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  • Lebanon, Bekaa Valley. “Amal was the great love of my life, her photograph is the dearest thing to me. We were together when she took it, already refugees in Lebanon. We needed to renew our documents to obtain a Visa. She was already pregnant with triplets. It was her last picture and is always with me. Every day I show it to our children because I don’t want them to forget her. The day I knew that my wife had died I promised her that I would do my best to take care of the kids . And we are doing it. I talk to her, within myself. I tell her not to worry because the children are safe. I will take care of everything. I tell her that I will do everything so that she can always be proud of me. Every day, kissing her photograph, I tell her how much I love her. How much I miss her” said Saleh Faysal Al Mohamad, 31, a former agricolture worker from Idlib.<br />
“Forced to flee Syria due to the conflict’s escalation in early 2012, Saleh arrived with wife Amal (20) and their children, Nermine (3), Faysal (2) and Malak (1 and a half) at refugee settlement near Zahle. (Bekaa Valley, Lebanon).  <br />
Mid January 2015, as one of the severest winters in years furiously battled the region with heavy snow and rainfall exposing the extremely vulnerable refugees’ shelters to heavy damage, Amal died giving birth to triplets, little Rihad, Ahmad and Khaled, welcomed as the youngest survivors of the strongest winter in the Region.<br />
“That day we ran to take Amal to the hospital. When we arrived, the doctors told us that for a triplet birth my wife would need intensive therapy but there were no beds available and therefore the hospital could not accept her. We had to go to another hospital where eventually Amal was accepted; shortly after the children were born. At first we were told that the birth had gone well but then a paramedic came out of the operating room and told us that Amal had died of a heart attack. We still do not know what really happened. We asked without obtaining expla
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  • Lebanon, Bekaa Valley. “Amal was the great love of my life, her photograph is the dearest thing to me. We were together when she took it, already refugees in Lebanon. We needed to renew our documents to obtain a Visa. She was already pregnant with triplets. It was her last picture and is always with me. Every day I show it to our children because I don’t want them to forget her. The day I knew that my wife had died I promised her that I would do my best to take care of the kids . And we are doing it. I talk to her, within myself. I tell her not to worry because the children are safe. I will take care of everything. I tell her that I will do everything so that she can always be proud of me. Every day, kissing her photograph, I tell her how much I love her. How much I miss her” said Saleh Faysal Al Mohamad, 31, a former agricolture worker from Idlib.<br />
“Forced to flee Syria due to the conflict’s escalation in early 2012, Saleh arrived with wife Amal (20) and their children, Nermine (3), Faysal (2) and Malak (1 and a half) at refugee settlement near Zahle. (Bekaa Valley, Lebanon).  <br />
Mid January 2015, as one of the severest winters in years furiously battled the region with heavy snow and rainfall exposing the extremely vulnerable refugees’ shelters to heavy damage, Amal died giving birth to triplets, little Rihad, Ahmad and Khaled, welcomed as the youngest survivors of the strongest winter in the Region.<br />
“That day we ran to take Amal to the hospital. When we arrived, the doctors told us that for a triplet birth my wife would need intensive therapy but there were no beds available and therefore the hospital could not accept her. We had to go to another hospital where eventually Amal was accepted; shortly after the children were born. At first we were told that the birth had gone well but then a paramedic came out of the operating room and told us that Amal had died of a heart attack. We still do not know what really happened. We asked without obtaining expla
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  • Lebanon, Bekaa Valley. “Amal was the great love of my life, her photograph is the dearest thing to me. We were together when she took it, already refugees in Lebanon. We needed to renew our documents to obtain a Visa. She was already pregnant with triplets. It was her last picture and is always with me. Every day I show it to our children because I don’t want them to forget her. The day I knew that my wife had died I promised her that I would do my best to take care of the kids . And we are doing it. I talk to her, within myself. I tell her not to worry because the children are safe. I will take care of everything. I tell her that I will do everything so that she can always be proud of me. Every day, kissing her photograph, I tell her how much I love her. How much I miss her” said Saleh Faysal Al Mohamad, 31, a former agricolture worker from Idlib.<br />
“Forced to flee Syria due to the conflict’s escalation in early 2012, Saleh arrived with wife Amal (20) and their children, Nermine (3), Faysal (2) and Malak (1 and a half) at refugee settlement near Zahle. (Bekaa Valley, Lebanon).  <br />
Mid January 2015, as one of the severest winters in years furiously battled the region with heavy snow and rainfall exposing the extremely vulnerable refugees’ shelters to heavy damage, Amal died giving birth to triplets, little Rihad, Ahmad and Khaled, welcomed as the youngest survivors of the strongest winter in the Region.<br />
“That day we ran to take Amal to the hospital. When we arrived, the doctors told us that for a triplet birth my wife would need intensive therapy but there were no beds available and therefore the hospital could not accept her. We had to go to another hospital where eventually Amal was accepted; shortly after the children were born. At first we were told that the birth had gone well but then a paramedic came out of the operating room and told us that Amal had died of a heart attack. We still do not know what really happened. We asked without obtaining expla
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  • Lebanon, Bekaa Valley. Mahmoud Mira, 40, is a former sculptor from Aleppo. <br />
Mahmoud Mira’s dearest object is the Ipad that contains his former life’s story telling, the man he used to be is depicted in those photographs that always he brings with him. Smiling pictures of his wife Ghad (36), their children playing in the beautiful garden near their house in Aleppo. Images of a comfortable and lovely life. Everything was destroyed during shelling in Aleppo seven months ago. Mahmoud, 40, is a scultptor. Thanks to his profession he used to frequently travel abroad; to Yemen, Germany, Greece, Jordan. Now he and his wife along with three children Abdelaziz (11), Ayham (9) and Judy (6) are living in a few square meters room in the skeleton of a building site, on the outskirts of Zahle. (Lebanon. Bekaa Valley). Since their arrival in Lebanon, Mahmoud has managed to find occasional jobs as a carpenter in the construction sites nearby. This is a totally provisional and precarius job that does not give him a stable income to support his family. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Bekaa Valley. Mahmoud Mira, 40, is a former sculptor from Aleppo. <br />
Mahmoud Mira’s dearest object is the Ipad that contains his former life’s story telling, the man he used to be is depicted in those photographs that always he brings with him. Smiling pictures of his wife Ghad (36), their children playing in the beautiful garden near their house in Aleppo. Images of a comfortable and lovely life. Everything was destroyed during shelling in Aleppo seven months ago. Mahmoud, 40, is a scultptor. Thanks to his profession he used to frequently travel abroad; to Yemen, Germany, Greece, Jordan. Now he and his wife along with three children Abdelaziz (11), Ayham (9) and Judy (6) are living in a few square meters room in the skeleton of a building site, on the outskirts of Zahle. (Lebanon. Bekaa Valley). Since their arrival in Lebanon, Mahmoud has managed to find occasional jobs as a carpenter in the construction sites nearby. This is a totally provisional and precarius job that does not give him a stable income to support his family. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Bekaa Valley. Ghad Mira, 36, is from Aleppo. “The day when that bomb hit our house I was so terrified that I could not move. I just said to myself – you have to think only for the children’ sake, take as many things as possible for them and take them away from this hell.  Being barely able to think about what was going on and staring at my trembling hands, I randomly filled a suitcase. I did not bring anything for me and my husband. In that state I arrived at the Lebanese border with the clothes I was wearing and that suitcase. It is still with us. Now that we have lost everything it is the most important thing” says Ghad Mira, 36, from Aleppo.<br />
Along with her husband Mahmoud and their three children, Abdelaziz (11), Ayham (9) and Judy (6), Ghad was forced to flee Syria seven months ago when a bomb hit part of their house in Aleppo. Everything they had was destroyed during the shelling. She arrived to the Lebanese border just with the clothes she was wearing that day and a bag with clothes and basic necessities for her children. Since their arrival in Lebanon they have been living as refugees in a few square meters room in the skeleton of a building site on the outskirts of Zahle. (Lebanon. Bekaa Valley).<br />
Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Bekaa Valley. Ghad Mira, 36, is from Aleppo. “The day when that bomb hit our house I was so terrified that I could not move. I just said to myself – you have to think only for the children’ sake, take as many things as possible for them and take them away from this hell.  Being barely able to think about what was going on and staring at my trembling hands, I randomly filled a suitcase. I did not bring anything for me and my husband. In that state I arrived at the Lebanese border with the clothes I was wearing and that suitcase. It is still with us. Now that we have lost everything it is the most important thing” says Ghad Mira, 36, from Aleppo.<br />
Along with her husband Mahmoud and their three children, Abdelaziz (11), Ayham (9) and Judy (6), Ghad was forced to flee Syria seven months ago when a bomb hit part of their house in Aleppo. Everything they had was destroyed during the shelling. She arrived to the Lebanese border just with the clothes she was wearing that day and a bag with clothes and basic necessities for her children. Since their arrival in Lebanon they have been living as refugees in a few square meters room in the skeleton of a building site on the outskirts of Zahle. (Lebanon. Bekaa Valley).<br />
Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Bekaa Valley. “It is one of the only things that belonged to him that I still have. I did not even have the courage to wash it”.<br />
Majaz Choueb, 35, from Homs is clutching a white shirt that belonged to her husband Abdel Karim, 45, about whom she has no news for a year and two months. They were along the Lebanese border that day with their children Fatima (12), Yamen (10), Rokaya (8), Zeinab (6) and Hamza (5) - waiting to enter Lebanon. At that checkpoint Abdel Karim was prevented from entering. “You are on our list. You have to come with us “ they told him, said Majaz. So the family was divided forever. “When the children saw their father separated from us they desparately broke into tears and I could not stop them. My husband looked at me and he said - I am going to die. Take care of the children. I love them so much -. It was the last time I saw him. The last time I heard his voice”. Majaz lives with her five children in a tent in a refugee settlement close to city of Zahle, in the Bekaa Valley. As a widow with no possibility of work, she gets the monthly UN voucher for herself and for each child. This is her only way to survive.<br />
Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Bekaa Valley. “It is one of the only things that belonged to him that I still have. I did not even have the courage to wash it”.<br />
Majaz Choueb, 35, from Homs is clutching a white shirt that belonged to her husband Abdel Karim, 45, about whom she has no news for a year and two months. They were along the Lebanese border that day with their children Fatima (12), Yamen (10), Rokaya (8), Zeinab (6) and Hamza (5) - waiting to enter Lebanon. At that checkpoint Abdel Karim was prevented from entering. “You are on our list. You have to come with us “ they told him, said Majaz. So the family was divided forever. “When the children saw their father separated from us they desparately broke into tears and I could not stop them. My husband looked at me and he said - I am going to die. Take care of the children. I love them so much -. It was the last time I saw him. The last time I heard his voice”. Majaz lives with her five children in a tent in a refugee settlement close to city of Zahle, in the Bekaa Valley. As a widow with no possibility of work, she gets the monthly UN voucher for herself and for each child. This is her only way to survive.<br />
Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Bekaa Valley. Asmahan Ahmad is from the Syrian city of Hama. <br />
“This dress is the only new thing I have had since we left Hama. It is what I care about the most. I wear it when I leave the camp for a brief walk. I like to wear something nice. It makes me feel comfortable and pretty. I love colors, I love beautiful things. When I wear it I feel just like the other girls. I feel like a normal person” says Asmahan Ahmad, 16, from Hama.  Asmahan was forced to flee Syria two and a half years ago due to the escalation of the conflict. She lives now with her family in a single room tent in a refugee settlement on the outskirts of Zahle (Lebanon. Bekaa Valley).<br />
She was 15 on the day of her wedding. She was forced to marry her cousin, a 19 year old boy from Raqqa. <br />
They were married in Lebanon, as refugees. Asmahan’s uncle thought that with a man she would be more protected. She remained with her husband only for nine months and then following aggressions and beatings she strongly asked for divorce. And eventually she got it. Since the day she left, she hasn’t had any news of him, she only knows that he has been resettled in Germany thanks to the Unhcr program.<br />
 “I had no idea what it meant to be a wife. I knew nothing about marriage nor about men. I was too young and I still am. His mother was so aggressive with me, she pushed him to give me orders all the time, to shout at me. Nevertheless I remember there were moments of tenderness too. He could also be nice with me but he was forced by his family to be rude, to mistreat me. And eventually he did. One day I said to myself that I could no longer endure that life. It was too painful for me. I told him that I wanted a divorce. Here at the camp everybody says that I will never find another husband. That nobody will marry me. I do not care what people say. I just want to live with my family and help them. I do not need another husband. I do not want one. I have nothing of his. I do not even want a photograph
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  • Lebanon, Bekaa Valley. Asmahan Ahmad is from the Syrian city of Hama. <br />
“This dress is the only new thing I have had since we left Hama. It is what I care about the most. I wear it when I leave the camp for a brief walk. I like to wear something nice. It makes me feel comfortable and pretty. I love colors, I love beautiful things. When I wear it I feel just like the other girls. I feel like a normal person” says Asmahan Ahmad, 16, from Hama.  Asmahan was forced to flee Syria two and a half years ago due to the escalation of the conflict. She lives now with her family in a single room tent in a refugee settlement on the outskirts of Zahle (Lebanon. Bekaa Valley).<br />
She was 15 on the day of her wedding. She was forced to marry her cousin, a 19 year old boy from Raqqa. <br />
They were married in Lebanon, as refugees. Asmahan’s uncle thought that with a man she would be more protected. She remained with her husband only for nine months and then following aggressions and beatings she strongly asked for divorce. And eventually she got it. Since the day she left, she hasn’t had any news of him, she only knows that he has been resettled in Germany thanks to the Unhcr program.<br />
 “I had no idea what it meant to be a wife. I knew nothing about marriage nor about men. I was too young and I still am. His mother was so aggressive with me, she pushed him to give me orders all the time, to shout at me. Nevertheless I remember there were moments of tenderness too. He could also be nice with me but he was forced by his family to be rude, to mistreat me. And eventually he did. One day I said to myself that I could no longer endure that life. It was too painful for me. I told him that I wanted a divorce. Here at the camp everybody says that I will never find another husband. That nobody will marry me. I do not care what people say. I just want to live with my family and help them. I do not need another husband. I do not want one. I have nothing of his. I do not even want a photograph
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  • Lebanon, Bekaa Valley. Asmahan Ahmad is from the Syrian city of Hama. <br />
“This dress is the only new thing I have had since we left Hama. It is what I care about the most. I wear it when I leave the camp for a brief walk. I like to wear something nice. It makes me feel comfortable and pretty. I love colors, I love beautiful things. When I wear it I feel just like the other girls. I feel like a normal person” says Asmahan Ahmad, 16, from Hama.  Asmahan was forced to flee Syria two and a half years ago due to the escalation of the conflict. She lives now with her family in a single room tent in a refugee settlement on the outskirts of Zahle (Lebanon. Bekaa Valley).<br />
She was 15 on the day of her wedding. She was forced to marry her cousin, a 19 year old boy from Raqqa. <br />
They were married in Lebanon, as refugees. Asmahan’s uncle thought that with a man she would be more protected. She remained with her husband only for nine months and then following aggressions and beatings she strongly asked for divorce. And eventually she got it. Since the day she left, she hasn’t had any news of him, she only knows that he has been resettled in Germany thanks to the Unhcr program.<br />
 “I had no idea what it meant to be a wife. I knew nothing about marriage nor about men. I was too young and I still am. His mother was so aggressive with me, she pushed him to give me orders all the time, to shout at me. Nevertheless I remember there were moments of tenderness too. He could also be nice with me but he was forced by his family to be rude, to mistreat me. And eventually he did. One day I said to myself that I could no longer endure that life. It was too painful for me. I told him that I wanted a divorce. Here at the camp everybody says that I will never find another husband. That nobody will marry me. I do not care what people say. I just want to live with my family and help them. I do not need another husband. I do not want one. I have nothing of his. I do not even want a photograph
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  • Lebanon, Bekaa Valley. Radwan (Abu Khalil) Bayazid, 35, from a Damascus suburb.<br />
“This babbour (a traditional Syrian stove) has belonged to our family for over 40 years. It was in my father’s  house, and when he passed away I inherited it. My father prepared the traditional Syrian tea, coffee and mate with this babbour. To me that represents the family I came from, our life in Syria, how we used to live, who we used to be. Our identity” says Radwan (Abu Khalil) Bayazid, 35, from a Damascus suburb.<br />
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Radwan, a former occasional daily labour worker, is the shawish of the refugees settlement close to Zahle (Bekaa Valley) where his family has been living for three years since they were forced to flee Syria. Each Syrian refugee settlement is ruled by a shawish, the person to whom all other families refer. He lives in a tent with his wife Fatma (32) and six children; Khalil (14), Mohamad (13), Ahmad (10), Sahar (9), Hanan (7) and little Mono (2), Amina (16), his eldest daughter, got married two months ago in Lebanon. Mohammed works as butcher in a chicken butcher shop in Zahle.<br />
Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Bekaa Valley. Radwan (Abu Khalil) Bayazid, 35, from a Damascus suburb.<br />
“This babbour (a traditional Syrian stove) has belonged to our family for over 40 years. It was in my father’s  house, and when he passed away I inherited it. My father prepared the traditional Syrian tea, coffee and mate with this babbour. To me that represents the family I came from, our life in Syria, how we used to live, who we used to be. Our identity” says Radwan (Abu Khalil) Bayazid, 35, from a Damascus suburb.<br />
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Radwan, a former occasional daily labour worker, is the shawish of the refugees settlement close to Zahle (Bekaa Valley) where his family has been living for three years since they were forced to flee Syria. Each Syrian refugee settlement is ruled by a shawish, the person to whom all other families refer. He lives in a tent with his wife Fatma (32) and six children; Khalil (14), Mohamad (13), Ahmad (10), Sahar (9), Hanan (7) and little Mono (2), Amina (16), his eldest daughter, got married two months ago in Lebanon. Mohammed works as butcher in a chicken butcher shop in Zahle.<br />
Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Bekaa Valley. Mohammed Adeeb Darwish is a former electrician from Ghouta (Damascus). <br />
“I fled from the bombings only with the clothes that I was wearing that day, my identity card and our family book. I had nothing when I arrived in Lebanon three years ago. My house is gone. Everything is gone. My family book is the most important thing for me. If I had not had even it, I would not have the right to move. I would not exist. My family book is everything. It identifies me as Syrian. It rapresents the Watan, my homeland. The land where I came from. The land I belong to” said<br />
Mohammed Adeeb Darwish, a former electrician from Ghouta (Damascus).<br />
Mohammed is 70 and he was forced to flee Syria three years ago due to the escalation of the conflict in the area he had lived with his family. Their house was destroyed during a shelling and he lost everything. He arrived at the Lebanese border just with the clothes he was wearing, his identity card and his family documents. (A family book that legally documents his familial status). He is officially registered as a refugee, and now lives in a refugee settlement close to the city of Zahle. (Lebanon. Bekaa Valley). The most important object for him is his family book. The book represents his identity.<br />
Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Bekaa Valley. Mohammed Adeeb Darwish is a former electrician from Ghouta (Damascus). <br />
“I fled from the bombings only with the clothes that I was wearing that day, my identity card and our family book. I had nothing when I arrived in Lebanon three years ago. My house is gone. Everything is gone. My family book is the most important thing for me. If I had not had even it, I would not have the right to move. I would not exist. My family book is everything. It identifies me as Syrian. It rapresents the Watan, my homeland. The land where I came from. The land I belong to” said<br />
Mohammed Adeeb Darwish, a former electrician from Ghouta (Damascus).<br />
Mohammed is 70 and he was forced to flee Syria three years ago due to the escalation of the conflict in the area he had lived with his family. Their house was destroyed during a shelling and he lost everything. He arrived at the Lebanese border just with the clothes he was wearing, his identity card and his family documents. (A family book that legally documents his familial status). He is officially registered as a refugee, and now lives in a refugee settlement close to the city of Zahle. (Lebanon. Bekaa Valley). The most important object for him is his family book. The book represents his identity.<br />
Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Bekaa Valley. Tamam Mohammad Harfous, 32, from Qusayr. “When the sun sets and darkness is everywhere, I light this lamp in the small tent where we live. Suddenly the days when we were a family are back and my husband is still with us. Seated in a circle around the lamplight talking for hours drinking mate or tea. That light brings me back to the whole happiness of those days. The lamp had been at our house in Homs, then in Quasyr. I took it with me the day that we were forced to flee to Lebanon and it crossed the border with us. It was with me in Arsal and when the camp was razed to the ground I saved it and brought it here with me. There is another thing from which I will never be parted. The earrings I am wearing. My husband gave them to me on the day of our engagement. We were so happy. I have been forced to sell almost everything to survive and to keep my children safe but these two items will remain with us forever. No matter what will happen in the future” said Tamam<br />
Mohammad Harfous, 32, from Qusayr.<br />
Tamam reached the Lebanese border a year and a half ago with her son Saeed (10) and daughter Amira (8) together with Tamam’s brother’s family. When Amira was three years old Tamam’s husband had an accident at work and died.<br />
Due to the shock of this loss, Amira has fallen into a severe form of depression. Day after day she began to refuse food until she was unable to walk or talk. A few years later war broke up in Syria and little Amira had to face new severe double traumas: war destruction and forced exile. From Qusayr where they used to live, Amira along with her mother Tamam and her brother Saeed, managed initially to reach the Lebanese border and seek refuge in a settlement in Arsal. During the relentless fighting in August 2014 between the Lebanese army and men allegedly affiliated with extremist groups related to Nusra Front in the Arsal region, the camp in which they lived was burned to the ground. Following those occurrences, Tamam, litt
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  • Lebanon, Bekaa Valley. Tamam Mohammad Harfous, 32, from Qusayr. “When the sun sets and darkness is everywhere, I light this lamp in the small tent where we live. Suddenly the days when we were a family are back and my husband is still with us. Seated in a circle around the lamplight talking for hours drinking mate or tea. That light brings me back to the whole happiness of those days. The lamp had been at our house in Homs, then in Quasyr. I took it with me the day that we were forced to flee to Lebanon and it crossed the border with us. It was with me in Arsal and when the camp was razed to the ground I saved it and brought it here with me. There is another thing from which I will never be parted. The earrings I am wearing. My husband gave them to me on the day of our engagement. We were so happy. I have been forced to sell almost everything to survive and to keep my children safe but these two items will remain with us forever. No matter what will happen in the future” said Tamam<br />
Mohammad Harfous, 32, from Qusayr.<br />
Tamam reached the Lebanese border a year and a half ago with her son Saeed (10) and daughter Amira (8) together with Tamam’s brother’s family. When Amira was three years old Tamam’s husband had an accident at work and died.<br />
Due to the shock of this loss, Amira has fallen into a severe form of depression. Day after day she began to refuse food until she was unable to walk or talk. A few years later war broke up in Syria and little Amira had to face new severe double traumas: war destruction and forced exile. From Qusayr where they used to live, Amira along with her mother Tamam and her brother Saeed, managed initially to reach the Lebanese border and seek refuge in a settlement in Arsal. During the relentless fighting in August 2014 between the Lebanese army and men allegedly affiliated with extremist groups related to Nusra Front in the Arsal region, the camp in which they lived was burned to the ground. Following those occurrences, Tamam, litt
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  • Lebanon, Chouf, Baassir village. Hassan Abdul Moeen Sergj is a 38 men barber from Hama. He was forced to flee Syria three years ago along with his wife Samah (23) and four daughters Naja (10), Asra (8), Judy (4) and little Jana who is just 7 months. Naja and Asra were born from Hassan's first marriage. All the family is officially registered as refugees. Just little Jana is not. Hassan is managing to find small jobs as barber in shops nearby the village of Baassir, in Chouf region where is settled since his arrival from Syria. He is managing to earn an average of 250 dollars a month and he has to pay a monthly 150 dollars for the rent of the little place where the family lives. The family is receiving the Un 19 dollars a months voucher for each family member except little Jana who is not officially registered. The items Hassan cares the most are the family papers and documents. "Without it all Syrian families' history will disappeared. It demonstrates that we are Syrian. It means existence to me.  Without my documents I would not exist anymore" said Hassan. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Chouf, Baassir village. Hassan Abdul Moeen Sergj is a 38 men barber from Hama. He was forced to flee Syria three years ago along with his wife Samah (23) and four daughters Naja (10), Asra (8), Judy (4) and little Jana who is just 7 months. Naja and Asra were born from Hassan's first marriage. All the family is officially registered as refugees. Just little Jana is not. Hassan is managing to find small jobs as barber in shops nearby the village of Baassir, in Chouf region where is settled since his arrival from Syria. He is managing to earn an average of 250 dollars a month and he has to pay a monthly 150 dollars for the rent of the little place where the family lives. The family is receiving the Un 19 dollars a months voucher for each family member except little Jana who is not officially registered. The items Hassan cares the most are the family papers and documents. "Without it all Syrian families' history will disappeared. It demonstrates that we are Syrian. It means existence to me.  Without my documents I would not exist anymore" said Hassan. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. Nura Najjar, 35, is from Idlib. She was forced to flee Syria two years and a half ago, when their house was destroyed by a bombing. Since then she lives as refugee in Lebanon with her husband Abdullah (40) and their five children, Abdul (16), Taleeb (15), Osama (12), Nour (7) and little Mahmoud, who was born just few months ago. The most important object to her is her marriage ring. “It reminds me the most beautiful day of my life, when we were a happy and united family. My relatives are still in Idlib but since a couple of months we are no longer able to be in touch with them. This is our deepest concern.” said Nura. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. Nura Najjar, 35, is from Idlib. She was forced to flee Syria two years and a half ago, when their house was destroyed by a bombing. Since then she lives as refugee in Lebanon with her husband Abdullah (40) and their five children, Abdul (16), Taleeb (15), Osama (12), Nour (7) and little Mahmoud, who was born just few months ago. The most important object to her is her marriage ring. “It reminds me the most beautiful day of my life, when we were a happy and united family. My relatives are still in Idlib but since a couple of months we are no longer able to be in touch with them. This is our deepest concern.” said Nura. