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the reconstruction of nahr al-bared camp is running out of funds. thousands of refugees have been waiting for 7 years to return to the camp – and will have to wait for even a few more years, until their homes are rebuilt. (...) <a href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2001/12/14dec15en.html" style="font-weight: bold;">[read more]</a>
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a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-35210105703372113682011-05-14T17:00:00.004+02:002011-05-15T17:50:55.031+02:00report: "rapping against walls"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2011-05-14</span></span></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2011/05/x11may14de.html">[de]</a><br />in the west bank, dissident voices questioning the palestinian authority's increasingly authoritarian rule have become rare. but a young musician in ramallah refuses to hold his tongue. (...) <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2011/05/11may14en.html">[read more]</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-plhSzjJTZX4/Tc6dJl5UvNI/AAAAAAAAAqA/oLFhCQuUVxc/s1600/11may14-pic1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-plhSzjJTZX4/Tc6dJl5UvNI/AAAAAAAAAqA/oLFhCQuUVxc/s400/11may14-pic1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606591374239775954" /></a>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-86649424220429132782011-04-25T23:00:00.011+02:002011-06-02T12:33:07.401+02:00interview: "the neoliberal consensus in palestine"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2011-04-26</span></span></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2011/04/11apr26it.html">[it]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2011/04/x11apr26fr.html">[fr]</a><br />recently, palestinian economists raja khalidi and sobhi samour published a highly critical article on the palestinian authority's neoliberal policies and its statehood program. they claim that the palestinian authority is offering the palestinians living in the occupied west bank “a program predicated upon delivering growth and prosperity without any strategy for resistance or challenge to the parameters of occupation.” electronic intifada contributor and a-films activist ray smith interviewed raja khalidi. (...) <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2011/04/11apr26en.html">[read more]</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VE74O_mqNHA/TbX2uqKZDUI/AAAAAAAAAp4/daz9lLxsZsw/s1600/11-apr26-pic.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VE74O_mqNHA/TbX2uqKZDUI/AAAAAAAAAp4/daz9lLxsZsw/s400/11-apr26-pic.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599652993157369154" /></a>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-77433953018668388682011-04-24T11:00:00.002+02:002011-04-24T13:08:09.255+02:00report: "nablus stands beautiful and unvisited"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2011-04-24</span></span></div><br />palestine experiences a boom in tourism, as herds of tourists storm the cities of jerusalem, jericho and bethlehem. meanwhile, the west bank city of nablus, rich in historic and religious sites, hardly attracts visitors. (...) <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2011/04/11apr24en.html">[read more]</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4N-o0QcAPks/TbQEIOzZruI/AAAAAAAAApQ/RkGTmyu_Uq0/s1600/11apr24-pic2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4N-o0QcAPks/TbQEIOzZruI/AAAAAAAAApQ/RkGTmyu_Uq0/s400/11apr24-pic2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599104776187522786" /></a>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-91614645850990312652011-04-18T22:00:00.003+02:002011-05-11T12:33:52.879+02:00report: "palestinians find trade, not an economy"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2011-04-19</span></span></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2011/04/x11apr19es.html">[es]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2011/04/x11apr19fr.html">[fr]</a><br />the palestinian authority is preparing to establish a state in near future. but the palestinian economy remains strongly tied to israel, and manufacturers are struggling to recover from the second intifada. (...) <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2011/04/11apr19en.html">[read more]</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_OBw5cKPwKU/TaylTR5E1sI/AAAAAAAAAow/IlzaDztpraA/s1600/nablus-pic2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_OBw5cKPwKU/TaylTR5E1sI/AAAAAAAAAow/IlzaDztpraA/s400/nablus-pic2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597030187553576642" /></a>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-35667246646564665392011-04-15T10:00:00.010+02:002011-04-16T18:06:24.612+02:00activist and friend killed in gaza<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2011-04-15</span></span></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2011/04/x11apr15de.html">[de]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2011/04/x11apr15it.html">[it]</a><br />today, our good friend vittorio arrigoni from north italy was killed in gaza. according to news reports, he was abducted yesterday by a militant islamist group. soon after the abduction, he was awfully killed.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TKBwbgf-bsg/TagHYb3UZoI/AAAAAAAAAoo/PLM-00izpTQ/s1600/vittorio.