Ain Al-Hilweh is known as the “Capital of Palestinian Shatat.” The term might not stir many emotions among those who do not fully understand, let alone experience the harrowing existence of ethnic cleansing and perpetual exile – and the tremendous violence which followed. ‘Shatat‘ is roughly translated into “exile” or “Diaspora”. However, the meaning is More

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