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. Nura Najjar, 35, is from Idlib. She was forced to flee Syria two years and a half ago, when their house was destroyed by a bombing. Since then she lives as refugee in Lebanon with her husband Abdullah (40) and their five children, Abdul (16), Taleeb (15), Osama (12), Nour (7) and little Mahmoud, who was born just few months ago. The most important object to her is her marriage ring. “It reminds me the most beautiful day of my life, when we were a happy and united family. My relatives are still in Idlib but since a couple of months we are no longer able to be in touch with them. This is our deepest concern.” said Nura. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region.Hassiba Abdel Hassib 45, was forced to flee Homs almost four years ago. Their family house was destroyed in late 2011. Since then, she lives as officially registered refugee with her husband, Jassin Abdul Jalil (48) their three children Nidal (15), Yasmina (11) and Mohammed Taha (5), in Lebanon around the city of Jbeil/Byblos, about 35 km north of Beirut. Some relatives are still in Syria, but they can not be in touch with them anymore. “The night when the bombs centered our house, I ran to enter my youngest child bedroom, I was afraid Mohammed was still asleep. I took him with me, I took our family book and we start to ran, as the bombing was going on. I arrived at the Lebanese border just with the clothes I was wearing that day. That’s why the objects I care the most is our family documents. Within the pages is written our family memory. Ourselves”. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region.Hassiba Abdel Hassib 45, was forced to flee Homs almost four years ago. Their family house was destroyed in late 2011. Since then, she lives as officially registered refugee with her husband, Jassin Abdul Jalil (48) their three children Nidal (15), Yasmina (11) and Mohammed Taha (5), in Lebanon around the city of Jbeil/Byblos, about 35 km north of Beirut. Some relatives are still in Syria, but they can not be in touch with them anymore. “The night when the bombs centered our house, I ran to enter my youngest child bedroom, I was afraid Mohammed was still asleep. I took him with me, I took our family book and we start to ran, as the bombing was going on. I arrived at the Lebanese border just with the clothes I was wearing that day. That’s why the objects I care the most is our family documents. Within the pages is written our family memory. Ourselves”. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region.Hassiba Abdel Hassib 45, was forced to flee Homs almost four years ago. Their family house was destroyed in late 2011. Since then, she lives as officially registered refugee with her husband, Jassin Abdul Jalil (48) their three children Nidal (15), Yasmina (11) and Mohammed Taha (5), in Lebanon around the city of Jbeil/Byblos, about 35 km north of Beirut. Some relatives are still in Syria, but they can not be in touch with them anymore. “The night when the bombs centered our house, I ran to enter my youngest child bedroom, I was afraid Mohammed was still asleep. I took him with me, I took our family book and we start to ran, as the bombing was going on. I arrived at the Lebanese border just with the clothes I was wearing that day. That’s why the objects I care the most is our family documents. Within the pages is written our family memory. Ourselves”. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. Azzedine Al Halo is 37 and he came from Aleppo. A former tire repairer he was forced to flee Aleppo three years ago after the destruction of his house and shop due to a bombing. All his family is settled as officially registered refugees in Lebanon. Arriving at the Lebanese border they moved first to the city of Tripoli then, after few months, they moved again. Azzedine lives now around Jbeil/Byblos, 35 km north of Beirut in Mount Lebanon region, with his wife and 8 children, Saleh (13), Denia (11), Marieh (10), Rouha (7), May (5), Nouran (3) and little twins Mohammed and Sami, who are just two years old and were born in Lebanon. He occasionally manages to find small jobs as agricolture collector but, with a totally provisional salary, he can not provide support to his family. “I could bring almost anything from my house when we were forced to flee Aleppo and we had to sell all my wife’s jewelery to survive here in Lebanon. I couldn’t bring my driving licence, nor my diploma certificate. I barely was able to keep my family documents and my ID. Here, in Lebanon, nobody wants to rent to me a place because I have 8 children. That’s why I can not take all the kids with me and some of them are living at neighbours place at the moment” said Azzedine. “The most important item to me is my Identity card. That means everything. It represents my identity, who I am”. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. Azzedine Al Halo is 37 and he came from Aleppo. A former tire repairer he was forced to flee Aleppo three years ago after the destruction of his house and shop due to a bombing. All his family is settled as officially registered refugees in Lebanon. Arriving at the Lebanese border they moved first to the city of Tripoli then, after few months, they moved again. Azzedine lives now around Jbeil/Byblos, 35 km north of Beirut in Mount Lebanon region, with his wife and 8 children, Saleh (13), Denia (11), Marieh (10), Rouha (7), May (5), Nouran (3) and little twins Mohammed and Sami, who are just two years old and were born in Lebanon. He occasionally manages to find small jobs as agricolture collector but, with a totally provisional salary, he can not provide support to his family. “I could bring almost anything from my house when we were forced to flee Aleppo and we had to sell all my wife’s jewelery to survive here in Lebanon. I couldn’t bring my driving licence, nor my diploma certificate. I barely was able to keep my family documents and my ID. Here, in Lebanon, nobody wants to rent to me a place because I have 8 children. That’s why I can not take all the kids with me and some of them are living at neighbours place at the moment” said Azzedine. “The most important item to me is my Identity card. That means everything. It represents my identity, who I am”. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. Azzedine Al Halo is 37 and he came from Aleppo. A former tire repairer he was forced to flee Aleppo three years ago after the destruction of his house and shop due to a bombing. All his family is settled as officially registered refugees in Lebanon. Arriving at the Lebanese border they moved first to the city of Tripoli then, after few months, they moved again. Azzedine lives now around Jbeil/Byblos, 35 km north of Beirut in Mount Lebanon region, with his wife and 8 children, Saleh (13), Denia (11), Marieh (10), Rouha (7), May (5), Nouran (3) and little twins Mohammed and Sami, who are just two years old and were born in Lebanon. He occasionally manages to find small jobs as agricolture collector but, with a totally provisional salary, he can not provide support to his family. “I could bring almost anything from my house when we were forced to flee Aleppo and we had to sell all my wife’s jewelery to survive here in Lebanon. I couldn’t bring my driving licence, nor my diploma certificate. I barely was able to keep my family documents and my ID. Here, in Lebanon, nobody wants to rent to me a place because I have 8 children. That’s why I can not take all the kids with me and some of them are living at neighbours place at the moment” said Azzedine. “The most important item to me is my Identity card. That means everything. It represents my identity, who I am”. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. Rahed El Saeed a former 23, is originally from Aleppo. A former employee in a company of water distribution, he was forced to flee Syria with wife Seeham (18) about three years ago. “We got married in Syria at the very beginning of the Revolution” said Rahed. He and his wife along with their two children, Masa (1 year and 8 months) and Mohammed (10 months) lives as officially registered refugees around the Lebanese city of Jbeil/Byblos. “I manage to work an average of three/four day a months in the construction sites nearby but the salary is not enough to support my family. We are passing through really hard time” said Rahed.<br />
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The item he cares the most is his daughter's Masa little dress. "Our children are the most important thing. Our first concern. I wish they can have a good and safe life". Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. Rahed El Saeed a former 23, is originally from Aleppo. A former employee in a company of water distribution, he was forced to flee Syria with wife Seeham (18) about three years ago. “We got married in Syria at the very beginning of the Revolution” said Rahed. He and his wife along with their two children, Masa (1 year and 8 months) and Mohammed (10 months) lives as officially registered refugees around the Lebanese city of Jbeil/Byblos. “I manage to work an average of three/four day a months in the construction sites nearby but the salary is not enough to support my family. We are passing through really hard time” said Rahed.<br />
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The item he cares the most is his daughter's Masa little dress. "Our children are the most important thing. Our first concern. I wish they can have a good and safe life". Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. Rahed El Saeed a former 23, is originally from Aleppo. A former employee in a company of water distribution, he was forced to flee Syria with wife Seeham (18) about three years ago. “We got married in Syria at the very beginning of the Revolution” said Rahed. He and his wife along with their two children, Masa (1 year and 8 months) and Mohammed (10 months) lives as officially registered refugees around the Lebanese city of Jbeil/Byblos. “I manage to work an average of three/four day a months in the construction sites nearby but the salary is not enough to support my family. We are passing through really hard time” said Rahed.<br />
