piece of insulation. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa0276d2a73955f4d36fe/1548805250203/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-20.jpg syrians This tent was pieced together out of discarded scrap that the family was able to salvage. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa024032be499d0027e95/1547754303392/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-19.jpg syrians A young mother returns to her tent to check on her infant. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa0214ae2371f9b638b54/1548805224456/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-18.jpg syrians A young child drags trash across a rubble pile in a small camp in the Bekaa Valley. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa0218a922de4d8aed338/1548805194852/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-17.jpg syrians A Syrian refugee smokes and drinks tea outside the tent he and his family share. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa01f70a6ad334a2ebd59/1547754148125/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-16.jpg syrians Prayer beads. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa01e575d1f848afabeb9/1548805171554/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-15.jpg syrians These two brother asked to remain anonymous for fear of repercussions. They escaped into Lebanon with a few family members, without even basic paperwork to prove their identities, and hope to return one day to help rebuild their homeland. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa01b575d1f848afabe73/1547754019005/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-14.jpg syrians Young children playing. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa017032be499d0027db3/1547753942147/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-12.jpg syrians A teenage girl prepares coffee for her family. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa016c2241b31b7715c2a/1547753922600/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-11.jpg syrians Unnamed refugee camp, Bekaa Valley. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa012032be499d0027cfc/1548805137903/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-10.jpg syrians A young girl does chores in the kitchen where she and her whole extended family live. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa00e1ae6cf553bbde59c/1547753810841/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-8.jpg syrians A young boy plays inside a camp in the Bekaa Valley. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa005aa4a9901f51dd348/1548805109352/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-6.jpg syrians Yasar Taha, sitting on his bike outside the camp where he lives. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3fa0034d7a9c87cf76f2c8/1548805088841/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-5.jpg syrians Adul became the “shawish,” or leader, of the refugee camp only five days before this photograph was taken. Normally the camp members vote to bestow this responsibility, but Adul’s father, who had held the title before him, died suddenly and left the responsibility of overseeing the camp to him. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3f9ffd4fa51a4680e7a057/1547753472041/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-4.jpg syrians Mother and daughter. Sad Nail camp, Bekaa Valley. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3f9ff9032be499d0027b32/1547753402040/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-3.jpg syrians A young boy waits for his turn to wash himself inside the tent he and his family live in. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3f9ff61ae6cf553bbde422/1548805041758/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-1.jpg syrians Mazed Tahab, a 39-year-old refugee, lost his eye when a firefight broke out in his neighborhood. He was found injured, and was held in captivity for over a year and deprived of medical treatment. He now tries to find work as a handyman to help his family survive in Lebanon. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c3f9ff60e2e72667a1f16ed/1547753245889/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-2.jpg syrians A young mother sits with her children in their tent inside the Sad Nail camp in the Bekaa Valley. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c2ee3da88251bade4afb018/1548805005048/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-30.jpg syrians A newborn baby sleeping in an “unofficial” refugee camp in the Bekaa Valley. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c2ee3d74ae237085830f876/1548804970564/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-9.jpg syrians Samar Hijazie, a 47-year-old single mother and grandmother, finds a quiet moment before returning to attend to her children. She and her family have lived in the camps for almost five years. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c23cbab85ede149c67f87be/5c2ee3d71ae6cf04ac2695e2/5c2ee3d721c67c6b256908d5/1548804940479/syrian-refugee-lebanon-bekaa_valley-syria-documentary-7.jpg syrians Yasar Taha, a 15-year-old Syrian refugee, works illegally as a barber as well as in a local restaurant while attempting to go to school. If he stops working his family might lose the tent they live in, as they rely on his income along with his father’s to pay rent. https://www.landofforgotten.net/lebanon-land-of-the-forgotten daily 0.75 2019-01-29 https://www.landofforgotten.net/prologue daily 0.75 2019-01-20 https://www.landofforgotten.net/chp-1-the-arrival daily 0.75 2019-01-20 https://www.landofforgotten.net/chp-2-bekaa-valley daily 0.75 2019-01-29 https://www.landofforgotten.net/chp-3-lives-of-the-syrians daily 0.75 2019-01-20 https://www.landofforgotten.net/chp-4-palestinians daily 0.75 2019-01-20 https://www.landofforgotten.net/chp-5-shatila daily 0.75 2019-01-20 https://www.landofforgotten.net/epilogue daily 0.75 2019-02-20 https://www.landofforgotten.net/about daily 0.75 2019-01-29 https://www.landofforgotten.net/contact daily 0.75 2019-01-18