🇵🇸 Palestinian Identity – English Class Cooperation Activity A beautiful collaboration between The Hands Up Project – Cairo and Ahfad El Zayton Project – Nasser City!

🌊✨ Oh Big Blue is coming to Exeter! If you’re around Exeter on 11 December, we’d love for you to join us at St James School for the Oh Big Blue exhibition — a warm, welcoming event that amplifies the voices of children in Gaza through their illustrated poems. 🕊️ Free entry 🤍 Everyone is welcome

his week, we explored the story of #The_Farmer_Who_Followed_His_Dream through a variety of engaging activities! 🌾💭✨ A beautiful and inspiring session with Miss Hana and her students in Gaza. 🌿💛

🇵🇸✨ Palestine in Songs – Choral Activity A beautiful collaboration between The Hands Up Project Cairo School and Ahfad El Zayton Project in Nasr City! 🎶🔥 Our students came together in a joyful choral activity, singing for Palestine with passion, unity, and heart. 😻🎤

📢 From Dust We Rise — a powerful new poetry collection by young Palestinians — is launching with a live link-up to the poets. Join us for an unforgettable evening. 🇵🇸✨ 📅 9 Dec 2025, 7pm 📍 Palestine Museum & Cultural Centre, Bristol 🎟 Free — reserve your spot: hdfst.uk#e143449&even...

🎬✨ An amazing documentary is coming your way! Join us for a powerful film about the Hands Up Project and the inspiring stories of Palestinian children, followed by a live Q&A with some of the young contributors themselves. 🇵🇸💬 🎟 Book your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.com/e/from-gaza-...

🏚🎨 Art from Rubble — Daily Update Today I began the first strokes of Art from Rubble in Gaza’s seaport, now filled with rubble and tents. We painted butterflies of hope 🦋 and a safe home in the middle of the sea 🏞 — symbols of every child’s right to safety and life.

🎭✨ Bring Welcome to Gaza to Cairo! We’re raising funds to stage a new run of Welcome to Gaza in Cairo — performed by the amazing young actors who created the original plays in Gaza. 🇵🇸✨ 👉 Donate & support: www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...

A beautiful artwork by our talented student Jaber 🌟 He framed his drawing with so much care, and Dr. Suleiman proudly placed it among the special collection of items displayed at the Hands Up Cairo School.

🎉💛 A Beautiful Surprise for Miss Hana 💛🎉 Today, Hana’s wonderful students prepared a simple yet heartfelt birthday celebration just for her — a gift filled with love, gratitude, and joy.

🍏🍑 The Story of Nasruddin and the Orchard Owner 🍐🥭 🫐🍉🍒 A fruitful session with Miss Wafaa and her wonderful students! 🌽🥕

🌟🇵🇸🇬🇧 A Message of Friendship Across Borders 🇵🇸🇬🇧🌟 This is a beautiful letter from our HUP Cairo students to their friends at Gorse Hall School in England — a heartfelt exchange filled with love, connection, and hope. 💌✨

🌙✨ New Release! ✨🌙 We’re excited to share that Moon, Tell Me the Truth is now available in Spanish as a digital EPub download: Luna, dime la verdad 🇪🇸💛 📥 Download it here: www.handsupproject.org/shop/luna-di...

✨ New Update – 28 November 2025 ✨ After many unforgettable performances in the UK, Gaza On Stage is now preparing for a brand-new run in Cairo this February! 🎭🇵🇸 🎗️ Support the project here: www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...

✨ Jbene Story Activities ✨ A beautiful and inspiring session with Miss Majd and her students as they explored the story of Jbene through creativity, reflection, and fun activities:

✨ From Dust We Rise ✨ A powerful new poetry collection written by young Palestinians is being launched in Bristol — with a live link-up to the poets themselves.