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 120px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TKBwbgf-bsg/TagHYb3UZoI/AAAAAAAAAoo/PLM-00izpTQ/s400/vittorio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595730653385877122" border="0" /></a>we have known vittorio for many years and collaborated with him in north lebanon and italy. vittorio was an inspiring person with seemingly unlimited energy and motivation. we're shocked and sad.<br /><br />may our brother rest in peace.<br /><br />a-filmsa-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-59993349984863571732011-03-02T21:00:00.005+01:002011-03-02T22:03:25.347+01:00report: "emergency aid: a means of coercion"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2011-03-02</span></span></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2011/03/x11mar02de.html">[de]</a><br />a campaign launched in early february criticizes switzerland's emergency aid regime for rejected asylum-seekers as inhuman and violating the basic rights of those concerned. the constitutional right to assistance in emergency situations has become an instrument of migration policy. (...) <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2011/03/11mar02en.html">[read more]</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VeqdGiecqzs/TW6wRooJXMI/AAAAAAAAAog/y2rzbrexukQ/s1600/11mar02pic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VeqdGiecqzs/TW6wRooJXMI/AAAAAAAAAog/y2rzbrexukQ/s400/11mar02pic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579590805368691906" /></a>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-9100313764361992722011-01-30T10:00:00.015+01:002011-01-30T13:29:49.079+01:00video: "deterred, but still around"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2011-01-30</span></span><br /></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2011/01/11jan30de.html">[de]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2011/01/11jan30it.html">[it]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2011/01/11jan30fr.html">[fr]</a><br />since january 2008, all rejected asylum-seekers in switzerland are only entitled to receive emergency aid ('nothilfe'). it is provided by the cantons in different ways. emergency aid however shouldn't be considered as an assistance, but as an instrument of a policy of deterrence within the framework of 'fighting migration'. the underlying idea is: the more the marginalisation and material deprivation of the illegalised people, the better chance they'll leave switzerland.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/TUVP3aEN96I/AAAAAAAAAoE/ZtHg8WlK8NA/s1600/blog-strip1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 90px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/TUVP3aEN96I/AAAAAAAAAoE/ZtHg8WlK8NA/s400/blog-strip1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567944327621900194" border="0" /></a> for different reasons however, many rejected asylum-seekers don't leave the country, but defy state control and go into hiding. others receive emergency aid and live on the fringe of society for years, while being systematically hassled and marginalized by the authorities. the emergency aid barely ensures the survival of the affected people. and most definitely it doesn't guarantee a dignified life.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/TUVP9QIe8DI/AAAAAAAAAoM/uiWOJm4ayYE/s1600/blog-strip2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 90px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/TUVP9QIe8DI/AAAAAAAAAoM/uiWOJm4ayYE/s400/blog-strip2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567944428034650162" border="0" /></a> <a name="1">with</a> the help of three undocumented migrants, our 25-minute film documents what it concretely means to live under the emergency aid regime. the question why those people have come to switzerland is intentionally blanked out. in our opinion, the question isn't relevant, neither in general nor regarding the discussion of the emergency aid regime.<br /><br />we thank <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.sosf.ch/">solidarité sans frontières</a> for supporting this film.<br /><br />the short documentary can be downloaded <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.archive.org/details/nothilfe11jan_en">here</a> and watched <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq2cr2ng3p4">here</a> on <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/afilmspalestine">youtube</a>.<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gq2cr2ng3p4" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="280" width="340"></iframe>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-49826909420450301162010-12-03T00:00:00.002+01:002010-12-03T00:37:11.223+01:00report: "nahr al-bared reconstruction delay throws civil rights into spotlight"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2010-12-03</span></span></div><br />more than three years after nahr al-bared refugee camp in the north of lebanon was destroyed, its reconstruction is finally under way. however, the process runs at a slow pace and remains only partially funded as further political obstacles appear on the horizon. meanwhile, the lebanese army continues to maintain a tight grip on the camp's residents and attempts to silence any criticism. (...) <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/12/10dec03en.html">[read more]</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/TPgtjU3LsoI/AAAAAAAAAmw/Ubcxhi1L3Fg/s1600/ei-bared-nov10-blogpic.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/TPgtjU3LsoI/AAAAAAAAAmw/Ubcxhi1L3Fg/s400/ei-bared-nov10-blogpic.