Published : 10-01-2018
“This is My Story” is the name chosen by AGPS, for its documentational project which launched in the beginning of last year. The project aims to document the stories of the Palestinian-Syrian refugees during the ongoing war in Syria, in both Arabic and English. The project is supervised by a number of researchers in the Group, who are in most of the countries which the Palestinian-Syrians have fled to.
The project includes recording all the aspects of the Palestinian-Syrians’ lives during the years of war. To this date, the Group has documented 25 stories of Palestinian-Syrians, which discussed their suffering in Syria because of arrests, sieges and the different kinds of violations they have been subjected to, in addition to their stories about immigrating to Europe, success stories and human-interest stories in the new countries of asylum.
The Group also covered stories of victims among the Palestinian-Syrians, which were told by their parents or families, stories of previous detainees in the Syrian regime prisons and others who were subjected to violations by the Syrian opposition, as well as stories told by the people themselves about their suffering in the besieged Yarmouk camp and others who have told about their journeys to Europe and the migration road.
Others have told stories about the living reality in the countries of asylum, some of which spoke of the suffering of the refugees in Lebanon, other stories highlighted the difficulties by the Palestinians of Syria in Turkey, in addition to refugee stories about the living conditions in Egypt. The Group was able to document the suffering of the Palestinian refugees wherever they are. The Group also managed to document the tragedies of the Palestinian-Syrians stranded in Thailand.
Through the “This is My Story” project, the Group aims to document success stories of the Palestinian-Syrian refugees in Syria and the countries of asylum, about succeeding on the educational side, or accomplishments made in arts, politics and science.
Regarding the mechanism used to document the stories, it happens after the owner of the story gets in touch with the Action Group either through its addresses or the electronic application. The researchers closest to the owner of the story gets in touch with them and documents their sayings.
In its documentation process, the Group depends on all kinds of media such as video interviews, sound recordings and written interviews, depending on the nature of each story and the desire of its owner. The Group guarantees complete secrecy to the owners of the stories, if they ask to keep their identity hidden for security or personal reasons.
At the end of the documentation of the story, the Group edits and produces the story, and publishes it on the Action Group’s website, in Arabic and English. The Group also provides its services to the media and Human Rights and International organizations. This comes under the Group’s efforts to identify the stories of the Palestinian refugees during the war in Syria.
On its part, AGPS calls on all the Palestinian-Syrian refugees, wherever they are, and who would like to have their stories documented, to get in touch with the Group through the following addresses or filling in the electronic application by clicking on this link: https://goo.gl/v5ixiL
The Group provides access to the archived documentational stories, on its website: www.actionpal.org.uk
“This is My Story” is the name chosen by AGPS, for its documentational project which launched in the beginning of last year. The project aims to document the stories of the Palestinian-Syrian refugees during the ongoing war in Syria, in both Arabic and English. The project is supervised by a number of researchers in the Group, who are in most of the countries which the Palestinian-Syrians have fled to.
The project includes recording all the aspects of the Palestinian-Syrians’ lives during the years of war. To this date, the Group has documented 25 stories of Palestinian-Syrians, which discussed their suffering in Syria because of arrests, sieges and the different kinds of violations they have been subjected to, in addition to their stories about immigrating to Europe, success stories and human-interest stories in the new countries of asylum.
The Group also covered stories of victims among the Palestinian-Syrians, which were told by their parents or families, stories of previous detainees in the Syrian regime prisons and others who were subjected to violations by the Syrian opposition, as well as stories told by the people themselves about their suffering in the besieged Yarmouk camp and others who have told about their journeys to Europe and the migration road.
Others have told stories about the living reality in the countries of asylum, some of which spoke of the suffering of the refugees in Lebanon, other stories highlighted the difficulties by the Palestinians of Syria in Turkey, in addition to refugee stories about the living conditions in Egypt. The Group was able to document the suffering of the Palestinian refugees wherever they are. The Group also managed to document the tragedies of the Palestinian-Syrians stranded in Thailand.
Through the “This is My Story” project, the Group aims to document success stories of the Palestinian-Syrian refugees in Syria and the countries of asylum, about succeeding on the educational side, or accomplishments made in arts, politics and science.
Regarding the mechanism used to document the stories, it happens after the owner of the story gets in touch with the Action Group either through its addresses or the electronic application. The researchers closest to the owner of the story gets in touch with them and documents their sayings.
In its documentation process, the Group depends on all kinds of media such as video interviews, sound recordings and written interviews, depending on the nature of each story and the desire of its owner. The Group guarantees complete secrecy to the owners of the stories, if they ask to keep their identity hidden for security or personal reasons.
At the end of the documentation of the story, the Group edits and produces the story, and publishes it on the Action Group’s website, in Arabic and English. The Group also provides its services to the media and Human Rights and International organizations. This comes under the Group’s efforts to identify the stories of the Palestinian refugees during the war in Syria.
On its part, AGPS calls on all the Palestinian-Syrian refugees, wherever they are, and who would like to have their stories documented, to get in touch with the Group through the following addresses or filling in the electronic application by clicking on this link: https://goo.gl/v5ixiL
The Group provides access to the archived documentational stories, on its website: www.actionpal.org.uk
