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Al-Ahram Weekly 29 June - 5 July 2000 Issue No. 488 
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Al-Ahram Weekly 29 June - 5 July 2000 Issue No. 488
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Egypt Region International Economy Opinion Culture Features Travel Living Sports Profile People Time Out Chronicles Cartoons Letters
GEOGRAPHY OF THE HEART: After two decades of Israeli occupation, south Lebanon is slowly growing accustomed to freedom once again. Families have been reunited; land is being reclaimed. But for those rediscovering the south after a traumatic 20 years, this is also a time to reflect on territory still subject to the brutality of Israeli rule, and the plight of those in Lebanon who have not seen liberation yet -- the thousands of displaced Palestinians living in perpetual limbo, in the inferno of the camps.These Lebanese women can see Palestine from Beaufort Castle, perched on the highest point in Arnoun. Perhaps they can imagine this land free of barbed wire and humiliating checkpoints. Perhaps they can even remember a day when the trappings of colonial rule were not yet in place. As for the younger generations, many are seeing the south for the first time, although they may know the landscape well.
The smell of gardenias by Randa Shaath
