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Broken Link Threatens Identity of Syrian Refugee Children

Fondly swiping through images of home in Syria on her phone, Kenana Abd Almged only wishes her daughter could join her in remembering. For seven-year-old Lamar, who left the country when she was three, home is the impoverished Beirut neighborhood of Shatila. “When I ask her if she remembers our house and the shop she used to buy from, she says no,” explained Almged, who is from the Syrian city of Dara. “If we go back one day, Lamar won’t remember anything about Syria and that...

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