Shu‘fat refugee camp has been in the news lately, due to Israel’s forcible closure of three United Nations Relief and Wolks Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) schools there, two for girls and one for boys. Although this camp, the only one that falls within Israel’s municipal boundaries for Jerusalem, is home to tens of thousands of Palestinians, it’s rarely seen or heard from in the media.
We visited the camp in early May 2025, shortly after the school closures, to get a sense of what’s on residents’ minds.
A Jerusalem Story production
Cinematographer: Latifeh Abdellatif
Film Editor: Latifeh Abdellatif
Sound Editor: Latifeh Abdellatif
Field Producer: Latifeh Abdellatif
Translation: Jerusalem Story Team