Daily Update — Hands Up Project 🍎🎭✏️ Today’s session was full of colour, creativity, and joyful learning! The students had a great time colouring and creating character masks inspired by the story #Nasreddin_and_the_orchard_owner. 🎭🍏

Daily Update — Art from Rubble Today was my final meeting with the wonderful teacher Sahar and her incredible students in southern Gaza before returning north. Over three hours of creativity, healing, and connection. 🎨🕓✨

🧕📚 New Juha Session Highlights! This week, our students explored the story “Juha at the Bakery” through fun and interactive activities that brought the story to life! 🍞✨

Our beloved Mouwad was killed on the 16th June 2024, but his sister Tala lives on in Gaza and desperately needs funds to carry on. Please consider donating something in the memory of Mouwad, rest in peace. gofund.me/977d1e996

Daily Update — Art From the Rubble 🎨🏚 Today, with teacher Sahar, our students had their first sculpture session — learning about clay, facial features, and body proportions. They were so excited to try sculpting for the first time. A beautiful step forward in creativity and learning. 💕

🎬✨ Check out our playlist — The Arrogant Sparrow Story! 📺 Watch it here: youtube.com/playlist?lis... Join the adventure and learn through this fun, meaningful story. 🐦📚

🎭✨ Check out our special playlist — The Story of the Greedy Dog! 📺 Watch it here: youtube.com/playlist?lis... Dive into this fun and meaningful tale, perfect for children and learners of all ages! 🐶📚

This week, Miss Hana and her students in Gaza were inspired by the story of #The_Greedy_Dog — and the fun didn’t stop! 🐶✨ The students enjoyed friendly competitions and creative activities

🌸 A beautiful creative session with Miss Batool and her students in Gaza! 🌸 One child draws a friend’s face on a transparent sheet in a fun “Draw Me” game. Another paints small artworks with focus and joy. Alongside the art, the children learned simple English words like tree, rain, cat, and play.

We had a wonderful time exploring the story of #Arrogant_Sparrow with Miss Hana and her amazing students in Gaza! 🌿🐦 The session was full of fun and learning through activities like: ✨ Dictation race ✨ Find the meaning ✨ Search for the past verb ✨ Drawing ✨ Guess the word

These are not just abject poems, they are poems which, as with all poetry, are full of healing, they are full of energy, they are full of incredible patience and resilience.” — Alice Oswald

A lovely moment from our Cairo school today! 🍎📚 Marah led a fun and engaging session, teaching the students new vocabulary and introducing them to the names of fruits in English.

Daily update—Art from the Rubble Today we blended storytelling, drawing, painting, and small sculptures —all created by my talented students and a new group of wonderful children. Using wood, cardboard, paper, and pieces of rubble, they turned every material into art filled with emotion and hope.

We had a wonderful session exploring how the Hands Up Project inspires learning through creativity ✨ All activities were based on The Boy Who Cried the Wolf and brought to life with Miss Majd and her amazing students.

💫 Welcome again! 🙂 A new story with the Hope Club — this time, The Arrogant Sparrow 🐦✨ Today, Miss Wafaa and her students explored the story through fun, interactive activities: Some students were absent due to the weather, but the energy and creativity were still shining through. 🌧️💛

Daily Update from Nada — Art from the Rubble 🎨🏚 Today I welcomed a new group of children to join our art sessions under the rubble. I gave them cards and colors, and they quietly created beautiful, expressive drawings as the sun set around us. 🌅🎨

Exploring the story of #The_Storks_and_the_Snake today with Miss Hana and her amazing students! 🕊️🐍💛 They loved: • Ladder & snake game • Dictation • Guess the animal • Pick-a-number Q&A • Exit ticket

✨ Reminder for tomorrow! Join us for a special online poetry gathering with young Palestinian poets from the Poetry Mentorship Program (Hands Up Project × SOAS). They’ll be sharing their own powerful, hopeful, and heartfelt poems. 🌿✍️ 📅 Sat, Nov 15 🕑 2pm UK / 4pm Palestine 📍 Live on Facebook

🇧🇷❤️🇵🇸 From Brazil to Palestine Beautiful drawings arrived today from students in Brazil, sending love and support to the children of Palestine. Even from across the world, their kindness reminds us that our children are seen, loved, and never forgotten. Thank you for this heartfelt solidarity. ❤️✨

