photo essay: where the children sleep


RALIA AND RAHAF LIVE ON THE STREETS OF BEIRUT. THEY ARE FROM DAMASCUS, WHERE A GRENADE KILLED THEIR MOTHER AND BROTHER. THE GIRLS AND THEIR FATHER HAVE BEEN SLEEPING ON THE STREET FOR A YEAR. THEY HUDDLE CLOSE TOGETHER ON THEIR CARDBOARD BOXES. RAHAF SAYS SHE IS SCARED OF “BAD BOYS,” AT WHICH RALIA STARTS CRYING.


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IMAN, WHO FLED SYRIA, HAS PNEUMONIA AND A CHEST INFECTION. THIS IS HER THIRD DAY IN THIS HOSPITAL BED. “SHE SLEEPS MOST OF THE TIME NOW. NORMALLY SHE’S A HAPPY LITTLE GIRL, BUT NOW SHE’S TIRED. SHE RUNS EVERYWHERE WHEN SHE’S WELL. SHE LOVES PLAYING IN THE SAND,” SAYS HER MOTHER OLAH, 19.


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