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Letters from a Palestinian Refugee Camp

from INTERVIEW/CORRESPONDENCE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2012

Edited by
Sibaji Basu
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The following mails were sent by Tariq Hashhash, 26-year-old male resident of El Awwar Refugee Camp, near Hebron on the West Bank, Palestine. Tariq is a student of American Literature at the Bethlehem University and also a coordinator at the polyclinic run by UNRWA at the camp. These mails were sent to his friend Aditi Bhaduri in Kolkata, whom he met and befriended during the later's visit to the camp in January 2002. The mails were sent during the period of Israel's military operation ‘Operation Defensive Shield’ undertaken to root out ‘terror’ from the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel.

21 Feb 2002

Dearest Aditi

How are you doing, hope things are fine there. You know, I really wished to deliver you better news than what I am writing here. I am sorry for not being able to write earlier, cos I was busy registering for the coming semester at the University. I am sure that you heard about the situation here, tension is increasing, and Sharon (the cow) is increasing things. The rise of the terrible and horrible situation meant to scare the Palestinians and to make them go back. 33 martyrs in 24 hours is a disaster, a catastrophe. Nothing would make them differentiate between a woman, a child, an old man, or anything else. You can say that the people here are full of fear, but they deeply believe that they have no other choice.

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The Fleeing People of South Asia
Selections from Refugee Watch
 , pp. 387 - 394
Publisher: Anthem Press
Print publication year: 2009

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