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Ten Reasons for the Arts in Refugee Camps

By Awet Andemicael
awet@post.harvard.edu

Last year, I conducted research for UNHCR (available online at www.unhcr.org/4def858a9.html), which suggests that artistic activity often plays a powerful positive role in the lives of refugees living in camps, and can help them survive and even thrive emotionally, spiritually, and physically.