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The item he cares the most is his daughter's Masa little dress. "Our children are the most important thing. Our first concern. I wish they can have a good and safe life". Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. Rafaat Sulaiman Al Obeid, 30, is a former agricolture worker from Homs. He was forced to flee Syria about three years and a half ago due to the escalation of the conflict in Homs. “The area when I used to live is completely destroyed now, nothing is left” said Rafaat. Escaping the bombing in Homs Rafaat’s family first moved to the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli and then they decided to move again. Rafaat along with his wife Surya (25) and six children, Narimaan (9), Nour (8) Sanad (6 ½) Nour El Houda (5), Nabim (4) and little Suleiman 6 months, they are settled now in a provisional shelter around the city of Jbeil/Byblos, about 35 km north of Beirut. The most important object to Rafaat is the birth certificate that the Lebanese Interior Ministry released for little Suleiman birth on November 21th 2014. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. Rafaat Sulaiman Al Obeid, 30, is a former agricolture worker from Homs. He was forced to flee Syria about three years and a half ago due to the escalation of the conflict in Homs. “The area when I used to live is completely destroyed now, nothing is left” said Rafaat. Escaping the bombing in Homs Rafaat’s family first moved to the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli and then they decided to move again. Rafaat along with his wife Surya (25) and six children, Narimaan (9), Nour (8) Sanad (6 ½) Nour El Houda (5), Nabim (4) and little Suleiman 6 months, they are settled now in a provisional shelter around the city of Jbeil/Byblos, about 35 km north of Beirut. The most important object to Rafaat is the birth certificate that the Lebanese Interior Ministry released for little Suleiman birth on November 21th 2014. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. Rafaat Sulaiman Al Obeid, 30, is a former agricolture worker from Homs. He was forced to flee Syria about three years and a half ago due to the escalation of the conflict in Homs. “The area when I used to live is completely destroyed now, nothing is left” said Rafaat. Escaping the bombing in Homs Rafaat’s family first moved to the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli and then they decided to move again. Rafaat along with his wife Surya (25) and six children, Narimaan (9), Nour (8) Sanad (6 ½) Nour El Houda (5), Nabim (4) and little Suleiman 6 months, they are settled now in a provisional shelter around the city of Jbeil/Byblos, about 35 km north of Beirut. The most important object to Rafaat is the birth certificate that the Lebanese Interior Ministry released for little Suleiman birth on November 21th 2014. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. Aisha Hassan, 20, is from Idlib. She was forced to flee Syria two years ago. Since then she lives along with her husband and two children Khaled (7) and Youssef (4) in a one room barrack in the outskirt of Jbeil/Byblos, about 35 km north of Beirut. “The objetc I care the most is the ring that my sister gave me as present when we still were inside Syria. At that time, I was a little girl and since then the ring is always with me. Zeinab, my beloved sister, is still inside Idlib. Due to the war comunications are extremely difficult with her. I love her so much, I truly miss her”. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. Aisha Hassan, 20, is from Idlib. She was forced to flee Syria two years ago. Since then she lives along with her husband and two children Khaled (7) and Youssef (4) in a one room barrack in the outskirt of Jbeil/Byblos, about 35 km north of Beirut. “The objetc I care the most is the ring that my sister gave me as present when we still were inside Syria. At that time, I was a little girl and since then the ring is always with me. Zeinab, my beloved sister, is still inside Idlib. Due to the war comunications are extremely difficult with her. I love her so much, I truly miss her”. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. Aisha Hassan, 20, is from Idlib. She was forced to flee Syria two years ago. Since then she lives along with her husband and two children Khaled (7) and Youssef (4) in a one room barrack in the outskirt of Jbeil/Byblos, about 35 km north of Beirut. “The objetc I care the most is the ring that my sister gave me as present when we still were inside Syria. At that time, I was a little girl and since then the ring is always with me. Zeinab, my beloved sister, is still inside Idlib. Due to the war comunications are extremely difficult with her. I love her so much, I truly miss her”. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. “The most important thing to me is Abdul Hamid’s picture. I pray that he will be able to survive this war and that our family can again be united. I also hope my wife and other son can soon come to Lebanon. This is my great concern” said Afez Halla, 50, a former construction worker from Idlib.<br />
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Afez was forced to flee Syria a year and a half ago. Afez’s son, Abdul Hamid who is 23 years old, is still fighting with the Syrian Army. “He is in Damascus now, not on the frontline. He became a soldier one month before the outbreak of the war” said Afez. Also Aisha, Afez’s wife, is stuck in Damascus with their youngest son. “My wife and my youngest son were in Lebanon with me.<br />
We fled Syria together. About four months ago, she had to re-enter Syria to visit one of our daughters who was wounded during bombing and my wife had taken our youngest son with her. But now they cannot come back to Lebanon anymore” said Afez. After January 5, 2015, the Lebanese government has apported a new restictive law for Syrian refugees who try to enter Lebanon. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. “The most important thing to me is Abdul Hamid’s picture. I pray that he will be able to survive this war and that our family can again be united. I also hope my wife and other son can soon come to Lebanon. This is my great concern” said Afez Halla, 50, a former construction worker from Idlib.<br />
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Afez was forced to flee Syria a year and a half ago. Afez’s son, Abdul Hamid who is 23 years old, is still fighting with the Syrian Army. “He is in Damascus now, not on the frontline. He became a soldier one month before the outbreak of the war” said Afez. Also Aisha, Afez’s wife, is stuck in Damascus with their youngest son. “My wife and my youngest son were in Lebanon with me.<br />
We fled Syria together. About four months ago, she had to re-enter Syria to visit one of our daughters who was wounded during bombing and my wife had taken our youngest son with her. But now they cannot come back to Lebanon anymore” said Afez. After January 5, 2015, the Lebanese government has apported a new restictive law for Syrian refugees who try to enter Lebanon. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. “The most important thing to me is Abdul Hamid’s picture. I pray that he will be able to survive this war and that our family can again be united. I also hope my wife and other son can soon come to Lebanon. This is my great concern” said Afez Halla, 50, a former construction worker from Idlib.<br />
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Afez was forced to flee Syria a year and a half ago. Afez’s son, Abdul Hamid who is 23 years old, is still fighting with the Syrian Army. “He is in Damascus now, not on the frontline. He became a soldier one month before the outbreak of the war” said Afez. Also Aisha, Afez’s wife, is stuck in Damascus with their youngest son. “My wife and my youngest son were in Lebanon with me.<br />
We fled Syria together. About four months ago, she had to re-enter Syria to visit one of our daughters who was wounded during bombing and my wife had taken our youngest son with her. But now they cannot come back to Lebanon anymore” said Afez. After January 5, 2015, the Lebanese government has apported a new restictive law for Syrian refugees who try to enter Lebanon. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. “The most important thing to me is Abdul Hamid’s picture. I pray that he will be able to survive this war and that our family can again be united. I also hope my wife and other son can soon come to Lebanon. This is my great concern” said Afez Halla, 50, a former construction worker from Idlib.<br />
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Afez was forced to flee Syria a year and a half ago. Afez’s son, Abdul Hamid who is 23 years old, is still fighting with the Syrian Army. “He is in Damascus now, not on the frontline. He became a soldier one month before the outbreak of the war” said Afez. Also Aisha, Afez’s wife, is stuck in Damascus with their youngest son. “My wife and my youngest son were in Lebanon with me.<br />
We fled Syria together. About four months ago, she had to re-enter Syria to visit one of our daughters who was wounded during bombing and my wife had taken our youngest son with her. But now they cannot come back to Lebanon anymore” said Afez. After January 5, 2015, the Lebanese government has apported a new restictive law for Syrian refugees who try to enter Lebanon. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. Bushra al Hassan (7) came from Idlib. She lives in Lebanon with her parents and three youngest sisters: Zahra (6), Aisha (4) and Wafa (2). They are settled as refugees since three years in a one room barracks in the suburb of Jbeil/ Byblos about 35 kilometre north of Beirut. Her father Ahmed (43) is a former worker in construction sites. He was severely wounded during a shelling in Idlib and he can not work anymore. Since their arrival in Lebanon she never attended school. Ahmed can not pay the transportation cost to bring Bushra to the closest school. The only family income is the Un 19 dollars voucher a month for the parents and for each kids. Both Bushra parents are illiterate and they are not able to teach her how to read or how to write. The most important object for Bushra is her rabbit puppet. Little Bushra brought it from Idlib. “It is my favourite toy. I bring it with me all the nights when I go to bed. We stay always together. I love it, I find it so beautiful” little Bushra said. <br />
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. Bushra al Hassan (7) came from Idlib. She lives in Lebanon with her parents and three youngest sisters: Zahra (6), Aisha (4) and Wafa (2). They are settled as refugees since three years in a one room barracks in the suburb of Jbeil/ Byblos about 35 kilometre north of Beirut. Her father Ahmed (43) is a former worker in construction sites. He was severely wounded during a shelling in Idlib and he can not work anymore. Since their arrival in Lebanon she never attended school. Ahmed can not pay the transportation cost to bring Bushra to the closest school. The only family income is the Un 19 dollars voucher a month for the parents and for each kids. Both Bushra parents are illiterate and they are not able to teach her how to read or how to write. The most important object for Bushra is her rabbit puppet. Little Bushra brought it from Idlib. “It is my favourite toy. I bring it with me all the nights when I go to bed. We stay always together. I love it, I find it so beautiful” little Bushra said. <br />
Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. Bushra al Hassan (7) came from Idlib. She lives in Lebanon with her parents and three youngest sisters: Zahra (6), Aisha (4) and Wafa (2). They are settled as refugees since three years in a one room barracks in the suburb of Jbeil/ Byblos about 35 kilometre north of Beirut. Her father Ahmed (43) is a former worker in construction sites. He was severely wounded during a shelling in Idlib and he can not work anymore. Since their arrival in Lebanon she never attended school. Ahmed can not pay the transportation cost to bring Bushra to the closest school. The only family income is the Un 19 dollars voucher a month for the parents and for each kids. Both Bushra parents are illiterate and they are not able to teach her how to read or how to write. The most important object for Bushra is her rabbit puppet. Little Bushra brought it from Idlib. “It is my favourite toy. I bring it with me all the nights when I go to bed. We stay always together. I love it, I find it so beautiful” little Bushra said. <br />
Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil region. Bushra al Hassan (7) came from Idlib. She lives in Lebanon with her parents and three youngest sisters: Zahra (6), Aisha (4) and Wafa (2). They are settled as refugees since three years in a one room barracks in the suburb of Jbeil/ Byblos about 35 kilometre north of Beirut. Her father Ahmed (43) is a former worker in construction sites. He was severely wounded during a shelling in Idlib and he can not work anymore. Since their arrival in Lebanon she never attended school. Ahmed can not pay the transportation cost to bring Bushra to the closest school. The only family income is the Un 19 dollars voucher a month for the parents and for each kids. Both Bushra parents are illiterate and they are not able to teach her how to read or how to write. The most important object for Bushra is her rabbit puppet. Little Bushra brought it from Idlib. “It is my favourite toy. I bring it with me all the nights when I go to bed. We stay always together. I love it, I find it so beautiful” little Bushra said. <br />
Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Zahle region, Sednayel camp: Saleh Ahmed Hussein, 29, from Qamishli.<br />
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  • Lebanon, Zahle region, Sednayel camp: Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Zahle region, Sednayel camp: Frial Smouri is 27. She was forced to flee Homs due to the escalation of the conflict three years ago. She is officially registered as refugee in Lebanon along with her husband and five children; Ghosoun (9), Mohammed (8), Abrar (6), Nader (4 ½ ) and little Narjes who is just two years old. Frial was 16 when she got married in Homs with his husband who was 32. The most important items to her are the kids pictures and her marriage day photograph. “Our kids are everything for us. The dearest persons we have. These photographs are among few others, the most valuable items I managed to bring with me the day we fled Syria. These are objects I care the most about. Our memory” said Frial, showing a picture of one of her kids and a photograph taken on the day of her marriage. "It was a lovely day. I was happy". Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Zahle region, Sednayel camp: Saleh Ahmed Hussein, 29, from Qamishli.<br />
Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Zahle region, Sednayel camp: Frial Smouri is 27. She was forced to flee Homs due to the escalation of the conflict three years ago. She is officially registered as refugee in Lebanon along with her husband and five children; Ghosoun (9), Mohammed (8), Abrar (6), Nader (4 ½ ) and little Narjes who is just two years old. Frial was 16 when she got married in Homs with his husband who was 32. The most important items to her are the kids pictures and her marriage day photograph. “Our kids are everything for us. The dearest persons we have. These photographs are among few others, the most valuable items I managed to bring with me the day we fled Syria. These are objects I care the most about. Our memory” said Frial, showing a picture of one of her kids and a photograph taken on the day of her marriage. "It was a lovely day. I was happy". Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Zahle region, Sednayel camp: Frial Smouri is 27. She was forced to flee Homs due to the escalation of the conflict three years ago. She is officially registered as refugee in Lebanon along with her husband and five children; Ghosoun (9), Mohammed (8), Abrar (6), Nader (4 ½ ) and little Narjes who is just two years old. Frial was 16 when she got married in Homs with his husband who was 32. The most important items to her are the kids pictures and her marriage day photograph. “Our kids are everything for us. The dearest persons we have. These photographs are among few others, the most valuable items I managed to bring with me the day we fled Syria. These are objects I care the most about. Our memory” said Frial, showing a picture of one of her kids and a photograph taken on the day of her marriage. "It was a lovely day. I was happy". Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Zahle region, Sednayel camp: Frial Smouri is 27. She was forced to flee Homs due to the escalation of the conflict three years ago. She is officially registered as refugee in Lebanon along with her husband and five children; Ghosoun (9), Mohammed (8), Abrar (6), Nader (4 ½ ) and little Narjes who is just two years old. Frial was 16 when she got married in Homs with his husband who was 32. The most important items to her are the kids pictures and her marriage day photograph. “Our kids are everything for us. The dearest persons we have. These photographs are among few others, the most valuable items I managed to bring with me the day we fled Syria. These are objects I care the most about. Our memory” said Frial, showing a picture of one of her kids and a photograph taken on the day of her marriage. "It was a lovely day. I was happy". Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Zahle region, Sednayel camp: Ayham Shakoush is a 27 years old former supervisor in a nutrition company from Daraa. He was forced to flee Syria 1 and ½ years ago. He is working now as school teacher for Syrian refugee children who are living in settlements around the city of Zahle (Bekaa Valley). He is married with Salam (26) since seven months. “The object I care the most about is my father Hachim picture. He is the only person who remained in Syria when the whole family decided to leave. He didn’t have the courage to leave behind his entire life so he wanted to stay, even if the situation was extremely exposed. He died of blood pressure related complications due to the violent impact of an explosion” said Ayham. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Zahle region, Sednayel camp: Ayham Shakoush is a 27 years old former supervisor in a nutrition company from Daraa. He was forced to flee Syria 1 and ½ years ago. He is working now as school teacher for Syrian refugee children who are living in settlements around the city of Zahle (Bekaa Valley). He is married with Salam (26) since seven months. “The object I care the most about is my father Hachim picture. He is the only person who remained in Syria when the whole family decided to leave. He didn’t have the courage to leave behind his entire life so he wanted to stay, even if the situation was extremely exposed. He died of blood pressure related complications due to the violent impact of an explosion” said Ayham. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Zahle region, Sednayel camp: Ayham Shakoush is a 27 years old former supervisor in a nutrition company from Daraa. He was forced to flee Syria 1 and ½ years ago. He is working now as school teacher for Syrian refugee children who are living in settlements around the city of Zahle (Bekaa Valley). He is married with Salam (26) since seven months. “The object I care the most about is my father Hachim picture. He is the only person who remained in Syria when the whole family decided to leave. He didn’t have the courage to leave behind his entire life so he wanted to stay, even if the situation was extremely exposed. He died of blood pressure related complications due to the violent impact of an explosion” said Ayham. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Zahle region, Sednayel camp: Fatima Faraj, 40, is from Homs (Bab Amr). The object Fatima Faraj, 40 from Homs (Bab Amr), cares about the most is a little silver spoon that her best friend Taghrid gave her as a gift when they were in Homs. “My best friend gave it to me years ago. She had been working as a teacher abroad and she had just returned to Homs after a long absence. She did not know anyone so I helped her to resettle in town. That is how we became friends;I had helped her in a difficult moment. We are not of the same belief but no one in Syria, before this war, thought about this kind of thing. It was not important to us, we lived together without thinking about what religion a family belonged to. I love her so much”.<br />
Taghrid is struggling to continue her work with children as a teacher in a kindergarten in Homs.<br />
“To me that spoon means so much. It means love, deep friendship, beautiful moments that I spent with my loved ones. People who I really care about and who I miss desperately. It means our home in Homs, the happiest moments, the everyday life we once used to have. When I take the spoon, it is as if Taghrid is still close to me”.<br />
Fatima is married to Abu Hiyam, her sister’s former husband. Fatima’s sister passed away 14 years ago. Shortly after Fatima married her former brother-in- law in order to take care of her sister’s children, Abdallah, Fariha, Jawahar, Hiyam, Jassen, Rawah and Sara. Abdallah, died in Homs during a bombing two years ago. He was 26. She settled in a tent in a refugee settlement close to the city of Zahle, in the Bekaa Valley, three and a half years ago fleeing severe bombing in the neighborhood where they lived in Homs. Some of Fatima’s relatives are still in Homs, like Sara, 17, her youngest and most beloved step-daughter. Their house was severely damaged during a bombing and what remained was looted. “They stole everything. There’s nothing left, neither doors nor windows. They have taken also the lig
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  • Lebanon, Zahle region, Sednayel camp: Fatima Faraj, 40, is from Homs (Bab Amr). The object Fatima Faraj, 40 from Homs (Bab Amr), cares about the most is a little silver spoon that her best friend Taghrid gave her as a gift when they were in Homs. “My best friend gave it to me years ago. She had been working as a teacher abroad and she had just returned to Homs after a long absence. She did not know anyone so I helped her to resettle in town. That is how we became friends;I had helped her in a difficult moment. We are not of the same belief but no one in Syria, before this war, thought about this kind of thing. It was not important to us, we lived together without thinking about what religion a family belonged to. I love her so much”.<br />
