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August 2, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6913724.stm

West Bank's Own Slice of America

[BBC News] Martin Patience - Mazraa Sharqiya is not your average Palestinian village. Expensive villas nestle behind high stone walls. There are opulent four-storey residences, many of them clad in marble. Some Palestinians even refer to the village as the Miami of the West Bank on account of the wealth and the seemingly endless summer partying. About two-thirds of the village's 15,000 inhabitants live abroad, mainly in the U.S. During the summer, many of the residents return to the village where they have built villas.

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