Laila El-Haddad | The Guardian 16 June 2009 “Eight nos, but nothing new.” This is the reaction I hear over and over again from Palestinian refugees here in Lebanon’s Wavel Refugee Camp, where four generations wait to return to the ...
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Laila El-Haddad | A Mother from Gaza 14 April 2009 “Its not very comfortable in there is it?” said the stony faced official, cigarette smoke forming a haze around his gleaming oval head. “Its OK. We’re fine” I replied wearily, ...
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By Ashley Fantz | CNN (CNN) “Listen, listen to this!” shouts Fida Qishta as the crackling of rockets is heard over her phone receiver. “It’s difficult for anybody to imagine that in a second, maybe when I am talking to ...
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