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546233026025599618" border="0" /></a>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-36475355310951460192010-11-19T18:00:00.004+01:002010-12-02T23:57:39.877+01:00report: "lebanon pressured to improve palestinians' lot"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2010-11-19</span></span></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/11/x10nov19de.html">[de]</a><br />abu yussif doesn't want to talk about his work any more. "it's not going to help and nothing will change anyway," he says. the tall, white-haired palestinian has just returned from work and relaxes in his little garden in the refugee camp bourj ash-shamali near the southern lebanese city of tyre. abu yussif is a pharmacist. but the massive discrimination against palestinians on the lebanese labour market has forced him to give up his profession and work as a taxi driver. (...) <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/11/10nov19en.html">[read more]</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/THn8s0nHdqI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/Q1f0Zlg3AOQ/s1600/10aug28pic-small.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/THn8s0nHdqI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/Q1f0Zlg3AOQ/s400/10aug28pic-small.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510713466031666850" border="0" /></a>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-33555321027984841882010-08-28T11:00:00.007+02:002010-11-19T19:10:04.564+01:00report: "a missed opportunity"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2010-08-28</span></span></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/08/x10aug28de.html">[de]</a><br />last week's decision by the lebanese parliament to improve the employment situation of palestinians has gained wide media attention and praise around the world. in fact, however, the reform hardly changes the refugees' dire conditions in lebanon. (...) <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/08/10aug28en.html">[read more]</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/TOa9XnHv0sI/AAAAAAAAAmo/7nG9c6jR5kQ/s1600/10aug28pic-small.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/TOa9XnHv0sI/AAAAAAAAAmo/7nG9c6jR5kQ/s400/10aug28pic-small.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541324604862091970" border="0" /></a>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-52410956268253172962010-06-28T14:00:00.007+02:002010-09-24T22:51:04.267+02:00video: "undocumented occupation"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2010-06-28</span></span><br /></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/06/10jun28de.html">[de]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/06/10jun28es.html">[es]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/06/10jun28it.html">[it]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/06/10jun28fr.html">[fr]</a><br />on 26 june, about 300 migrants and solidarity activists occupied a park right besides the seat of the swiss government in bern. they've been protesting against switzerland's inhuman asylum and migration policy and demand the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://bleiberecht.ch/">collective regularisation</a> of the country's undocumented migrants.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/TCirdT5qGqI/AAAAAAAAAl4/iaGSBbWfd3w/s1600/bern10jun27still01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 92px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/TCirdT5qGqI/AAAAAAAAAl4/iaGSBbWfd3w/s400/bern10jun27still01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487824665997613730" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/TCirTMTTQII/AAAAAAAAAlw/j8N2-Cmlddg/s1600/bern10jun27still02.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 92px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/TCirTMTTQII/AAAAAAAAAlw/j8N2-Cmlddg/s400/bern10jun27still02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487824492158992514" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/TCirNihxewI/AAAAAAAAAlo/IUUVhwwxmeo/s1600/bern10jun27still03.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 92px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/TCirNihxewI/AAAAAAAAAlo/IUUVhwwxmeo/s400/bern10jun27still03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487824395046058754" border="0" /></a><br />unlike other european countries, switzerland has been refusing to regularize the approximately 100.00 to 200.000 undocumented migrants living in the country. through its extremely harsh and restrictive asylum and migration policy, switzerland aims at making itself 'as unattractive as possible' for asylum-seekers in order to 'protect' itself from immigrants.<br /><br />the 8-minute clip provides a brief insight into the action. migrants and supporters tell about their problems and demands.<br /><br />the short documentary can be downloaded <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.archive.org/details/bern10jun27_en">here</a> and watched <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu1DQAKti3s">here</a> on <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/afilmspalestine">youtube</a>.<br /><br /><object width="340" height="280"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Zu1DQAKti3s&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Zu1DQAKti3s&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="280"></embed></object>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-24264904139913950742010-05-20T20:00:00.008+02:002010-06-13T13:30:09.429+02:00video: "learning german autonomously"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2010-05-20</span></span><br /></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/05/10may20de.html">[de]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/05/10may20es.html">[es]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/05/10may20it.html">[it]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/05/10may20fr.html">[fr]</a><br />on 19 april, a barrack on a plot belonging to the freight depot of zurich's railway station was squatted and revived. the barrack has been empty for more than a year. the canton of zurich plans to build a new police and justice center for 570 million swiss francs (US$ 500 million) on the plot.