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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

[Lebanon] The Guardian - Naba'a: Refugees in Lebanon


[Picture from same article - copyright guardian.co.uk, 5/12/2012 – Image Kristian Buus]

5.12.2012. When Mohamed was born in 2000, he was already a refugee. His family fled Palestine for Lebanon more than 60 years ago and they still live in the sprawling Ein el-Helweh refugee camp they lived in when they first arrived. Like most of the 280,000 Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon today, they live in abject poverty.

But life for Mohamed became even more difficult when his parents divorced. His father insists that Mohamed cannot live with his mother, and his stepmother has refused to let him live with his father.

"Every time my father sees me, he pushes me, beats me and hits me with his belt," Mohamed says.

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