Syria's Oldest Refugees
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Dagha, 101, pictured outside her family's shelter in Akkar Province, Lebanon, near the Syrian border, on March 5, 2014. From her family's little tent on a hill, Dagha used to listen to the shelling across the border. Sitting quietly and mending clothes, she would try to figure out which part of Syria the shelling was coming from. "Her biggest fear is that she'll die in Lebanon, says her granddaughter. "Before her stroke when she was still able to talk as clearly as a teenager, she'd say, "Bury me elsewhere when I die. Bury me in Syria. Please promise me you'll bury me at home."