<br /><br />as a result of a <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/01/10jan08en.html">police raid</a> and the destruction of the zurich autonomous school on the city's outskirts in january 2010, the grassroots <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://alles-fuer-alle.jimdo.com/">association "education for all"</a> was forced to relocate again. after several stops the association has now restarted to operate in the squatted barrack at the freight depot.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S_V-177uJOI/AAAAAAAAAlg/PAJRLtw7iXc/s1600/asz01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 91px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S_V-177uJOI/AAAAAAAAAlg/PAJRLtw7iXc/s400/asz01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473420387225052386" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S_V-uBvfFrI/AAAAAAAAAlY/nM5piT-djgU/s1600/asz02.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 91px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S_V-uBvfFrI/AAAAAAAAAlY/nM5piT-djgU/s400/asz02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473420251345393330" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S_V-YzTzvZI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/qavpcv23MHw/s1600/asz03.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 91px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S_V-YzTzvZI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/qavpcv23MHw/s400/asz03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473419886693957010" border="0" /></a><br />"eduaction for all" is part of zurich's <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://bleiberecht.ch/">right-to-stay collective</a>. for more than a year it's been offering german courses for hundreds of <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/04/080409en.html">illegalized refugees</a> and migrants as well as asylum seekers whose applications are being processed. the association advocates the right to education, migration and asylum.<br /><br />the 10-minute video provides an insight into the autonomous school, while students and teachers depict their points of view.<br />the short documentary can be downloaded <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.archive.org/details/asz_en">here</a> and watched <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-y72uyInvI">here</a> on <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/afilmspalestine">youtube</a>.<br /><br /><object height="280" width="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v-y72uyInvI&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v-y72uyInvI&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="280" width="340"></embed></object>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-29300967773395877002010-03-31T20:00:00.005+02:002010-04-03T00:21:38.631+02:00report: "calls to end forced deportations follow custodial death"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2010-03-31</span></span><br /></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/03/x10mar31de.html">[de]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/03/x10mar31es.html">[es]</a><br />human rights organisations have been demanding an independent inquiry into the death of a nigerian asylum seeker who died while being deported and a stop to all forced repatriations. (...) <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/03/10mar31en.html">[read more]</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S7OShA6gWkI/AAAAAAAAAlI/EbFFkM4RfOc/s1600/10mar31-pic1.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S7OShA6gWkI/AAAAAAAAAlI/EbFFkM4RfOc/s400/10mar31-pic1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454864669554530882" /></a>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-49381552504899717502010-03-15T09:00:00.007+01:002010-10-25T15:41:27.926+02:00video: "checkpoints and more"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2010-03-15</span></span><br /></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/03/10mar15ar.html">[عر]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/03/10mar15de.html">[de]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/03/10mar15es.html">[es]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/03/10mar15it.html">[it]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/03/10mar15fr.html">[fr]</a><br />nahr al-bared refugee camp has <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/03/10mar12en.html">still not recovered</a> from the devastating war in 2007 during which it was destroyed. the lebanese army has been keeping a tight grip on the camp and the 20.000 displaced palestinians that have returned so far. the army's siege seriously <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/01/10jan19en.html">hampers</a> the camp's economic recovery, as access is restricted and the area was declared a <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/01/10jan18en.html">military zone</a>. a recent survey found that the army's presence and measures are considered a difficulty by 98 per cent of nahr al-bared's business owners. the army meanwhile justifies its presence as necessary to the preservation of the safety of the people.