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  • Balata, Palestinian refugee camp

    March 13, 2009

    • Here’s a short article about the Palestinian refugee camp Balata which is located on the outskirts of Nablus, one of the oldest cities in Palestine. This article will give you a simple picture of what kind of life people in this camp live. In Balata there are told to be around 25.000 people living in an 0.386 square mile, that makes it one of most densely populated areas in the world. In each ...

Comments I've Written

  • All is good tha ends well..

    Well just like God makes people accept death better even of it's not true, good endings make you happy about the book even if it's not all that good.
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  • Hey Ellen

    Good point Ellen, definitely high birth rates, multigenerational living and lack of privacy is common in arab countries but not nearly as extreme as it's in camps such as Balata.
  • Great review

    Love your take on World light ('Heimsljós' in the native tounge). Not my favorite Laxness book, but a good none the less.
  • Funny stuff

    That's on of the funniest thing's I've read for a while, I could just imagine all of it, the boring old friend, his obese brother and that god awful restaurant.

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