DAY 223

Ismahan (France) resting in the Zico House, Spears Street, Beirut. We had the opportunity to stay in this wonderful place.

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Malika (France), the "Queen of the march" tried to take part in the whole journey. She started in Berlin and with some breaks she made it until the end in Lebanon. Here having an off, caused by a pain in the leg.

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AnnaT (Poland), Anna, Ismahan, Alex and our new Lebanon female marcher in front of the Zico House, Spears street, Beirut, Lebanon.

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Anna and Marek going down in the Zico House, Beirut.

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Marching in a park near the Zico house. This is, as most of the premises, a private park, under security. We were allowed to march but we couldn't distribute our leaflets, as it was not suitable with owner's policies.

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Speaking with children inside the park.

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CMFA group marching through Beirut.

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One of the known Beirut grafittis. "Sabah" A Lebanese Pop Icon of the 60s & 70s Artist: Yazan Halwani Location: Hamra street.

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Two Annas waiting for the rest of the group, Hamra street.

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CMFA group marching through Beirut.

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CMFA group marching along Beirut corniche.

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Alex distributing leaflets while Anna waves the CMFA flag; rest of the group march forward while promoting the action along the Beirut corniche.

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March supporters take an occasion to make a picture with CMFA flag.

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Not many Lebanese supporters joined us on daily basis, even in big cities like Beirut. This was a Syrian woman, a refugee, who joined us especially for this evening. The war in neighboring Syria has sparked an influx of refugees into Lebanon equal to around one quarter of the country's population. The United Nations has registered more than 1 million Syrian refugees, though the actual numbers are known to be much higher. In some towns in Lebanon, there are now more Syrians than Lebanese.

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