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S51FVSveTaI/AAAAAAAAAkY/jo7qdyDbD6k/s1600-h/01.bmp"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 92px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S51FVSveTaI/AAAAAAAAAkY/jo7qdyDbD6k/s400/01.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448587356298694050" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S51FOV1MGAI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/a0-5bOWgYTI/s1600-h/02.bmp"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 92px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S51FOV1MGAI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/a0-5bOWgYTI/s400/02.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448587236868888578" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S51FGVtrvLI/AAAAAAAAAkI/OemLyHnOsNo/s1600-h/03.bmp"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 92px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S51FGVtrvLI/AAAAAAAAAkI/OemLyHnOsNo/s400/03.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448587099398454450" border="0" /></a><br /><a name="1">this</a> 30-minute film documents various consequences of the siege on nahr al-bared. merchants and artisans explain their specific problems and the UNRWA project manager, a project coordinator of the palestinian-arab women league, the president of nahr al-bared's merchants' committee and a researcher provide their views and thoughts on the issue.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S51GFlyVteI/AAAAAAAAAkw/cctUBGvP7wc/s1600-h/04.bmp"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 92px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S51GFlyVteI/AAAAAAAAAkw/cctUBGvP7wc/s400/04.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448588186044708322" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S51F-jeU97I/AAAAAAAAAko/hdhd-nhNVWc/s1600-h/05.bmp"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 92px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S51F-jeU97I/AAAAAAAAAko/hdhd-nhNVWc/s400/05.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448588065164818354" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S51F2yiXv3I/AAAAAAAAAkg/Y1x_RKqychg/s1600-h/06.bmp"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 92px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S51F2yiXv3I/AAAAAAAAAkg/Y1x_RKqychg/s400/06.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448587931769356146" border="0" /></a><br />the short documentary can be downloaded <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.archive.org/details/checkpoints_en">here</a> and watched here (part <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6E0tftrOms">1</a>/<a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wd2upA4Vbc">2</a>/<a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDtQsk41VYI">3</a>) on <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/afilmspalestine">youtube</a>.<br /><br />1/3:<br /><object width="340" height="280"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D6E0tftrOms&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D6E0tftrOms&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="280"></embed></object><br /><br />2/3:<br /><object width="340" height="280"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4Wd2upA4Vbc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4Wd2upA4Vbc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="280"></embed></object><br /><br />3/3:<br /><object width="340" height="280"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DDtQsk41VYI&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DDtQsk41VYI&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="280"></embed></object>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-66599250872511040592010-03-12T14:00:00.002+01:002010-03-12T14:46:57.782+01:00report: "nahr al-bared camp still far from being rebuilt"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2010-03-12</span></span><br /></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/03/x10mar12de.html">[de]</a><br />after the palestinian refugee camp nahr al-bared was totally destroyed in a war in 2007, the lebanese government promised the 30.000 refugees a quick reconstruction and the return to the camp. however, the government's words haven't materialized yet, while the camp remains under the tight grip of the lebanese army. (...) <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/03/10mar12en.html">[read more]</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S5pFjpPwFYI/AAAAAAAAAjo/HERRx51fU9A/s1600-h/10mar12-02.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S5pFjpPwFYI/AAAAAAAAAjo/HERRx51fU9A/s400/10mar12-02.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447743177927693698" /></a>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-29738564872339183352010-01-18T19:00:00.012+01:002010-01-28T19:46:27.859+01:00report: "nahr al-bared's economic recovery hampered by military siege"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2010-01-18</span></span><br /></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/01/x10jan19de.html">[de]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/01/x10jan19fr.html">[fr]</a><br />more than two years after the end of the fighting, the war-torn palestinian refugee camp of nahr al-bared, located in northern lebanon, is far from the model the lebanese government has promised the camp would become. instead, reconstruction of the camp is delayed, the area is a military zone with restricted access, and the camp's economy is stalled and residents are largely