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refugee camp of Yarmouk in Damascus, besieged and cut off for months. The
images are at once epic and personal. Row upon row of gaunt faces, serried
ranks of grimy, raged figures; the delicate, hunger-ravaged features of chil-
dren waiting in line for an UNRWA food parcel; the face of a mother creased
in grief for a deceased child; tears of joy as a father is reunited with a long-
lost daughter; these are the vignettes of inhumanity that have become the reg-
ular fare of nightly news bulletins." 29

Although the humanitarian drama is unfolding before the eyes of

the world, it has not elicited the reaction it should. Everyone of good
conscience can do something on behalf of suffering people; all insti-
tutions and civil society organizations fighting hunger and injustice can
use social media and communication technologies to create mass
interest. A major campaign can be initiated in the press and on TV aimed
at putting a stop to this suffering. It is essential for all good people not
to merely sit back in the face of suffering but to unite together to build
a bright future.

This article was published in New Straits Times, The Daily Mail and Indian Muslim
Observer:
http://www.harunyahya.com/en/Articles/201195/syrias-human-tragedy

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