Taghrid is struggling to continue her work with children as a teacher in a kindergarten in Homs.<br />
“To me that spoon means so much. It means love, deep friendship, beautiful moments that I spent with my loved ones. People who I really care about and who I miss desperately. It means our home in Homs, the happiest moments, the everyday life we once used to have. When I take the spoon, it is as if Taghrid is still close to me”.<br />
Fatima is married to Abu Hiyam, her sister’s former husband. Fatima’s sister passed away 14 years ago. Shortly after Fatima married her former brother-in- law in order to take care of her sister’s children, Abdallah, Fariha, Jawahar, Hiyam, Jassen, Rawah and Sara. Abdallah, died in Homs during a bombing two years ago. He was 26. She settled in a tent in a refugee settlement close to the city of Zahle, in the Bekaa Valley, three and a half years ago fleeing severe bombing in the neighborhood where they lived in Homs. Some of Fatima’s relatives are still in Homs, like Sara, 17, her youngest and most beloved step-daughter. Their house was severely damaged during a bombing and what remained was looted. “They stole everything. There’s nothing left, neither doors nor windows. They have taken also the lig
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil district: Barakat Barakat, 34, came from a Christian family in Damascus. He was forced to flee Syria in late 2011. He got married with a Lebanese woman two years ago. He worked as manager in an advertising company in Damascus. His family owned houses, lands and farms in Syria and they lived a wealthy life. Their facilities have been seriously damaged during the conflict, nevertheless both his parents refuse to flee Syria. They have been forced to abandon their family house and they are now living in Jabal Shayk, a safest area not too far from Damascus. When he arrived in Lebanon, he first worked in Wadi Khaled a village in the north/eastern Lebanese/Syrian border in the Akkar region. He use to work there helping refugees who were escaping the war with the syrian ngo Syrian Relief. Since two years he works as field coordinator for the international Ngo Terres des Hommes. He is officially registered as refugee. <br />
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The most important object for him is his driving licence. “I love cars. I use to have beautiful cars when I was in Syria. Since I was a boy I love to drive. That what I really like. Beside that, my driving licence represents who I am” said Barakat. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil district: Barakat Barakat, 34, came from a Christian family in Damascus. He was forced to flee Syria in late 2011. He got married with a Lebanese woman two years ago. He worked as manager in an advertising company in Damascus. His family owned houses, lands and farms in Syria and they lived a wealthy life. Their facilities have been seriously damaged during the conflict, nevertheless both his parents refuse to flee Syria. They have been forced to abandon their family house and they are now living in Jabal Shayk, a safest area not too far from Damascus. When he arrived in Lebanon, he first worked in Wadi Khaled a village in the north/eastern Lebanese/Syrian border in the Akkar region. He use to work there helping refugees who were escaping the war with the syrian ngo Syrian Relief. Since two years he works as field coordinator for the international Ngo Terres des Hommes. He is officially registered as refugee. <br />
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The most important object for him is his driving licence. “I love cars. I use to have beautiful cars when I was in Syria. Since I was a boy I love to drive. That what I really like. Beside that, my driving licence represents who I am” said Barakat. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil district: Barakat Barakat, 34, came from a Christian family in Damascus. He was forced to flee Syria in late 2011. He got married with a Lebanese woman two years ago. He worked as manager in an advertising company in Damascus. His family owned houses, lands and farms in Syria and they lived a wealthy life. Their facilities have been seriously damaged during the conflict, nevertheless both his parents refuse to flee Syria. They have been forced to abandon their family house and they are now living in Jabal Shayk, a safest area not too far from Damascus. When he arrived in Lebanon, he first worked in Wadi Khaled a village in the north/eastern Lebanese/Syrian border in the Akkar region. He use to work there helping refugees who were escaping the war with the syrian ngo Syrian Relief. Since two years he works as field coordinator for the international Ngo Terres des Hommes. He is officially registered as refugee. <br />
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The most important object for him is his driving licence. “I love cars. I use to have beautiful cars when I was in Syria. Since I was a boy I love to drive. That what I really like. Beside that, my driving licence represents who I am” said Barakat. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil district: Mohammed Al Telli, 43 from a Damascus suburb, was forced to flee Syria a year and a half ago with his wife Tahani (23) and their two daughters, Huda (5) and Sham (3). He had been the owner of a factory that produced construction material. He had had land and a farm too. Mohammed had a wealthy lifestyle. He is officially registered as refugee and he is now settled in a Hotel which belongs to the Hilton company not far from Jbeil (Byblos) about 35 kilometers north of Beirut. Since the outbreak of the Syrian war and the huge influx of refugees in Lebanon, the Hotel started giving hospitality to several refugee families. Now no rooms are available for other clients.  Talal, 35, from Latakia, is the Hotel manager. “Due to the humanitarian crisis the owner decided to fix a considerable price reduction to allow the families to settle here” he said. “If someone has no money to pay we provide help delaying the rent and other clients help those who are most in need. We live like a huge family here”, said Talal. <br />
Mohammed is managing to find a stable job but still he is facing several problems in Lebanon. He manages to work an average of one/two days a week at constructions sites nearby, but he is still relying on family savings.<br />
The most important object for Mohammed is a gold necklace that used to belong to his grand-mother who passed away in 2000. Since then, the necklace has been with him and he decided to give it to his wife Tahani as gift on the day of their marriage in 2007 in Damascus. The beautiful gold necklace reminds him the women of his family. Prior his grandmother, the necklace had belonged to his great-grandmother. <br />
“It is an ancient object that I have always seen worn by the women who I loved the most” said Mohammed. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil district: Mohammed Al Telli, 43 from a Damascus suburb, was forced to flee Syria a year and a half ago with his wife Tahani (23) and their two daughters, Huda (5) and Sham (3). He had been the owner of a factory that produced construction material. He had had land and a farm too. Mohammed had a wealthy lifestyle. He is officially registered as refugee and he is now settled in a Hotel which belongs to the Hilton company not far from Jbeil (Byblos) about 35 kilometers north of Beirut. Since the outbreak of the Syrian war and the huge influx of refugees in Lebanon, the Hotel started giving hospitality to several refugee families. Now no rooms are available for other clients.  Talal, 35, from Latakia, is the Hotel manager. “Due to the humanitarian crisis the owner decided to fix a considerable price reduction to allow the families to settle here” he said. “If someone has no money to pay we provide help delaying the rent and other clients help those who are most in need. We live like a huge family here”, said Talal. <br />
Mohammed is managing to find a stable job but still he is facing several problems in Lebanon. He manages to work an average of one/two days a week at constructions sites nearby, but he is still relying on family savings.<br />
The most important object for Mohammed is a gold necklace that used to belong to his grand-mother who passed away in 2000. Since then, the necklace has been with him and he decided to give it to his wife Tahani as gift on the day of their marriage in 2007 in Damascus. The beautiful gold necklace reminds him the women of his family. Prior his grandmother, the necklace had belonged to his great-grandmother. <br />
“It is an ancient object that I have always seen worn by the women who I loved the most” said Mohammed. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil district: Mohammed Al Telli, 43 from a Damascus suburb, was forced to flee Syria a year and a half ago with his wife Tahani (23) and their two daughters, Huda (5) and Sham (3). He had been the owner of a factory that produced construction material. He had had land and a farm too. Mohammed had a wealthy lifestyle. He is officially registered as refugee and he is now settled in a Hotel which belongs to the Hilton company not far from Jbeil (Byblos) about 35 kilometers north of Beirut. Since the outbreak of the Syrian war and the huge influx of refugees in Lebanon, the Hotel started giving hospitality to several refugee families. Now no rooms are available for other clients.  Talal, 35, from Latakia, is the Hotel manager. “Due to the humanitarian crisis the owner decided to fix a considerable price reduction to allow the families to settle here” he said. “If someone has no money to pay we provide help delaying the rent and other clients help those who are most in need. We live like a huge family here”, said Talal. <br />
Mohammed is managing to find a stable job but still he is facing several problems in Lebanon. He manages to work an average of one/two days a week at constructions sites nearby, but he is still relying on family savings.<br />
The most important object for Mohammed is a gold necklace that used to belong to his grand-mother who passed away in 2000. Since then, the necklace has been with him and he decided to give it to his wife Tahani as gift on the day of their marriage in 2007 in Damascus. The beautiful gold necklace reminds him the women of his family. Prior his grandmother, the necklace had belonged to his great-grandmother. <br />
