Stripped of Livelihood

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Palestinian refugees from the besieged camp of Nahr al-Bared rest at the nearby Beddawi refugee camp, 20 July 2007.

They have been stripped of virtually all their belongings -- their houses, their livelihood, their precious jewelry, even their identity papers.

But the Palestinian refugees who fled the fighting at Nahr al-Bared camp in Northern Lebanon and who are now crammed into the nearby camp of Beddawi only yearn for one thing: to return to the smoldering ruins of their homes.