From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Anaheed Al-Hardan was published by Jadiliyya on May 18, 2016.
Yarmouk Camp in Damascus is today unrecognizable even to those who knew the camp’s every alleyway and corner.
The rubble, the ruins of bombed buildings, tired and hungry people, and haunted alleyways and streets are the
painful remains of a shattered community. Yarmouk is not the only Palestinian locality in Syria, of course, but
it was in many ways the Palestinians’ social, cultural, political, and even symbolic heart.
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