🎉✨ A fun day at the Hands Up Cairo School! Our students took part in an exciting English sentence-ordering competition 🇬🇧💪 By the end of the activity, they were happily learning numbers and animal names 🐘🐶🦋

Last Chance to See Oh Big Blue at Peterborough Cathedral! 🌊 If you’re near Peterborough,Oh Big Blue exhibition at the beautiful Peterborough Cathedral We’re so grateful to everyone who made this exhibition possible and to the wonderful team at the Cathedral for their support.

🎨 Daily update from Nada — Art from the Rubble Because art is the only companion for children amid the ruins, today’s activity was titled “Souls We Miss.” 💕 Together, we created art from the heart of the rubble. 🪨🏚✨

This time, the story was “The Greedy Dog 🐕” — and our students had such a fun and engaging time! 💬 Discussed the pictures 🪄 Identified new words 🌟 Shared moral lessons 🎭 Acted out a short sketch ✍️ Formed adverbs and classified verbs to be Miss Wafaa and her students!

The Hands Up Project exhibition Moon Tell Me Truth is now open in Machynlleth,Wales —beautifully hosted by Sploj, a youth-led arts space! Open until 11 Dec 2025 Thanks to the Sploj volunteers for setting up the show and running an online art auction to support our work galabid.com/ennynartauction

🎨 Daily update from Nada – Art from the Rubble Even amid Gaza’s ruins, we believe every hardship will pass. Through Art from the Rubble, we turn pain into creativity and destruction into hope.

Each week sparks new creativity and inspiration! 🔥 This time, Miss Majd and her students in Gaza explored “Juha and the Donkey” through fun, thoughtful, and creative activities — from proverb connections and storytelling to singing, hashtag challenges, and even modern Juha twists! 🎭🐴✨

🌧️ Welcome Winter! ☁️💦 Batool and her students in Gaza celebrated the arrival of winter through creative, interactive activities that beautifully expressed the season’s spirit. The session combined learning with fun — building language skills, confidence, and teamwork in a warm, joyful atmosphere. ❄️💙

🎨 Art from the Rubble – Daily Update Today’s activity, “The Amusement City,” brought so much joy. The students collected iron wires, a wooden board, and even satin fabric from the rubble — then shaped and painted them into a beautiful amusement park scene.

A beautiful day at the HUP Cairo School 💫 Grateful for everyone who supported us over the past year — a . ❤️ Special thanks to Nick and Donna for their constant support, to Dr. Suliman for leading the school with such care, and to all our wonderful teachers and students who make it all possible. 🌿

We’re going live on Facebook this Saturday! 🎙️✨ Young Palestinian poets from the Hands Up Project & SOAS University will share their voices and dreams in a special online poetry gathering. 📅 Nov 15 — 2PM UK / 4PM Palestine 📍 Live on Facebook

🎨 Daily update from Nada — Art from the Rubble I revisited the UNRWA shelter where I created my first artwork two years ago with just a pencil. I told the children about our project, and by the end, they built tall towers from stones — hope rising from the rubble. 💫

A beautiful ceramic sculpture by local artist Elena Buran, inspired by the poem on page 49 of Moon by Remas Mohamed Zouraba 🌙 The artwork brings Remas’s words to life — her name and lines from the poem form part of the sculpture’s background, connecting art and poetry in a powerful way. 🎨✨

🎉🎂 A special day at our Cairo school! Today, our students and teachers came together to celebrate Ms. Doaa’s birthday with lots of love, laughter, and sweet moments. 💐✨ Thank you, Ms. Doaa, for your kindness, creativity, and all the joy you bring to the children every day. 💛

Check out the trailer for our new documentary film From Gaza we speak Please get in touch if you'd like to arrange a screening in your school, university, cultural centre etc. the film is 50 minutes long and can be followed by a live link to some of the original creators of the plays from Gaza.