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COVID-19: A Ticking Time Bomb in Northern Syria and its Refugee Camps

Ahmad El-Haj Bakri "There is no place for social distancing here. We are 40 people, and have lived in eight tents since 2015," says 62-year-old Maryam Sheikh Omar. Maryam has 15 boys, one girl, and 18 grandchildren. She has lived with…
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Covid 19

“We Fear Hunger, Not Coronavirus”: The Syrian Camps’ Tragedy

Mus’ab al-Ashqar and Jihan al-Haj Bakri Feeling hot and sweating, Rama (13 years) examines her mother’s face. She repeats the question she has been asking the whole time, “are not we done for today, when will we be going back to our…
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