Storytellers

In their own words.

Voices from the community

MEND's participatory approach means the people we work with tell their own stories — on film, in photographs, and in their own words. This page gathers that work by voice.

Voices of Women

Stories and participatory films made with women from Shu'fat refugee camp and communities across the West Bank.

Youth Voices

Films, photo stories, and mobile-phone journalism produced by Palestinian youth and media students.

Community Stories

Stories documenting everyday resilience and nonviolent action in Palestinian neighbourhoods and refugee camps.

Personal Stories

Individual accounts from participants in MEND's training and participatory-video programmes.

Photo Stories

Photographs from MEND's trainings, events, and fieldwork — added here as new material is curated.

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Photo Stories

From the field

A woman in traditional Palestinian dress being filmed for a participatory-video story — A personal story filmed on location

Three women demonstrating traditional wheat-sifting for a heritage story — Heritage and everyday life, told firsthand

A participatory-video crew filming in an Old City alley — Community members behind the camera

A videographer filming on location in a West Bank village — Documenting daily life across Palestine

An audience watching a subtitled participatory-video screening — Films screened back to the community that made them

Two young women looking at a mobile phone on the street — Youth voices, told on their own terms

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