A visit to the Ibda Center in Dheisheh refugee camp, one of nineteen refugee camps in the West Bank, is one to remember. The four-floor building of Ibda cultural center, founded and initiated by Dheisheh Refugee Camp in 1994, is covered with colorful paintings that speak of the pride and pain of refugee life.
He caries his small bag wherever he goes. Inside his bag are copies of the Jordanian farming law, Arnona (Israeli) taxes, Beit Jalah property taxes, his UNRWA card, his Palestinian Authority ID and postcards from International friends that once visited his house. Foad Jadou’s life has become a black bag that he carries from one side of the Wall to the other …