The Syrian Refugees Living in an Abandoned Lebanese Shopping Mall
The courtyard of the former mall in northern Lebanon has become home to around 1,000 Syrian refugees.
In the central courtyard of an abandoned shopping mall in northern Lebanon, Hamad affectionately squeezes the cheek of one of his younger sisters. She briefly feigns disgust, before planting a kiss on his cheek, turning on her heel and running off into one of the many derelict shops that have become homes for Syrians fleeing the conflict in their home country.
Around 1,000 refugees – almost entirely Sunni and mainly from the Syrian provinces of Hama and Idlib – currently live in the former shopping centre, which is nestled in the small village of Dede above Lebanon’s second city of Tripoli. Most residents profess support for the Syrian opposition, though a number are in favour of the Assad regime and the rest appear merely apathetic, more concerned with looking after their families while fighting continues in their various hometowns.
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