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PICTURES: These artists translate suffering of a war-torn country into art at Syria's Yarmuk camp

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Artist Abdallah al-Harith, 21, painting in the camp amid the ruins of destroyed buildings./ IMAGE: AFP PHOTO / Maher AL MOUNES
Artist Abdallah al-Harith, 21, painting in the camp amid the ruins of destroyed buildings./ IMAGE: AFP PHOTO / Maher AL MOUNES
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21-year-old artist Abdallah al-Harith, paints in the Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp on the southern outskirts of the capital Damascus. / IMAGE: AFP PHOTO / Maher AL MOUNES
21-year-old artist Abdallah al-Harith, paints in the Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp on the southern outskirts of the capital Damascus. / IMAGE: AFP PHOTO / Maher AL MOUNES
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Artists in the Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp have devised a new way to give form of art to the years of sufferings in the war-torn country. 
AFP PHOTO / Maher AL MOUNES
Artists in the Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp have devised a new way to give form of art to the years of sufferings in the war-torn country. AFP PHOTO / Maher AL MOUNES
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Artist Hinaya Kibabi paints in the Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp on the southern outskirts of the capital Damascus on August 15, 2018.
/IMAGE:  AFP PHOTO / Maher AL MOUNES
Artist Hinaya Kibabi paints in the Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp on the southern outskirts of the capital Damascus on August 15, 2018. /IMAGE: AFP PHOTO / Maher AL MOUNES
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In picture artists equipped with paint brushes and pencils at the refugee camp in the southern outskirts of the capital Damascus translate suffering into art in a neighbourhood ravaged by years of bombardment and siege. AFP PHOTO / Maher AL MOUNES
In picture artists equipped with paint brushes and pencils at the refugee camp in the southern outskirts of the capital Damascus translate suffering into art in a neighbourhood ravaged by years of bombardment and siege. AFP PHOTO / Maher AL MOUNES
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A refugee artist gives finishing touch to his painting in the camp AFP PHOTO / Maher AL MOUNES
A refugee artist gives finishing touch to his painting in the camp AFP PHOTO / Maher AL MOUNES
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An artist holds a painting in the Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp. illustrating the affliction faced by the common people. Image: AFP PHOTO / Maher AL MOUNES
An artist holds a painting in the Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp. illustrating the affliction faced by the common people. Image: AFP PHOTO / Maher AL MOUNES
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