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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”.
Taghrid is struggling to continue her work with children as a teacher in a kindergarten in Homs.
“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”.
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
Taghrid is struggling to continue her work with children as a teacher in a kindergarten in Homs.
“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”.
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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- ALESSIO ROMENZI
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- 2015 REMAINS

