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Borj el Barajneh camp is one of 12 refugee camps set up in Lebanon after the Palestinian exodus in 1948. Almost 70 years on, the urban camp has grown into a noisy concrete enclave, officially hosting more than 17,945 registered Palestinian refugees in an area smaller than 1 km2. Legally unable to buy or inherit property outside the camp, the majority of Palestinian refugees are confined to live in the camp. Over the last 6 years, locals estimate that the population in the camp has doubled in size due to the arrival of newly dispossessed Syrians. Camp life -shaped by overcrowded narrow streets, potholes, lingering uncertainty, bleak future prospects, tightknit community, and great tenacity - is in flux. In search of an open Horizon, a group of young refugee women journey to the sea to reflect.
