Published : 23-03-2021
Palestinian academic Ahmed Mustafa AlBash has been granted membership at the Swedish Writers’ and Translators’ Union.
AlBash told AGPS that the move carries two messages: On the one hand, it reveals that Palestinian and Arab refugees compete with Swedish people in the arena of intellectual and artistic production; On the other, it is a call for the Palestinian and Arab communities in Europe to pluck up their potentials and speak up for their inalienable causes.
Last year, the Swedish Documentation Center (Ajyal) issued an encyclopedia of Palestinian refugee camps entitled “Palestinian Camps in Syria” and prepared by researcher AlBash.
The encyclopedia seeks to document Palestinian camps in UNRWA’s five fields of operations (West Bank, Gaza Strip, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon) through narrative accounts shedding light on the historical background of the camps along with the socio-economic conditions experienced by the refugees. Live testimonies by displaced refugees also figure in the 248-page work.
Researcher Ahmad AlBash said at the time that the five-part encyclopedia is the by-product of exhaustive research that lasted for several years. It covers the socio-historical frames and specificities of 15 camps set up for Palestinian refugees in Syria.
Palestinian academic Ahmed Mustafa AlBash has been granted membership at the Swedish Writers’ and Translators’ Union.
AlBash told AGPS that the move carries two messages: On the one hand, it reveals that Palestinian and Arab refugees compete with Swedish people in the arena of intellectual and artistic production; On the other, it is a call for the Palestinian and Arab communities in Europe to pluck up their potentials and speak up for their inalienable causes.
Last year, the Swedish Documentation Center (Ajyal) issued an encyclopedia of Palestinian refugee camps entitled “Palestinian Camps in Syria” and prepared by researcher AlBash.
The encyclopedia seeks to document Palestinian camps in UNRWA’s five fields of operations (West Bank, Gaza Strip, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon) through narrative accounts shedding light on the historical background of the camps along with the socio-economic conditions experienced by the refugees. Live testimonies by displaced refugees also figure in the 248-page work.
Researcher Ahmad AlBash said at the time that the five-part encyclopedia is the by-product of exhaustive research that lasted for several years. It covers the socio-historical frames and specificities of 15 camps set up for Palestinian refugees in Syria.