unemployed. (...) <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/01/10jan19en.html">[read more]</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S1Si0QgomPI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/MF-0GU_fUJk/s1600-h/bared10jan19pic1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S1Si0QgomPI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/MF-0GU_fUJk/s400/bared10jan19pic1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428142469557033202" border="0" /></a>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-89400632116263425082010-01-18T14:00:00.004+01:002010-01-24T13:45:27.657+01:00report: "new lebanese security approach rejected by palestinians"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2010-01-18</span></span><br /></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/01/x10jan18de.html">[de]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/01/x10jan18fr.html">[fr]</a><br />recent inter-factional clashes in lebanon's ain al-hilweh refugee camp once more illustrated the fragile security situation in some of its palestinian camps. lebanese plans to take over security within the camps are rejected by the palestinians. (...) <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/01/10jan18en.html">[read more]</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S1RflWF06pI/AAAAAAAAAi4/1mY3tlmmexU/s1600-h/bared10jan18pic1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S1RflWF06pI/AAAAAAAAAi4/1mY3tlmmexU/s400/bared10jan18pic1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428068546078108306" /></a>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-78672900904786585652010-01-08T23:00:00.007+01:002010-01-24T13:48:23.654+01:00report: "police smash school for undocumented migrants"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2010-01-08</span></span><br /></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/01/x10jan08de.html">[de]</a><br />the zurich police have raided and demolished an autonomously run school where undocumented migrants held language classes. the raid came as the swiss government admitted that its harsh treatment of undocumented asylum-seekers has partly failed, and following an announcement that it is again planning a revision of federal asylum law. (...) <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2010/01/10jan08en.html">[read more]</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S0gwcj92u3I/AAAAAAAAAiw/7fTobtFX4eY/s1600-h/10jan08pic.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/S0gwcj92u3I/AAAAAAAAAiw/7fTobtFX4eY/s400/10jan08pic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424639018416913266" border="0" /></a>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-86494137978429427372009-12-29T14:00:00.005+01:002010-01-24T13:50:43.907+01:00report: "rebellious rhymes from a destroyed refugee camp"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2009-12-29</span></span><br /></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/12/x09dec29de.html">[de]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/12/x09dec29es.html">[es]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/12/x09dec29fr.html">[fr]</a><br />the hip-hop beats ringing through the muddy, unlit streets of the burnt-out palestinian refugee camp nahr al-bared seem incongruous. but the rhymes are camp-grown - and courageous. (...) <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/12/09dec29en.html">[read more]</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/SzoMp3K7uBI/AAAAAAAAAiY/GSqscn3Ipkw/s1600-h/bared09dec29pic1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/SzoMp3K7uBI/AAAAAAAAAiY/GSqscn3Ipkw/s400/bared09dec29pic1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420659014817789970" border="0" /></a>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-80166162085229067602009-12-17T17:00:00.017+01:002010-01-31T13:39:11.467+01:00video: "rapping against post-war misery"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2009-12-17</span></span><br /></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/12/09dec17ar.html">[عر]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/12/09dec17de.html">[de]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/12/09dec17it.html">[it]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/12/09dec17fr.html">[fr]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/12/09dec17tr.html">[tr]</a><br />mc tamarrod is the first and only rapper in nahr al-bared refugee camp in lebanon. since the destruction of the camp in a war in 2007, mc tamarrod is among 30.000 displaced palestinians. almost 20.000 refugees have returned to the outskirts of the destroyed camp, awaiting its reconstruction and suffering from the lebanese army's siege of the camp.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/SyprMt1pcJI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/nm5YPVUVMjo/s1600-h/09dec17+a.bmp"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 92px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/SyprMt1pcJI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/nm5YPVUVMjo/s400/09dec17+a.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416259368073654418" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/Sypqp9V5toI/AAAAAAAAAiI/Ru6EUdHg7fM/s1600-h/09dec17+b.bmp"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 92px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/Sypqp9V5toI/AAAAAAAAAiI/Ru6EUdHg7fM/s400/09dec17+b.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416258770940049026" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/SypqSSboK7I/AAAAAAAAAiA/MvC_Ws4O-NE/s1600-h/09dec17+c.bmp"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 92px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/SypqSSboK7I/AAAAAAAAAiA/MvC_Ws4O-NE/s400/09dec17+c.