IMAGES FROM OUR PHOTO ARCHIVE - UNRWA

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Ever since it was established, UNRWA has recorded all aspects of the life and history of Palestine refugees through film and photography. This has led to a rich audiovisual archive, containing more than 430,000 negatives, 10,000 prints, 85,000 slides, 75 films and 730 videocassettes. 

The archive provides rare glimpses of the lives of Palestine refugees since 1948, in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and Gaza.

In 2009, the UNRWA Archive was inscribed by UNESCO in the Memory of The World list, recognizing its historical value.

We share with you here 12 photos from our collection of hundreds of thousands. 

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Palestine refugees in Gaza earned their living through many trades; some were able to set up their own business. These include fishing, pottery making, weaving tailoring and sewing. Photo Credit: UNRWA Archive, F. Mayer. 1979

Tourists on the way to St. George 's Monastery, Jericho, West Bank, 1986. Photo Credit: UNRWA Archive, Munir Nasr.

Children at the play centre in Maghazi refugee camp, Gaza Strip, 1965. Photo Credit: UNRWA Archive, Jack Madvo.

Ali and his sisters settle down to do their homework by the light of an oil lamp, Beach camp, Gaza Strip, 1952. It is often difficult for children to find a quiet place to study in the crowded refugee huts where families only have one small room in which they live, eat, and sleep. Photo Credit: UNRWA Archive, Jack Mavdo.

A Palestinian refugee woman collects water for her daily needs from one of the water points in Beach camp, Gaza Strip, 1963. Photo Credit: UNRWA Archive, Emile Andria.

Huson Camp, Jordan, 1977. Photo Credit: UNRWA Archive, M. Nasr.

Nahr el Bared camp in Lebanon was one of the first camps established to shelter the Palestine refugees of the Arab-Israeli conflict in 1948.The six thousand refugees lived in the tents in Nahr-el Bared camp in the early 1950s. Later, tents were replaced by concrete huts. 1951. Photo Credit: UNRWA Archive, S.Madver.

Time for play at Qabr Essit camp, Syria, 1972. Photo Credit: UNRWA Archive, M.Nasr.

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Career training at an UNRWA/UNESCO vocational training centre, Kalandia camp, West Bank. Photo Credit: UNRWA Archive.

Vocational training centre, Kalandia camp, West Bank. Photo Credit: UNRWA Archive.

In'am Abu Hajjar, 18 years old, spent most afternoons at the UNRWA Women's Activities Centre in Jabalia camp in the Gaza Strip, where she lives. Photo Credit: UNRWA Archive, M. Nasr.