Life in a Refugee Camp, Through Children’s Eyes
July 25th, 2008
NGO Zakira’s first exhibition, Lahza, is an innovative photography project which puts cameras in the hands of children living in Palestinian camps in Lebanon. Zakira’s founder Ramzi Haidar, an AFP photographer, first thought of the project while in Iraq, after the US invasion, but couldn’t implement the idea there for security reasons.
The 141 photos showcased in this exhibition and the book depict the children’s surroundings, from alleyways, tangles of electricity cable and broken sewage pipes, to family members, people at work, and nature scenes. The 500 children who took part in the project were aged 7 to 12, with the exception of one little girl, aged six, who lied about her age to participate. Her photo of a horse exemplifies the way many of the photos both challenge preconceived ideas about life in the camps, and illustrate the power of giving children the opportunity to tell their own story.
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