UNRWA USA
“What would you grab if you had five minutes to flee?”
In Gaza, families have been forced to answer that question repeatedly. Over time, survival becomes routine: knowing what fits in one bag, wha...
⚽ NEW MERCH ALERT ⚽
https://www.unrwausa.org/goal-for-gaza
The demand from our new sign-ups was so massive that our inbox was completely flooded with requests—so, due to high demand, the UNRWA US...
✍️ A message from UNRWA USA CEO Mara Kronenfeld:
My iPhone is pulling up photos of where I was 4 years ago.
I was in Gaza.
Each year around this time photos show up on my phone that stab. Seeing...
Sometimes the places that hold our deepest history also hold our deepest ache.
In the final part of this storytelling series, UNRWA USA VP of Philanthropy shares how the Nakba is experienced as a...
The Nakba did not only force Palestinians from their homes; it disrupted generations of childhoods, education, and opportunity.
In Part 2 of our storytelling series, Hani Almadhoun, VP of Philanth...
UNRWA is STILL in Gaza.
Year after year, UNRWA mental health teams show up for displaced children across Gaza during Eid al-Adha. Working tirelessly every single day, they give children a chance t...
“The sharpest kids in Gaza were products of UNRWA schools,” says VP of philanthropy Hani Almadhoun. “Despite everything, Palestine refugees are among the most educated people in the region.”
In Pa...
Right now in Gaza, nearly 25,000 children have been orphaned due to constant attacks. No parents, lacking nutritional food, shelter, safety, and in desperate need of a comforting hand.
Following t...
From 1948 to today, what has changed?
In part one of this three-part series, UNRWA USA Vice President of Philanthropy Hani Almadhoun shares his family’s Nakba story and their refusal to repeat th...
In the summer of 1948, my grandfather left a chicken in the oven as he fled Al Majdal. He believed he would return in a few days.
He never saw his home again.
Hani Almadhoun, Vice President of Phi...
When Adam first arrived from Gaza to Texas for medical treatment through @HealPalestine he wasn’t able to run the Dallas Gaza 5k, but this year, he will be running.
Hear Adam’s full circle stor...
78 years ago, families locked the doors of homes they believed they would soon return to.
A mother folded house keys into the corner of her dress.
A father carried land deeds in his coat pocket.
C...
🎶 We’re honored to welcome Palestinian-American artist @waheebnasan to this year’s Dallas Gaza 5K.
Originally from Chicago, Waheeb blends hip hop with alternative and Arabic influences to make mus..
UNRWA USA is heading across the pond!
For the first time ever, UNRWA USA is coming to London.
Did you know that over 8,000 people across the UK—and nearly 2,000 in London—have supported life-savin...
There are mothers tonight sitting beside hospital beds. Mothers carrying children through smoke and rubble. Mothers pressing trembling hands against frightened backs, whispering the oldest promise ...
Meet our new Director of Strategic Communications!
Zeina Hijazi is a Palestinian polyglot currently trading the volcanoes of Guatemala for the avenues of Washington,D.C.
She is a first-generatio...
Meet our new Director of Strategic Communications!
Zeina Hijazi is a Palestinian polyglot currently trading the volcanoes of Guatemala for the avenues of Washington,D.C.
She is a first-generatio...
What started as a quick trip last year to Dallas turned into a reminder of what community looks like.
I witnessed it at the Gaza 5K hosted by UNRWA USA in 2024, where thousands showed up, stood to...
As Arab American Heritage Month comes to a close, this conversation doesn’t end here.
The U.S. was once UNRWA’s largest donor, providing over $300 million to support the 5+ million Palestine refu...
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Dallas, we’re coming back!
UNRWA USA is bringing back our Gaza 5K on Saturday May 16th to the Lone Star State where everything is bigger. In 2024, y’all showed up big for Gaza...