Rarely seen archival photographs alongside Palestinian survivors remembering the 1948 ' Nakbe ' (Catastrophe), describing the expulsion from their land on which the suburbs of Tel Aviv have since been built and their subsequent struggles as refugees. Memories include the terror immediately prior to fleeing, the slow realisation that they would not be returning home soon, the struggle to rebuild their lives in cramped refugee camps, and the increased resistance that grew once the Israeli military pursued them to the refugee camps.

Palestinian embroidery is a hidden form of resistance to Israeli attempts at economic, social and political subjugation. Women's embroidery is one of few means of economic independence, neither dependent on Israeli contractors or its market. Embroidery is also a powerful means of expressing identity and making a connection with the Palestinian past prior to expulsion.

The children of Palestine lead a childhood of oppression, struggle and isolation. Faced with daily Israeli military invasions, the short moments of relative quiet and safety take on unexpected importance and beauty. Children of the Stones opens up a snapshot of the daily lives of Palestinian children.

The schoolchildren of Balata Camp face up to Israeli military force. As jeeps attempt to invade and enforce curfew, the children make clear that they won't submit

featuring a soundtrack by Marcel Khalife

Leaders of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades describe their lives as the most wanted men in the West Bank.

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Featuring interviews with Ahmed Abu Saltah, Ala Sanaqra, Nasser Khatib and Atallah Hashash.

After 20 years in Israeli prison, Balata resident Meqdad Khatib is released. His newly-wed wife pregnant when he was arrested, Meqdad had never seen his son until he was also imprisoned. Finally the family is to be reunited.

The balatacamp.net girl journalist team go along to the checkpoint and Meqdad's house to check things out.

Along the way they come across Israeli jeeps, praise-singing grandmothers and fields of green grass

Two teenage boys from Balata were arrested outside the Israeli 'Berakhya' colony/settlement overlooking Nablus early April 2005. They said they were picking almonds, the Israeli military claimed they were trying to commint a suicide/martyrdom operation.

Ammar's father and Mahmoud's mother speak about their trauma in discovering that their sons had disappeared into the Israeli military prison maze.

Produced by the Yafa Cultural Centre Young Journalist Team the day after the arrests.

also Download the Al-Arabiya news coverage of Ammar Arafat and Mahmoud Abu Dhraa being arrested.

A high proportion of Palestinian women prisoners in Israeli Occupation prisons are from the Nablus region.

In this film, recently released women from Balata and Nablus speak out about their pain and struggle while imprisoned. Testimonies describe interrogation, physical and mental torture, loneliness.

Includes interviews with ex-prisoners, children of current prisoners and officials from the Prisoners Society.

The vegetable akoub plays an important role in both Palestinian identity and cooking.

'Akoub the Challenge' describes how Israeli checkpoints, settlements and military bases are making it an increasingly difficult and dangerous ingredient to gather. Market vendors, vegetable dealers and Palestinian grandmothers explain how even a simple vegetable has been forced to join the ranks of the resistance.

Camp children prepare a shadow puppet theatre production as part of balatacamp.net activities.

But during the performance, the characters of their imagination move from the screen onto the streets of Balata.

The balatacamp.net girl journalists hit the streets during voting to see what camp residents really think.

English: (731 MB) .mpg

Deutsch: "Im Flüchtlingslager scheint die Sonne nicht" (788MB) .mpg

Euskara/Basque: "Eguzkiak ez du argitzen kanpamenduan"

Catellano-Castillian Spanish: "No brilla el sol en el campamento"