ABSTRACT
Campus in Camps originated from a collective cumulative thought that aimed at bringing together theory and action, learning in a contextual environment and project-based interventions in refugee camps. The desire for such a programme maturated in an ongoing dialogue that started in 2007 between the UNRWA Camp Improvement Program, directed by Sandi Hilal, and the Refugee Camp Communities of the Southern West Bank. Campus in Camps continues to work as an educational platform that connects young generations in the camp and other generations in the surrounding cities and universities, in order to break the isolation surrounding refugee communities and to offer refugees a platform to engage in a positive and productive way with the rest of the world. Moreover, Campus in Camps aims to create a generational leadership able to introduce new ideas and initiatives in camps that can challenge stereotypes and dominant power relations.
