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Talal Alyan

Talal Alyan is a Palestinian-American freelance writer currently living in New York.

Palestinian Syrian refugee children sit on a concrete block during a demonstration in front of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Beirut January 2, 2013. The demonstration, organised by the Islamic resistance movement Hamas, was held to ask the UNRWA for help in improving the refugees' living conditions. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON - Tags: SOCIETY IMMIGRATION POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3C1NY

Syrian Child Refugees Find Little Solace on Beirut Street

Talal Alyan

A Palestinian boy holds up a symbolic key during a march to mark the 65th anniversary of Nakba near the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) headquarters in the town of Naqoura, in southern Lebanon near the border between Lebanon and Israel, May 13, 2013. Palestinians will mark "Nakba" (Catastrophe) on May 15 to commemorate the expulsion or fleeing of hundreds of thousands of their brethren from their homes in the war that led to the founding of Israel in 1948. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho (LEBANON - Ta

Nakba's Meaning and Memories for Diaspora Palestinians

Talal Alyan