[tadamon-l] Lebanon: Impressions from Nahr el-Bared: Displaced Refugees

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* Tadamon! Impressions from Nahr el-Bared: Displaced Refugees
A Photo Essay from Mary Ellen Davis.

http://tadamon.resist.ca/index.php/post/1101

Nahr el-Bared, a Palestinian refugee camp located on the Mediterranean 
coast of Lebanon, near Tripoli, was the setting of massive violence in the 
conflict between the Lebanese army and the armed faction of Fatah 
al-Islam, which lasted from the 20th of May to the 4th of September. This 
conflict ultimately forced 40,000 of the camps' residents to evacuate 
against their will. Today, nothing but rubbles remain, the most part of 
which are inhabitable.

During the month of December 2007, the rear of the camp remained under 
military occupation and was inaccessible for inhabitants, despite the 
ceasefire on September 4th. From a distance, one can see only debris left. 
These photographs were taken discreetly, for authorities have discouraged 
any press coverage of the camp. In the new camp area, reconstruction has 
begun, but many of the buildings must first be demolished.

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