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Shatila refugee camp. Samira Abbas Hijazi, aka “Umm Ali“, is Lebanese and comes from the south of Lebanon. She was married to a Palestinian whom she lost during the “Tel el Zaatar“ massacres in 1978. Her daughter Zeinab, a young 17 year old newly wed, and her son-in-law are assassinated in 1982 during the Sabra & Shatila massacres. During the “Camp wars“ a few years later (1985-1987) she loses her son Ali, 10 years of age. Every time she talks about her memories, a surge of pain and tears appears, even 30 years after the events. Here one can see photographs of Zeinab and Ali.
Today “Umm Ali“ lives alone in a one room apartment on the outskirts of the Shatila refugee camp, just a few meters from the UNRWA camp. She has no toilets or bathroom, nor kitchen. She earns her money as a cleaning woman in a kindergarten where she also has a small shop with sweets for the children. She earns 140 US$ a month. Her rent is 65 US$ a month.
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