“It is an ancient object that I have always seen worn by the women who I loved the most” said Mohammed. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil district: Mansour Qassim, 36, is originally from a suburb of Damascus. When we met Manosur, in mid March 2015, he had crossed the Lebanese border since three days after eleven months spent in a Syrian prison. Mansour is married since 16 years with Hanan (33). They have three children; Osama (15), Beilassan (5) and Sham, the youngest who is only 3 years old. He is now settled in a Hotel who belong to the Hilton company not far from Jbeil (Byblos) about 35 kilometres north of Beirut. Since the outbreak of the Syrian war, this Hotel is giving hospitality to several Syrian refugees families. Hanan and their children are still in Damascus. Mansour came to Lebanon in order to find a job to support them. Since he was in prison and he currently had no money he was not paying the rent for the room. Families who are settled in the same Hotel helped Mansour to survive the first period in Lebanon. To find small jobs in order to face everyday expenses. “If they hadn’t help me, in this moment I would be begging in the street” said Mansour. “All that is closest to me, phone numbers, photographs of my children and my wife, our home, is inside this phone” said Mansour showing a little cell phone. “To me this phone means also my only way to reach a safest place. Without it I would not have been able to get safely out of Syria, reach the Lebanese border and cross it”. Osama, Manosur’s eldest son, is trying to support his family in Syria selling small bottles of gasoline on the Beirut-Damascus highway. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil district: Mansour Qassim, 36, is originally from a suburb of Damascus. When we met Manosur, in mid March 2015, he had crossed the Lebanese border since three days after eleven months spent in a Syrian prison. Mansour is married since 16 years with Hanan (33). They have three children; Osama (15), Beilassan (5) and Sham, the youngest who is only 3 years old. He is now settled in a Hotel who belong to the Hilton company not far from Jbeil (Byblos) about 35 kilometres north of Beirut. Since the outbreak of the Syrian war, this Hotel is giving hospitality to several Syrian refugees families. Hanan and their children are still in Damascus. Mansour came to Lebanon in order to find a job to support them. Since he was in prison and he currently had no money he was not paying the rent for the room. Families who are settled in the same Hotel helped Mansour to survive the first period in Lebanon. To find small jobs in order to face everyday expenses. “If they hadn’t help me, in this moment I would be begging in the street” said Mansour. “All that is closest to me, phone numbers, photographs of my children and my wife, our home, is inside this phone” said Mansour showing a little cell phone. “To me this phone means also my only way to reach a safest place. Without it I would not have been able to get safely out of Syria, reach the Lebanese border and cross it”. Osama, Manosur’s eldest son, is trying to support his family in Syria selling small bottles of gasoline on the Beirut-Damascus highway. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil district: Mansour Qassim, 36, is originally from a suburb of Damascus. When we met Manosur, in mid March 2015, he had crossed the Lebanese border since three days after eleven months spent in a Syrian prison. Mansour is married since 16 years with Hanan (33). They have three children; Osama (15), Beilassan (5) and Sham, the youngest who is only 3 years old. He is now settled in a Hotel who belong to the Hilton company not far from Jbeil (Byblos) about 35 kilometres north of Beirut. Since the outbreak of the Syrian war, this Hotel is giving hospitality to several Syrian refugees families. Hanan and their children are still in Damascus. Mansour came to Lebanon in order to find a job to support them. Since he was in prison and he currently had no money he was not paying the rent for the room. Families who are settled in the same Hotel helped Mansour to survive the first period in Lebanon. To find small jobs in order to face everyday expenses. “If they hadn’t help me, in this moment I would be begging in the street” said Mansour. “All that is closest to me, phone numbers, photographs of my children and my wife, our home, is inside this phone” said Mansour showing a little cell phone. “To me this phone means also my only way to reach a safest place. Without it I would not have been able to get safely out of Syria, reach the Lebanese border and cross it”. Osama, Manosur’s eldest son, is trying to support his family in Syria selling small bottles of gasoline on the Beirut-Damascus highway. Alessio Romenzi
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil district: Ali Rihawi, 31 is originally from Harasta a city in the northestern suburb of Damascus (Rif Dimasq). He use to work in the real estate market, selling and buying apartments, building, lands. He use to own house, car, office, lands. “The only thing I have now in Syria is our lands, though its value is dramatically decreased because of the war” said Ali. “My grandfather was the prime citizen of Haraska and lot of people use to work in the fields owned to our family. We lost almost everything”. Forced to flee Syria seven months ago he is now settled in a Hotel who belong to the Hilton company not far from Jbeil (Byblos) about 35 kilometers north of Beirut. Since the outbreak of the war in Syria and the huge flux of refugees in Lebanon, the Hotel is giving hospitality to several families. Both Ali father and mother are still in Syria, one of his brother is settled in Turkey and both of them are sending money to help their parents. He is working now as security guard, doorman and handyman at the Hotel. “When the Revolution began, I wanted to do something good for it. I didn’t want to take up arms so I organized a place where young and old person could meet, talk and discuss on what was going on in our country. I wanted to build something useful for the new society we hoped for. That was at the very beginning of the Revolution” said Ali. “After a short time armed persons came to me, they seriously threatened me and they forced me to close it. Before this war nobody in Syria was interested in confessionalism but now Syria is a totally fragmented territory where clans and militias protect only their own interests and through the escalation of the war everybody became money oriented. I didn’t want to be paid from the Army nor from the various militias of the rebels so I decided to leave. I think that a united country that can be named Syria doesn’t exist anymore”, stated Ali. “The most important object to me is this bracelet.
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil district: Ali Rihawi, 31 is originally from Harasta a city in the northestern suburb of Damascus (Rif Dimasq). He use to work in the real estate market, selling and buying apartments, building, lands. He use to own house, car, office, lands. “The only thing I have now in Syria is our lands, though its value is dramatically decreased because of the war” said Ali. “My grandfather was the prime citizen of Haraska and lot of people use to work in the fields owned to our family. We lost almost everything”. Forced to flee Syria seven months ago he is now settled in a Hotel who belong to the Hilton company not far from Jbeil (Byblos) about 35 kilometers north of Beirut. Since the outbreak of the war in Syria and the huge flux of refugees in Lebanon, the Hotel is giving hospitality to several families. Both Ali father and mother are still in Syria, one of his brother is settled in Turkey and both of them are sending money to help their parents. He is working now as security guard, doorman and handyman at the Hotel. “When the Revolution began, I wanted to do something good for it. I didn’t want to take up arms so I organized a place where young and old person could meet, talk and discuss on what was going on in our country. I wanted to build something useful for the new society we hoped for. That was at the very beginning of the Revolution” said Ali. “After a short time armed persons came to me, they seriously threatened me and they forced me to close it. Before this war nobody in Syria was interested in confessionalism but now Syria is a totally fragmented territory where clans and militias protect only their own interests and through the escalation of the war everybody became money oriented. I didn’t want to be paid from the Army nor from the various militias of the rebels so I decided to leave. I think that a united country that can be named Syria doesn’t exist anymore”, stated Ali. “The most important object to me is this bracelet.
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  • Lebanon, Jbeil district: Ali Rihawi, 31 is originally from Harasta a city in the northestern suburb of Damascus (Rif Dimasq). He use to work in the real estate market, selling and buying apartments, building, lands. He use to own house, car, office, lands. “The only thing I have now in Syria is our lands, though its value is dramatically decreased because of the war” said Ali. “My grandfather was the prime citizen of Haraska and lot of people use to work in the fields owned to our family. We lost almost everything”. Forced to flee Syria seven months ago he is now settled in a Hotel who belong to the Hilton company not far from Jbeil (Byblos) about 35 kilometers north of Beirut. Since the outbreak of the war in Syria and the huge flux of refugees in Lebanon, the Hotel is giving hospitality to several families. Both Ali father and mother are still in Syria, one of his brother is settled in Turkey and both of them are sending money to help their parents. He is working now as security guard, doorman and handyman at the Hotel. “When the Revolution began, I wanted to do something good for it. I didn’t want to take up arms so I organized a place where young and old person could meet, talk and discuss on what was going on in our country. I wanted to build something useful for the new society we hoped for. That was at the very beginning of the Revolution” said Ali. “After a short time armed persons came to me, they seriously threatened me and they forced me to close it. Before this war nobody in Syria was interested in confessionalism but now Syria is a totally fragmented territory where clans and militias protect only their own interests and through the escalation of the war everybody became money oriented. I didn’t want to be paid from the Army nor from the various militias of the rebels so I decided to leave. I think that a united country that can be named Syria doesn’t exist anymore”, stated Ali. “The most important object to me is this bracelet.
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