| A view of the rooftops of the Ein el Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon. The camp was completely destroyed by the Israelis in 1982, but was subsequently rebuilt by the Palestinians. As chaotic as it seems, the camp does actually follow a certain internal logic: Refugee communities from each region of Palestine settled together in the camp, so the camp in some way mirrors the geographic layout of the Palestinian communities that were uprooted. Also, since the camp occupies a finite space, the only place to expand is upward, so growing families simply build another story to their homes for when sons grow old enough to raise a family of their own.
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