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416258364284349362" border="0" /></a><br /><a name="1">displacement</a>, temporary housing, checkpoints, humiliation, discrimination... these are the topics that mc tamarrod angrily raps about. inspired by the hip-hop crews <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.myspace.com/katibe5palestine">katibe 5</a> and <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.myspace.com/theivoicee">i-voice</a> in beirut's bourj al-barajneh refugee camp and rap groups in palestine such as <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.facebook.com/ramallahunderground">ramallah underground</a> or <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.dampalestine.com/">DAM</a>, he decided to take up the microphone and let the world beyond the checkpoints know about the situation in nahr al-bared.<br /><br />this 5 minutes clip features mc tamarrod's latest <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.archive.org/details/baredrap_audio">song</a> and a short interview with the rapper. it can be downloaded <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.archive.org/details/baredrap_en">here</a> and watched <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9uCX6XeS3c">here</a> on <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/afilmspalestine">youtube</a> or below.<br /><br /><object height="280" width="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j9uCX6XeS3c&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j9uCX6XeS3c&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="280" width="340"></embed></object>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-75331298517521701702009-11-25T19:00:00.007+01:002010-01-24T13:57:49.793+01:00report: "refugees remain sceptical of nahr al-bared reconstruction"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2009-11-25</span></span><br /></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/11/x09nov25de.html">[de]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/11/x09nov25fr.html">[fr]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/11/x09nov25tr.html">[tr]</a><br />more than two years after their refugee camp was destroyed in a war between the lebanese army and the islamist militant group fatah al-islam, nahr al-bared refugees wednesday witnessed the start of the camp’s reconstruction. their relief is mixed with scepticism, however. (...) <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/11/09nov25en.html">[read more]</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/Sw2DIoEeUSI/AAAAAAAAAhw/IIumw_r-Oo0/s1600/bared09nov25pic2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/Sw2DIoEeUSI/AAAAAAAAAhw/IIumw_r-Oo0/s400/bared09nov25pic2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408122911760208162" border="0" /></a>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-257485934592949752009-11-09T17:00:00.009+01:002010-01-24T14:00:19.542+01:00image: popular art in nahr al-bared camp<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2009-11-09</span></span><br /></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/11/09nov09ar.html">[عر]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/11/09nov09de.html">[de]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/11/09nov09es.html">[es]</a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/11/09nov09it.html">[it]</a><br />a few days ago, two displaced residents of the destroyed nahr al-bared refugee camp in north lebanon expressed their perception of the reconstruction process on a local wall...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/SvhB7IXB53I/AAAAAAAAAhg/fXPIJFB7ANo/s1600-h/bared09nov09.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 228px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5nwq4AQf_M0/SvhB7IXB53I/AAAAAAAAAhg/fXPIJFB7ANo/s400/bared09nov09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402140237143074674" border="0" /></a>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-76422121008069823842009-10-13T14:00:00.010+02:002010-01-24T14:02:29.036+01:00report: "undocumented migrants run their own school"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2009-10-13</span></span><br /></div><br />switzerland is a tough place for asylum-seekers and undocumented migrants. in zurich, they have been running a remarkable campaign for the past year, challenging the canton's asylum policy. now, they have opened their own school. (...) <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/10/101309en.html">[read more]</a>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200421620137318907.post-86302429519076945392009-10-01T19:00:00.004+02:002010-01-24T14:03:43.738+01:00report: "nahr al-bared reconstruction delays protested"<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2009-10-01</span></span><br /></div><br />since the end of august, construction equipment in the palestinian refugee camp of nahr al-bared, near the northern lebanese city of tripoli, has stood unused after the lebanese state council granted a two month moratorium for the reconstruction of the camp. nahr al-bared, home to approximately 30,000 refugees, was destroyed during a three-month-long battle between the lebanese army and the militant group fatah al-islam in the summer of 2007. (...) <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://a-films.blogspot.com/2009/10/011009en.html">[read more]</a>a-filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09533430563285970430noreply@blogger.com