18 July 2026: From Refugee Camp to a Sanctuary of Culture, Care, Hope, and Belonging

Muziwanele Thando Ngwenya
Jul 18
2 min read

How do you transform a lifetime of displacement into a home where others can heal?

Today, we proudly launch the second film in our Arab Homes for Humanity Film Series, featuring extraordinary initiatives we recognized during our recent One Home Journey through Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan.

We invite you to meet the Abu Laban family and discover RUMMANA Art Gallery, Cultural Café & Community Sanctuary, located in the heart of Bethlehem's Old City. Through art, music, food, hospitality, and a deep love for their homeland, they have created a remarkable place where resilience, belonging, and hope continue to flourish despite occupation and conflict.

Honored as a Home for Humanity

RUMMANA reminds us that regeneration begins the moment people choose care over despair, creativity over fear, and community over division. They are officially recognized and honored as a Home for Humanity across three vital dimensions:

Inner Home: For transforming a lifetime of resilience, steadfastness, and love for the land into a living space of healing, beauty, and human dignity—nurturing imagination, freedom, and belonging amidst adversity.
Local Home: For cultivating a vibrant community hub where food, art, music, culture, and hospitality bring people together across generations, keeping the living heritage and spirit of Palestine alive.
Earth Home: For demonstrating how care for people, culture, and place can become one unified, living practice of regeneration, inspiring a more compassionate, connected, and life-affirming world.